Global Fund NGO Consultation Meeting (URGENT)

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Dear eFORUM SUBSCRIBERS,

Mike Mathews Co-ordinator of the UK NGO AIDS Consortium is inviting

nominations for the Global Fund NGO Consultation Meeting

The Consortium is part of the Co-ordinating Team for NGO

consultations on setting up the new Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB &

Malaria.

As part of this process, an NGO consultation meeting in Brussels is

planned to take place from the 11th to 13th November. The outcomes

of the meeting will be channeled to government representatives who

will be deciding on the design of the new fund towards the end of

November, and so it is important that people with a good

understanding of key issues in TB, HIV/AIDS and/or malaria take part.

Participation is limited (a maximum of 80 people will be invited to

attend from around the world).

The time-frame for organizing this meeting is extremely limited. In

particular, the process for inviting participants and making

travel/visa arrangements must be completed in the next day or so.

THEY ARE URGENTLY SEEKING SUITABLE INDIAN PARTICIPANTS

The criteria for participants are as follows:

- must be working with national or local organization in Africa

- must be working on tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and/or malaria;

- good understanding of national and/or regional priority issues re.

tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and/or malaria;

- good knowledge on the key issues facing NGOs with regards to the

Global Fund;

- ability to represent NGO and civil society interests at this

meeting; - able to attend meeting in Brussels in just over one

week's time.

They are also inviting you to suggest individuals/networks to take

part - you may nominate a representative of your own organization.

The meeting will focus on the four key areas of the Global Fund:

Governance; Accountability, Eligibility and Technical Review;

monitoring and evaluation; and country process.

The process for selecting the final list of participants was decided

by the Consultation Team at a meeting in Brussels on Friday 26th

October. Nominations must include:

* full name (that is on the passport);

* full contact details;

* specific area(s) of expertise;

* any special requirements;

* any other details you feel are relevant.

Our understanding is that all expenses (flights, accommodation etc.)

for organisations from the south will be paid for, and arrangements

will be coordinated by the Technical Support Secretariat in Brussels.

Your nominations should be sent TODAY via email to:

ukaidscon@...

and copied to: mkhan61101@... and ginevra.letizia@...

It would also be helpful if you could forward this email on to any

other networks that you are in touch with. We are particularly

concerned that we reach NGOs involved in the fight against Malaria as

there appear to be fewer networks focusing on this topic.

For details, please contact Mick s, Co-ordinator, E-mail:

ukaidscon@...

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Joe

joe_thomas123@...