Our work is grounded in practice and in the history of the HIV epidemic, which we believe is instructive for a wide range of health and social justice movements.

We are reflective practitioners and learn from our own work; our work is based on what we have learned through practice.

We aim for self-determination in our work and seek to be engaged in the conception, design, implementation and assessment of our projects.

We ensure that a reasonable portion of our profits are returned to the communities within which we work for purposes determined by these communities.

We work where there is a need for our skills, where we are invited, where there is a worthwhile purpose to the task and where we can help.

We work in a spirit of partnership with those with whom we work – both the agencies with which we collaborate and the communities in which we work.

We pay primary attention to the way we do our work and aim to constantly improve the methodologies we use.

We are committed to the mentoring of others, particularly within those communities in which we work.

We are transparent in our work; we are clear and open about our aims and objectives.

We understand the impact of power on HIV responses, and on how our work is perceived and implemented.

We value the lived experience of people with HIV and the importance of this unique perspective to our work; we are committed to assisting positive voices to be heard.

We believe in the capacity of communities to find their own solutions.

We are generous about the products of our work.

The integrity of the APMG network is central to our work.

We treat each other with fairness and respect, are direct in our dealings with each other and support the work of our colleagues.

Our work is fairly priced, and realistically matched to the level of effort needed to complete task with high-quality outputs.