The Global Fund to Fights AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has

The Global Fund to Fights AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has
become a critical player in the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This Update has been prepared to
keep NGOs and civil society abreast of the latest developments with respect to the Fund. The Update
provides the results of the first round of funding and summarizes the issues that arose during that
round; presents a series of articles on the experiences of NGOs with Country Coordinating
Mechanisms (CCMs), written by representatives of NGOs from different corners of the world; provides
a report on the contributions made to date to the Global Fund and highlights the need for
contributions to be significantly increased; and provides information on the second round of funding,
which will be launched shortly।
Of the US$ 616 million awarded for the 58 projects, US$ 283 million
will be spent in the first year. Sixty percent of the first year funds will go to projects addressing
HIV/AIDS, and another 9.3% will go to projects fighting HIV/AIDS and one or both of the other
diseases. Eighteen percent of expenditures
will go to projects combating tuberculosis,
and another 12.6% to projects focusing on
malaria.
Of the first year funds, 58.5% will be spent in
Africa, 25.3% in Asia/Pacific. 11.8% in Latin
America and the Caribbean, and 4.4% in
Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The table,
page 1, provides a breakdown by country of
the funding for the first year of the 58
approved projects.
O t h e r R e s u l t s In addition to the 58 proposals that were approved for funding, there were
42 proposals that the TRP considered relevant and appropriately designed, but for which substantial
amounts of additional information or significant changes are required before funding can be
approved. Revised proposals will need to be re-reviewed by the TRP. The list of countries involved
includes Benin, Burkina Faso, Cuba, Eritrea, Georgia, Guatemala, Mozambique, Nepal, Pakistan,
Philippines, and Swaziland, none of which were represented in the 58 approved projects.
There were a further 69 proposals that, in the opinion of the TRP, addressed important issues and
benefited relevant populations, but could not be recommended in this round because the proposals
were not of sufficient quality. These applicants were encouraged to re-submit. The list of countries
involved includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chad,
Congo DR, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Gambia, Malaysia, Namibia, Peru, Poland, and
Vanuatu.
C CM v s . N o n - C CM P r o p o s a l s Most of the 58 proposals that were approved for
funding were from Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCMs), but six of the proposals were from
NGOs. CCMs are bodies that include broad
representation from governments, NGOs
and civil society, multilateral and bilateral
agencies, and the private sector. The CCMs
may already have been in existence or
they may have been formed specifically for
the purposes of submitting a funding
proposal to the Global Fund. Although the
Fund has a strong preference for
applications from CCMs, proposals from
NGOs can be funded if the NGOs present arationale explaining why it was not possible or practical to work through a CCM. According to the
Fund’s Framework Document, circumstances under which proposals can be submitted outside the CCM
are: (a) where there is a non-legitimate government; (b) where the country is in conflict or is
experiencing a severe natural disaster; and (c) where the country suppresses civil society or has not
established partnerships with civil society. It may also be possible to submit a non-CCM proposal
where the proposal targets groups that are not legally recognized by the state (e.g., men who have
sex with men, sex workers, drug users).