LIVING 2008: the Positive Leadership Summit is organised by the LIVING 2008 Partnership, a consortium of organizations committed to strengthening the movement of people living with HIV and their communities. The consortium consists of the following partners:

• Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+)
• International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW)
• International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO)
• International HIV/AIDS Alliance (www.aidsalliance.org)
• International AIDS Society (IAS)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
• International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF )
• The Mexican Network of People living with HIV
• Sidaction (www.sidaction.org)
• United Nations Joint Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
• World Health Organization (WHO)

The Conference Coordinating Committee of AIDS 2008 has officially recognized and enabled extensive support for this two-day conference. While LIVING 2008 is an independent Positive Leadership Summit, it will be logistically and programmatically linked to AIDS 2008, and PLHIV focused themes and activities will continue to be an important component of AIDS 2008.

To facilitate open communication between all key organisations involved in planning for LIVING 2008 and AIDS 2008, the IAS joined the LIVING 2008 Partnership in 2006.

The Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+) is the lead partner in coordinating and facilitating the planning and operation of the Summit. Being the only world wide network of all PLHIV, GNP+ has organised International PLHIV Conferences since 1987.