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Click on each Question to reveal the answer
- Q:
What kind of projects are eligible for Global
Fund grant?
- A: The Global Fund provides grants to
locally-developed programs to prevent, treat and
mitigate HIV and AIDS, TB and Malaria.
- Q: What do you mean when you say it is
Performance Based Funding?
- A: The Global Fund was created around the
concept of “performance –based funding”. This
means that only those grant recipients who can
demonstrate measurable and effective results
from the monies received will be able to receive
additional funding. In other words, initial
funding is awarded solely on the basis of the
technical quality of applications, but continued
and renewed funding is dependent upon proven
results and targets achieved.
- Q: Does Global Fund implement programs?
- A: The Global Fund operates as a financial
instrument, not as an implementing entity. It
does not implement programs directly, relying
instead on the knowledge of local institutions
and expertise.
- Q: Who is Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM)
and what are their functions?
- A: CCM is country-level partnership that
develops and submits grant proposals to the
Global Fund headquarters based on priority needs
at the national level. After grant approval,
they oversee progress during implementation. CCM
are central to the Global Fund’s commitment to
local ownership and participatory decision
making. They include representatives from both
the public and private sectors, including
government ministries, multilateral or bilateral
agencies, NGOs, academic institutions, private
businesses and people living with HIV/AIDS.
- Q: What is Local Fund Agent (LFA)?
- A: The Global Fund does not have a country-level
presence outside its offices in Geneva. Instead,
it relies on independent advice from local
auditors referred to as LFA. In the initial
stage, an LFA assesses the capacity of a
nominated Principle Recipient (PR) to administer
grant funds and be responsible for
implementation. During the life of a grant, the
LFA will also verify the PR’s periodic
disbursement requests and progress updates. They
are in addition responsible for reviewing the
PR’s annual report, and advise the Global Fund
on matters involving disbursements and other
action.
- Q: What is Principal Recipient (PR)?
- A: For each grant, the CCM nominates one or more
public or private organisations to serve as PR.
The PR is legally responsible for local
implementation of the grant, including oversight
of sub-recipients of grant funds and
communications with the CCM on grant progress.
The PR also works with the Global Fund
Secretariat in Geneva to develop a two-year
grant agreement that sets program results to be
achieved over time. Over the course of the grant
agreement, the PR requests additional
disbursements based on demonstrated progress
towards these intended results
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