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The LAC Platform team is offering technical assistance to CCMs to support them in understanding, preparing, and participating in the development of country Concept Notes in particular ensuring that the Community, Rights and Gender component is included. In addition, the technical support includes a focus on Transition and Sustainability, preparing countries for the process of withdrawal of the Global fund from the LAC region.
If you form part of the CCM representing your particular community, consult with other members of the CCM and request the support by writing to: ct.plataformalac@vialibre.org.pe
Here, you can also find a Toolbox that has been prepared by the LAC Platform. This toolbox includes important documents that serve as resource information and guides for the submission of Concept Notes to access financing in the Funding Cycle 2017-2019 of the Global Fund.
If you have any questions or would like to know more about our technical support, please contact us at: ct.plataformalac@vialibre.org.pe
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INFORMATIVE NOTE
TECHNICAL REPORT
GUIDE / GUIDANCE NOTE
INFORMATIVE NOTE
2017-2019 Funding Cycle
Publication date: March 2017
This document provides a comprehensive overview of the new 2017-2019 funding cycle. The Global Fund has made efforts to improve its approach in order to have a bigger impact on the three diseases. Changes have been made to the application and review processes for the 2017-2019 funding cycle. The processes are now customized to better serve people in need. This document outlines the process and changes from funding request, review, grant-making to approval.
Frequently Asked Questions Community, Rights and Gender and the 2017-2019 Funding Cycle
Publication date: October 2016
This document provides the answer to questions regarding Communities, Rights and Gender and the 2017-2019 funding cycle. This is especially important to guide civil society organizations in playing an integral role in ensure that this component is emphasized in the proposal being presented by the CCM.
Maximizing impact by strengthening community systems and responses
Publication date: November 2016
Communities have always played a vital role in the response to AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and in improving people’s health in generally. The Global Fund has been at the forefront of the movement to provide more systematic support to community engagement. This Technical Brief explains the Global Fund’s rationale for investing in strengthening community systems and responses, describes the scope of support that the Global Fund offers, and provides guidance on how to integrate community systems and responses into funding requests.
Eligibility List 2017
Publication date: October 2016
The Global Fund’s Eligibility Policy is designed to ensure that available resources are allocated to countries with the highest disease burden and lowest economic capacity as well as to key and vulnerable populations disproportionately affected by the three diseases. Eligibility is determined by a country’s income classification, as measured by Gross National Income (GNI) per capita (World Bank Atlas Method), and official disease burden categorization.
HIV Information Note
Publication date: December 2016
The purpose of this Information Note is to provide guidance to Global Fund applicants on employing strategic investment thinking when developing funding requests for HIV-related programming for the 2017-2019 funding cycle. Applying the HIV Strategic Investment approach throughout the funding request design process is critical to ensure optimal resource allocation in line with the epidemiological context and to maximize multiplier-effects across broader health and development issues. It incorporates a human rights-based and gender-responsive approach.
Malaria Information Note
Publication date: December 2016
This information note provides guidance to countries eligible to receive Global Fund financing for malaria on the formulation of a technically sound funding request. The document is in complete adherence with and complements normative technical guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) and partner organizations. Each section has been written with a focus on Global Fund requirements and been kept as short and concise as possible, with a view to providing easy access to essential information. Details of importance to some readers may thus have been omitted. In addition, this document focuses mainly on interventions for the malaria control phase as countries in this phase receive the bulk of Global Fund support. Access to more detailed guidance is provided via links to key documents in the Key References section at the end of this Information Note. The document will be updated over the allocation period to incorporate new WHO guidance or other changes of importance to malaria programming.
Overview of 2017-2019 Allocation
Publication date: December 2016
For the 2017-2019 allocation period, the Global Fund has adopted a refined allocation methodology to deliver the aims of its 2017-2022 Strategy and to increase the impact of country programs that prevent, treat and care for people affected by HIV, TB and Malaria and build resilient and sustainable systems for health. The allocation methodology drives an increased proportion of funding to higher burden, lower income countries, specifically for epidemics among key populations, the threat of MDR-TB, and for Malaria elimination efforts, while providing sustainable and paced reductions where funding is decreasing.
Building Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health through Global Fund Investments
Publication date: December 2016
This Information Note, Building Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health through Global Fund Investments, offers guidance to applicants designing and implementing Global Fund supported activities. The purpose of the information note is to assist applicants in identifying opportunities to strengthen systems for health to achieve a greater impact on health outcomes.
Tuberculosis Information Note
Publication date: December 2016
The purpose of this Information Note is to provide guidance to applicants choosing what to invest in so as to end the Tuberculosis (TB) epidemic. It is intended for use within the context of preparing a funding request to the Global Fund. It aims to promote strategic investments, that is, investment in key activities that will have the greatest impact, especially for key populations.
Detailed Explanation of the Allocation Methodology 2017-2019
Publication date: March 2017
For the 2017-2019 allocation period, the Global Fund adopted a refined allocation methodology to deliver the aims of its 2017-2022 Strategy and to increase the impact of country programs that prevent, treat and care for people affected by HIV, TB and malaria and build resilient and sustainable systems for health.
The Global Fund’s 2017-2019 allocation methodology does this by driving an increased proportion of funding to higher burden, lower income countries, specifically accounting for HIV epidemics among key populations, the threat of MDR-TB, and for malaria elimination efforts, while providing sustainable and paced reductions where funding is decreasing.
TECHNICAL REPORT
Technical Brief Addressing sex workers, men who have sex with men, transgender people, people who use drugs, and people in prison and other closed settings in the context of the HIV epidemic
Publication date: January 2017
The purpose of this technical brief is to provide information to help countries prepare funding requests for comprehensive programs that address the continuum of HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations.2 It should be read in conjunction with the Information Note on Strategic investments for HIV programs (2016). Section 2 outlines the rationale for key population programming.
35th Board Meeting Community, Rights and Gender Report
Publication date: April 2016
The work presented in this report reflects increasing capacity, commitment and collaboration with regard to community, rights and gender (CRG) at the Global Fund involving contributions from many teams in the secretariat, board committees, the Office of the Inspector General and partner organizations. The Communities, Rights and Gender Department has led or served as focal point for much of this work. This document provides important information for those that are not familiar with the CRG and its importance within the Global Fund processes.
GUIDE / GUIDANCE NOTE
Operational Policy Manual
Publication date: January 2016
The Operational Policy Manual describes how the Global Fund manages all activities at each step of the grant cycle from accessing funding through to grant closure. It captures both Board approved policies as well as approaches to implementing those policies that have been endorsed at the Secretariat level.
Sustainability, Transition and Co-financing of programs supported by the Global Fund
Publication date: January 2017
This document is intended to guide countries in planning and developing Global Fund funding requests and implementing grants towards sustainability and transition, in accordance with the Global Fund’s Sustainability, Transition and Co-financing (STC) Policy.
The Applicant Handbook: A practical guide to preparing a funding request following receipt of an allocation letter
Publication date: January 2017
The Applicant Handbook is specifically designed to provide accessible and summarized information on the key steps required to access funding from the Global Fund. The Applicant Handbook will support the preparation of funding requests for the 2017-2019 funding cycle. It offers practical information on the different stages of the application process, along with guidance on best practices and lessons learned from the last funding cycle. Supporting resources and tools available related to each stage are also included.
Modular Framework Handbook
Publication date: December 2017
The modular approach is used by the Global Fund to organize programmatic and financial information about each grant throughout its life cycle, from the initial funding request from grant-making to implementation.
The approach was introduced with the new funding model and was implemented during the first year of the 2014-2016 allocation cycle. This handbook reflects the updated framework that will be used starting from January 2017. Modules have been updated to align with the new Global Fund strategy and in consultation with partners.
APPLICATION RESOURCES
FUNDING REQUEST INSTRUCTIONS:
Tailored to Challenging Operating Environments
Publication date: February 2017
These instructions guide the applicant through the funding request application tailored to Challenging Operating Environments (COEs) and the supporting documentation, and should be read by all stakeholders engaged in the development of the request. A funding request outlines the rationale for Global Fund investment. For the COE context, it should be supported by the most up-to-date sources of data and information available, guided, where possible, by national strategies or Health Recovery Plans when available. It should also draw on an inclusive multi-stakeholder country dialogue process, where possible and relevant. The request must prioritize a country’s needs within the broader context and describe how implementation of the resulting grant can maximize the impact of the investment by reaching the greatest number of people and by achieving the greatest possible effect on disease control or elimination, within the given setting. Ultimately, emphasis of a COE funding request must be placed on feasibility of the proposed programs given the context, and in terms of achieving program objectives.
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