GLOBAL FUND OBSERVER (GFO), Issue 102: 25 March 2009

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Issue 102: 25 March 2009. (For

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CONTENTS

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1. NEWS:

Global Fund Launches " First Learning Wave " of National Strategy

Applications

The Global Fund Secretariat has invited 22

CCMs to take part in the " first learning wave " of national strategy

applications (NSAs). NSAs are a new way to apply for Global Fund money; they

involve submitting a national disease strategy as the primary basis of the

application for Global Fund financing.

2. NEWS: Aidspan Releases Report To Help Round 9

Applicants Learn from Best Round 8 Proposals

Aidspan has released a new report on " Key Strengths of Round 8 Proposals to the

Global Fund. " The purpose of the report is to inform Global

Fund Round 9 applicants about what were the key attributes of strong Round 8

proposals.

3.

NEWS: Global Fund Needs $4 Billion To Address Needs Through 2010, Says

Kazatchkine

The Global Fund needs an additional $4

billion to address its budget needs through 2010, Executive Director Michel

Kazatchkine said last week ahead of a meeting the Fund will hold with donors at

the end of this month.

4. NEWS:

Global Fund Is Urged To Be More Open with Its Policies Regarding PRs

A group of five large PRs has recommended

that the Global Fund share with all PRs a clear summary of its internal

policies that affect PRs.

5. NEWS:

Global Fund Seeks To Add Members with Gender Expertise to the TRP

The Global Fund is planning to appoint five

new TRP members who have expertise on gender and on issues faced by sexual

minorities.

6. NEWS: Kazatchkine and Other

Health Leaders Dispel AIDS Myths

Michel Kazatchkine, head of the Global Fund, has co-authored an article

in the Lancet that examines,

nearly thirty years into the AIDS epidemic, " what we – the international community – got right, what we got

wrong, and why we need to urgently dispel several emerging myths about the

epidemic and the global response to it. "

7.

EXCERPTS: Three Excerpts from Aidspan’s Report on Strengths of Round 8

Proposals

Three excerpts are provided from the new

Aidspan report on " Key Strengths of

Round 8 Proposals. "

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1. NEWS: Global Fund Launches " First Learning Wave " of National

Strategy Applications

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The Global

Fund Secretariat has invited 22 CCMs to take part in the " first learning

wave " of national strategy applications (NSAs). NSAs are a new way to

apply for Global Fund money. NSAs involve submitting a national disease

strategy itself – rather than a Global Fund-specific proposal form – as the

primary basis of the application for Global Fund financing. NSAs are part of

the Fund’s effort to streamline its applications and funding processes.

The decision to establish NSAs was taken by the Global

Fund Board in April 2007. At its most recent meeting, in November 2008, the

Board approved the launch of the first learning wave. (For details, see GFO

Issue #99, available at www.aidspan.org/gfo.) This wave is

called " first learning " because NSAs are still a relatively new

concept and involve developing a new set of policies and procedures. The Global

Fund plans to refine these policies and procedures based on its experience with

the first learning wave, and to then do a broader roll-out of NSAs, probably

starting in 2010.

The Global Fund has identified the following

anticipated benefits from NSAs:

improved

alignment of Global Fund financing with country priorities, and with

national programmatic and budgetary timeframes;

reduced

transaction costs and paperwork for countries;

improved

harmonisation with other donors that have agreed to use the same criteria

for reviewing national strategies;

a focus

on managing for results and accountability within national strategies; and

in

the longer term, improved quality, consistency and credibility of national

strategic frameworks.

The first learning wave focuses on national HIV, TB

and malaria strategies only. National health strategies may be included at a

later stage. Nine CCMs have been invited to consider submitting NSAs for HIV,

six for TB and eight for malaria. (The Rwanda CCM was invited to consider an

NSA for both HIV and TB.) The list of CCMs, by disease, is as follows.

Table: Countries that have been invited to consider NSA applications to

the Global Fund

HIV

TB

Malaria

Algeria

Cambodia

Cuba

Djibouti

Kenya

Malawi

Nigeria

Rwanda

Swaziland

El Salvador

Ghana

Morocco

Mozambique

Nepal

Rwanda

Azerbaijan

Bhutan

China

Ethiopia

Gambia

Guyana

Madagascar

Viet Nam

The 22 CCMs were asked to respond by 13 March 2009

concerning whether they want to take part in the first learning wave. GFO is not

aware which CCMs responded or what they said.

The 22 CCMs were selected based on a range of factors,

including that their countries:

have

a well articulated and documented national strategy, developed through an

inclusive process that runs through to at least to the end of 2012;

have

a strong partnership with bilateral donors and technical agencies in the

country to support them in the application process (where necessary) and

in grant implementation; and

were

not successful in Round 8 for the disease in question.

The reason why countries that were successful for a

particular disease component in Round 8 have not been invited to submit first

learning wave NSAs for that disease is that the Global Fund wants to enable

national programme staff in these countries to focus on negotiations for the

Round 8 grants.

The first learning wave entails a two-stage process.

The first stage involves a desk review of the national strategy and

accompanying documentation (such as an operational plan) to ensure that they

contain enough information to be considered as the basis of a funding

application. The review will be done by a Strategy Review Team made up of

members of the Global Fund’s Technical Review Panel (TRP). If the outcome of

this desk review is favourable, the Review Team will make a country visit to

seek clarifications and collect additional information. More importantly, a

favourable desk review also means that the CCM can proceed to the second stage,

which involves the CCM submitting the actual NSA, which will consist of a short

application focusing on the financial request, and which will be reviewed by

the TRP.

The NSAs can request funding for the remaining time

frame of their national strategies, up to a maximum duration of five years. To

ensure parity with the rounds-based channel of funding, initial funding

commitments will be for two years, and funding for the balance of the term will

be dependent on satisfactory performance. As with rounds-based proposals, NSAs

will be screened by the Global Fund Secretariat to ensure that the applicant

CCM has met the minimum requirements for CCMs.

The CCMs who have been invited to take part in the

first learning wave have been told that they cannot also submit an application

for the same disease in Round 9, unless the desk review of their NSA turns out

to be unfavourable. In the event of an unfavourable desk review, any CCM that

wants to apply for Round 9 will be given an extension to the 1 June 2009

deadline for Round 9 applications. The extension will be until 8 July 2009.

The Global Fund Board has decided that the NSA first

learning wave applications will have the same priority for resource allocation

as Round 9 applications.

The following timelines for the first learning wave

have been established (all dates are in 2009):

13 March: Deadline for the

22 CCMs to indicate whether they expect to apply

3 April: Deadline (for

those CCMs who responded positively by the March 13 deadline) to provide

national strategy documents

4 May: Completion of the

desk reviews, and decision on which CCMs will be invited to submit an NSA

25 May to 4 July: Country

visits by the Strategy Review Team

31 August: Deadline for

submission of NSAs by CCMs that pass the desk review

First week of November (tentative date): Board decision on NSAs

Some time between 31 August and the first week of

November, the TRP will review the NSAs and provide a recommendation to the

Board concerning which ones should be funded.

In addition to the letter of invitation, the 22 CCMs invited

to take part in the first learning wave have received three documents:

" Global Fund Financing Through ‘National Strategy

Applications': Basic Information for Potential Applicants to the ‘First

Learning Wave' "

" Global Fund Financing Through ‘National Strategy

Applications': Practical Information for Potential Applicants to the

‘First Learning Wave' "

" Attributes for a Sound National Strategy " (prepared by the International Health Partnership Working

Group on National Strategies)

These documents have not yet been posted on the Global

Fund website. However, they are available on the website of the China CCM at www.chinaccm.org.cn/en/node/227.

Although 22 CCMs have been invited to take part in the

first learning wave, the final number of CCMs submitting NSAs will likely be

much smaller because (a) some CCMs will decide not to take part; and

( some CCMs will not receive a favourable desk review. And the number of

NSAs recommended by the TRP for board approval will presumably be smaller

still.

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2. NEWS: Aidspan Releases Report To

Help Round 9 Applicants Learn from Best Round 8 Proposals

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Aidspan has released a new report on " Key Strengths of Round 8 Proposals to the

Global Fund. " The purpose of the report is to inform Global

Fund Round 9 applicants about what were the key attributes of strong Round 8

proposals.

The report is based on an analysis of the strengths of

all approved Round 8 proposals, as identified by the Technical Review Panel

(TRP) when it reviewed the proposals. Aidspan developed a list of the 12 most

important strengths that characterise a successful proposal. These key

strengths are as follows:

KEY STRENGTH 1 – Implementation

Strategy. The proposal presents a strong and coherent implementation

strategy that flows throughout the proposal – including on the proposal form,

in the Performance Framework, in the workplan and in the budget – and that

includes timing and sequencing of activities, identification of who is

responsible for implementing individual activities, and clear statements of

planned outcomes.

KEY STRENGTH 2 – Epidemiology.

The proposal contains a solid description of the current epidemiological

situation.

KEY STRENGTH 3 – Situational

Analysis. The proposal contains a solid analysis of the current

response to the disease and the gaps in that response.

KEY STRENGTH 4 – Capacity Building. The proposal identifies capacity

constraints among implementing agencies and contains solid strategies to

address them.

KEY STRENGTH 5 – Drivers

of the Epidemic. The proposal includes clear strategies to address the

more challenging drivers of the epidemic in ways that will have a meaningful

impact on preventing further infections.

KEY STRENGTH 6 – Multiple

Sectors in Service Delivery. The proposal includes the use of

multiple sectors and partners to deliver services, so as to scale up more

quickly towards universal access.

KEY STRENGTH 7 – Monitoring

and Evaluation. The proposal has a clear plan for monitoring

activities and evaluating the impact of interventions.

KEY STRENGTH 8 – Detailed

Budget. The proposal includes a budget with sufficient detail and

assumptions to allow for the costs of activities to be fully assessed.

KEY STRENGTH 9 – Coordination

and Management. The proposal features a strong coordination and

management plan.

KEY STRENGTH 10 – Complementarity

and Additionality. The proposal complements and adds to other

initiatives, including previous Global Fund grants, programmes funded by other

donors, and government initiatives.

KEY STRENGTH 11 – Alignment.

The proposal is clearly aligned with national development strategies, and

national policies and plans for the disease.

KEY STRENGTH 12 – Absorptive

Capacity. The proposal includes a clear and realistic analysis of

implementation and absorptive capacity constraints.

For each strength, Aidspan identified a few Round 8

proposals that exemplify the strength in question. There is a separate section

of the report on each of the 12 strengths. Within each section, for each

proposal mentioned, the report cites the comments made by the TRP, identifies

the specific parts of the proposal relevant to the strength in question, and

provides links to those parts of the proposal (as well as to the entire

completed proposal form.)

In all, 35 proposals are cited in the report. While

most of the proposals mentioned are disease-specific, some Health Systems

Strengthening (HSS) components are also included.

The report is available in English at www.aidspan.org/aidspanpublications.

French, Spanish and Russian versions of the report will be available soon.

Three excerpts from the report are provided in article

7, below.

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3. NEWS: Global Fund Needs $4 Billion To Address Needs Through 2010, Says

Kazatchkine

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The Global Fund

needs an additional $4 billion to address its budget needs through 2010,

Executive Director Michel Kazatchkine said last week ahead of a meeting the Fund

will hold with donors at the end of this month.

" In 2010, the Global Fund will be

facing a gap which we estimate to be around $4 billion, " Kazatchkine said,

according to press reports, adding that he hopes the two-day meeting will

prompt existing donors to increase their contributions. He also said that he

hopes the meeting – which will be held in Spain and will review the Global

Fund's performance and consider additional funding needs – will result in new

donors, despite the global economic crisis. According to Kazatchkine, the

economic situation means that developing countries will find it harder to fund

their health programs. He said that this provides an additional reason for

increasing financial support to the Global Fund.

One month earlier, Rajat Gupta, chairman of

the Fund’s board, said in a conference call with reporters that pledges to the

Fund from donor nations are running about $5 billion short of what is needed

through 2010. " I’m hopeful and confident that donors will continue to finance

this, " Mr. Gupta said, promising to scrutinize expenditures carefully and

" tighten our belts. "

Sachs, a prominent development

economist who joined Mr. Gupta on the call, was more outspoken. The poor are

refused $5 billion, he said angrily, while wealthy countries have found

trillions for bank bailouts and Wall Street bankers have awarded themselves

billions in bonuses while accepting those bailouts.

" This is absolutely in violation of

the life and death pledges that the rich world made to the poor, " he said.

" I would suggest the [uS]

administration reclaim these bonuses which are absolutely unjustified,

completely unconscionable, and put the money into the Global Fund

immediately. "

As of the end of 2008, the Fund estimates that

programmes it has supported have averted more than 3.5 million deaths by

providing AIDS treatment for two million people, anti-tuberculosis treatment

for 4.6 million people, and 70 million insecticide-treated bed nets for the

prevention of malaria worldwide. The Fund has so far approved funding in 140

countries worth $15 billion.

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4. NEWS: Global Fund Urged To Be More

Open with Its Policies Regarding PRs

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A group of five large Principal Recipients (PRs) has

recommended that the Global Fund share with all PRs a clear summary of its

internal policies that affect PRs. (At present, these policies are contained in

" Operational Policy Notes " that are only shared with individual PRs

on an occasional and somewhat random basis.)

This was one of several recommendations agreed upon

last month by the five PRs, subsequent to a meeting they held in November 2008.

The PRs in question (CARE, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Population

Services International, UNDP, and World Vision) are " internationally

linked " and administer a significant number of Global Fund grants. The

document containing the recommendations has been posted by GFO at www.aidspan.org/documents/other/ILPR-recommendations.doc.

The five PRs also recommended that the Global Fund

should:

ensure

that there is consistency among Fund Portfolio Managers in the application

of procedures and policies;

share

LFA assessments with PRs and CCMs;

develop

written guidance about the different circumstances in which it might or

might not be appropriate for different types of international organisation

to serve as PR in different types of country, and provide this guidance to

CCMs for use during PR selection;

clarify

to CCMs and PRs the role of LFAs, and ensure that the role is carried out

in a consistent manner. (This clarification should deal, in particular,

with the extent to which LFAs serve the GF Secretariat, the extent to

which they serve or support the CCM and PR, the extent to which they audit

PRs, and the extent to which they provide answers to technical

questions.);

include

in the proposal guidelines that potential PRs should be selected early

enough to be involved in the proposal development process;

encourage

CCMs to include in their proposals a costed capacity building plan that clearly

specifies what capacity will be built, by whom, and for which

organisations or types of organisation; and

request

that a conflict of interest management plan be included in proposals.

In addition, the five PRs recommended that all

internationally linked PRs should:

openly

raise concerns about any GF decisions and practices that create an

unnecessary burden for GF grant implementers;

recognize

all CCMs, PRs and Sub-Recipients (SRs) as true partners – engaging with

them, and getting their feedback when designing activities; and

document

ways in which national-level SRs can be identified and supported so that

they have the potential to become future PRs and highly performing SRs.

[Disclosure note:

The Editor of GFO served as a facilitator at the above-mentioned meeting.]

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5. NEWS: Global Fund Seeks To Add

Members with Gender Expertise to the TRP

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The Global Fund is planning to appoint five new

Technical Review Panel (TRP) members who have expertise on gender and on issues

faced by sexual minorities, as well as expertise and experience in the three

diseases.

The TRP is an independent, impartial group of experts

who review proposals to the Global Fund and who make recommendations to the

board concerning which proposals should be approved for funding. Persons

appointed to the TRP normally serve for four rounds of funding (in the

rounds-based funding channel). Only part-time involvement is required; expenses

and a modest honorarium is paid.

The deadline for applications is very soon – 1 April

2009. Candidates must use the Fund’s application form (available at www.hlsp.org/workingwithus/globalfund).

This website also contains more information on the entitlements and

expectations of TRP members. Questions can be directed to globalfund.trp@....

Applications will be screened through a two-step

process. First, a review panel composed of senior officials in the Global Fund

Secretariat will prepare a short list of applicants. Second, the candidates on

the short list will be reviewed by a pre-selection panel consisting of

representatives of the Global Fund and leading technical agencies (including

UNAIDS, WHO, Stop TB Partnership, Roll Back Malaria Partnership, and the World

Bank).

The panel will recommend which candidates should be

appointed. The Global Fund Board is scheduled to vote on the recommendations by

mid-May 2009.

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6. NEWS: Kazatchkine and Other Health Leaders Dispel AIDS Myths

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Michel

Kazatchkine, head of the Global Fund, has co-authored an article in the Lancet that examines lessons learnt and

myths that need to be dispelled nearly thirty years into the AIDS epidemic.

The

article, which Dr. Kazatchkine co-authored with Piot (former

head of UNAIDS), Mark Dybul (former head of PEPFAR), and n Lob-Levyt (head

of the GAVI Alliance), examines " what we –

the international community – got right, what we got wrong, and why we need to

urgently dispel several emerging myths about the epidemic and the global

response to it. "

The main myths surrounding HIV/AIDS that

the authors examine are as follows:

" Alarmingly,

a myth has begun to emerge that too much money is spent on AIDS, " say

the authors. " But AIDS remains the leading cause of death in Africa and the sixth highest cause of mortality

worldwide. " Unfortunately, " new global challenges are competing

for the attention of political leaders and donors at the same time as they

face the present financial crisis. "

Another

common myth is that HIV prevention is not working, the authors say. They

point out: " Much evidence suggests that, in several countries,

prevention programs are effective. Between 2005 and 2007, coverage of

services to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV increased from 14

percent to 33 percent. As a result in 2007 we noted for the first time a

substantial decrease in the number of children born with HIV " .

An

increasingly recurrent myth is that one solution, or a so-called

" silver bullet, " will comprehensively prevent HIV transmission,

says the article. " Elimination of concurrent partnerships, circumcision

of all men, focusing of prevention efforts on sex workers, universal HIV

testing, and provision of antiretroviral therapy as soon as possible after

infection, have all received attention as potential solutions for

prevention of HIV transmission… No

approach will be enough on its own, and the promotion of one solution is,

in our view, irresponsible. If we have learned one lesson in the past 27

years, it is that effective HIV prevention depends on customizing the

right mix of interventions for every context. "

Another

misconception is that heterosexual transmission of HIV is uncommon outside

Africa. The article cites generalized

epidemics in Haiti and Papua New Guinea and states that

heterosexual transmission drives the epidemic between sex workers, their

partners, clients, and clients’ partners in Asia and elsewhere. It points

out that the main method of transmission in Thailand is no longer between

sex workers and their clients or between injecting drug users: it is

between people who are married to each other. AIDS is also the leading

cause of death among African-American women in the USA.

The

authors also dispel the myth that investments in AIDS are being made at the

expense of health systems that are chronically underfunded. " Although

AIDS has exposed weaknesses in health systems, funds for this disease are

making a major contribution to strengthening of health systems. " The

Global Fund and PEPFAR are now among the biggest investors in health

systems. Some 35 percent of the Global Fund’s financing for AIDS, TB and

malaria contributes directly to supporting human resources, infrastructure

and equipment and monitoring and evaluation: all key components of health

systems.

A

further myth that has emerged suggests that strengthening health services

alone will solve the world’s health problems, including AIDS. Improved

health systems alone are not enough to end the epidemic, say the authors.

" Whereas well functioning health and community services will be key

to provision of antiretroviral therapy for decades to come – as well as

services for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission, blood

safety, and male circumcision – most other HIV prevention activities are happening

largely outside the health sector. "

A

last myth is that AIDS has somehow been solved, says the Lancet article.

" We need to recognize that AIDS is a long-term event. We have to

identify now how to finance a sustained response to AIDS for another several

decades, and develop longstanding links with broader efforts to strengthen

health systems and health workforces as well as other developments, such

as education and food security. "

The authors also say the international

community in the early 1980s underestimated the global effect the disease would

have and the extent to which stigma and discrimination would remain formidable

obstacles to tackling AIDS. But the sense of urgency that would eventually

develop in the global AIDS movement was also underestimated and this has led to

" an unusual convergence of political will, money and science. "

On the other hand, the international

community overestimated the speed with which the epidemic would spread in

regions other than sub-Saharan Africa and was

also excessively optimistic about " our capacity to devise technological

solutions to prevent HIV. "

The article is available at www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60321-4/fulltext.

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7. EXCERPTS: Three Excerpts from Aidspan’s Report on Strengths of Round 8

Proposals

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This article

contains three excerpts from the Aidspan report on " Key Strengths of Round 8 Proposals " (see article

2, above).

Excerpt #1: KEY STRENGTH 1 –

IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY

Swaziland Malaria (Category 1)

TRP Comment: Presentation of section 4.5.1

(interventions) is a model in clarity ensuring complete alignment of

objectives, SDAs, indicators and implementing partners. The budget is realistic

and consistent with activities and aligned to the project objectives.

In Section 4.5.1, for each objective in the proposal,

the Swaziland CCM explained the rationale for the objective and provided

information on the intended outcome and the target population. Under each

objective, the CCM also provided the following information for each SDA: a

description of the services to be provided, a description of the major

activities, the output indicator(s); the targets for each of the five years in

the programme; and a list of implementing and supporting partners.

The activities shown in the budget are presented by

objective and are completely consistent with the activities listed in Section

4.5.1.

The text

of Section 4.5.1 of the Swaziland Malaria proposal form, in PDF format, is

available at www.aidspan.org/documents/globalfund/trp/round_8/Swaziland-Malaria-4.5.1.pdf.

The text

of the full Swaziland Malaria proposal form, in PDF format, is available

at www.theglobalfund.org/programs/grant/?compid=1759〈=en & CountryId=SWZ.

The

workplan from the Swaziland Malaria proposal (in an Excel file together

with the budget) is available at www.aidspan.org/documents/globalfund/trp/round_8/Swaziland-Malaria-Workplan.xls.

Excerpt #2: KEY STRENGTH 5 – DRIVERS OF THE EPIDEMIC

Eritrea HIV (Category 2)

TRP Comment: Strong gender based approach covering delicate

social and political issues like male circumcision and female genital

mutilation.

In Section

4.5.4 of the proposal form, the CCM describes gender issues in context of the

HIV epidemic in Eritrea,

and explains what how this proposal will address these issues. Examples of

activities listed in this section are as follows:

at

least five gender train-the-trainer programmes for male and female health

personnel;

hiring

of a gender expert;

development

of three training manuals on gender and reproductive health;

a

needs assessment to determine specific cases of violence against women,

and the different response needs of women, girls, boys and men; and to

obtain actionable evidence on the needs for gender empowerment and the

ways to fight effectively against sexual violence.

training

for lawmakers and law enforcers on gender based violence issues such as

early marriage, female genital mutilation, land ownership and other gender

issues such as reproductive health rights, as well as the intertwining

issues of gender and HIV/AIDS;

training

for almost 1,000 people at village level to enable them to become

anti-female genital mutilation activists; and

income

generating programmes for more than 2,000 women-headed households.

In Section 4.5.1 of the proposal form, the last two

objectives listed are under the heading of " Gender and Gender

Violence. " Nineteen activities related to these objectives are listed.

These same activities can be found in the workplan portion of the proposal,

along with, for each activity, targets, time frames for implementation, and an

indication of who is responsible.

The text

of Section 4.5.4 of the Eritrea HIV proposal form, in PDF format, is

available at www.aidspan.org/documents/globalfund/trp/round_8/Eritrea-HIV-4.5.4.pdf.

The text

of Section 4.5.1 of the Eritrea HIV proposal, in PDF format, is available

at www.aidspan.org/documents/globalfund/trp/round_8/Eritrea-HIV-4.5.1.pdf.

The text

of the full Eritrea HIV proposal form, in PDF format, is available at www.theglobalfund.org/programs/grant/?compid=1671〈=en & CountryId=ERT.

The

workplan for the Eritrea HIV proposal (in an Excel file together with the

budget) is available at www.aidspan.org/documents/globalfund/trp/round_8/Eritrea-HIV-Workplan.xls.

Excerpt #3: KEY STRENGTH 6 – MULTIPLE

SECTORS IN SERVICE DELIVERY

Lesotho HIV (Category 2)

TRP Comment: Proposal strengthens links with civil

society organizations and the private sector. Innovative approaches to BCC

which target vulnerable groups (commercial sex workers, men having sex with

men, prisoners, herd-boys).

The involvement of civil society organisations and the

private sector is described as part of the overall implementation strategy in

Section 4.5.1, but you have to search through the many activities listed to

find those that are relevant. The following are some examples:

Support

programmes for out-of-school youth through civil society organisations.

Train

and support youth ambassadors on HIV and AIDS.

Community-based

organisations (CBOs), faith-based organisations, business and labour

groups will be supported to develop and implement community HIV-prevention

projects.

CBOs

will be supported to review initiatives and identify best practices that

can then be replicated and scaled up.

Support

umbrella bodies to provide institutional and programmatic mentoring to

their members.

The text of Section 4.5.1 of the Lesotho

HIV proposal, in PDF format, is available at www.aidspan.org/documents/globalfund/trp/round_8/Lesotho-HIV-4.5.1.pdf.

The text of the full Lesotho HIV proposal

form, in PDF format, is available at www.theglobalfund.org/programs/grant/?compid=1709〈=en & CountryId=LSO.

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