UNAIDS partnership with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

UNAIDS has a close partnership with the Global Fund in several areas, including supporting the Fund’s full grant cycle – from the development of AIDS grant proposals to programme implementation to monitoring and evaluation.

Grant proposals: UNAIDS assists the Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCMs) as needed in developing AIDS proposals for consideration by the Global Fund. It also strengthens CCMs by ensuring the meaningful participation of civil society.

Programme implementation: UNAIDS provides the technical support needed to implement AIDS programmes funded by the Global Fund, and works with CCMs to resolve implementation bottlenecks.

Monitoring and evaluation: UNAIDS supports the Global Fund in monitoring and evaluating the performance of its grantees through strengthening the capacity of principal recipients and sub-recipients to report on grant implementation.

Phase 2: UNAIDS assists countries in preparing the second renewal of grants phase (Phase 2).

UNAIDS provides the Global Fund with strategic knowledge, policy advice and technical expertise on AIDS to ensure that the funds are spent effectively in countries.  The creation of the Technical Support Facilities (TSFs) is an innovative approach established by UNAIDS to scale up timely and quality technical assistance to country partners. The TSFs cover the entire project cycle of the Global Fund grant implementation.

UNAIDS technical support to the Global Fund

In 2007, the Global Fund Secretariat contracted the TSFs for a six month period to provide technical support in the following areas:

• Identifying implementation bottlenecks and problem solving
• Strengthening governance of CCMs
• Documenting country case studies on CCM best practice

A series of workshops have been organized in each region in 2007 to familiarize TSF consultants with technical support issues relating to Global Fund grants. By 2008, UNAIDS, through the TSFs, is expecting to increase technical support to Global Fund grant implementation. The TSFs will provide 4000 additional days of technical support; strengthen the principal recipients and sub-recipients through the development of technical support plans; and scale up the capacity of civil society to act as principal recipients.