The Global Fund used to distribute news. Now it distributes public relations material that look like Stalinist magazine articles. Look at this one in which a Committee "applauded" Myanmar's HIV concept note. Like committees "applaud" Kim Jong Il. The concept note also got a "thumbs up" and there was a "100 per cent success rate".
BTW this is good news.
Jamie
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New Funding Model Moving Forward
Global Fund News Flash
Issue 18 - 15 May 2013
The first concept notes to be submitted under the new funding model of the Global Fund were reviewed – and applauded – by a new Grant Approval Committee in Geneva early this month. The five concept notes included: Myanmar’s HIV grant, tuberculosis grant and malaria grant; El Salvador’s HIV grant; and Zimbabwe’s HIV grant. All five got a thumbs-up from the committee. That means all five can move into the process of grant-making, and will be recommended for approval by the Board of the Global Fund, which next meets in June. Each concept note has already been carefully evaluated by a Technical Review Panel, where independent experts deemed them all to be technically sound – representing a 100 percent success rate. In contrast to the previous way of doing things, the new funding model encouraged frequent consultation between Country Coordinating Mechanisms, Global Fund staff and in-country partners while the concept notes were being developed, to answer questions and solve problems and talk through what made most sense. There was additional outreach to key affected populations. And the Technical Review Panel also provided early input to Country Coordinating Mechanisms around their intended approach that helped focus the applications further. It has been a work-intensive process. Yet feedback from those who took part has been overwhelmingly positive.
The new funding model, launched in February this year, is in a transition period over the course of 2013. The aim of the new funding model is to reach more people with HIV and AIDS, TB and malaria, by making grants more effective. Myanmar, El Salvador and Zimbabwe are among the six countries and regions invited to take part as “early applicants,” who go through all steps from submission of a concept note to creation of a new grant. Each country outlined its priority programs that need funding, as well as additional programs that deserve consideration as extra funding becomes available. An additional 47 countries are applying as interim applicants to access funding this year, through renewals, grant extensions and redesigned programs that can rapidly make use of funds. During the process, Global Fund staff and partners are learning, and are already incorporating early lessons into the design of materials that will be used by applicants going forward.
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