Clinic Summary

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Clinic Summary Key Issues Technical Assistance
May 2004
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• Role of partners/technical assistance in The
  Global Fund cycle
• 1. Proposal development and review
• To date most technical assistance has been
  provided in this area, directed towards CCM,
  mainly to Ministries of Health.
• A challenge is to ensure access to technical
  assistance to local NGOs and other local
  partners, in view of getting their components
  accepted as an integral part of the CCM
  proposals. This process should be strengthened in
  some countries
• Information gap on resources and availability of
  technical expertise.
• Lack of coordination among partners/technical
  assistance providers.
• Timeframe to prepare proposals is viewed as short
  especially since countries had to review/cost
  national strategic plans, identify gaps and
  implementing partners for incorporation into the
  proposals.

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2. Implementation - Late requests for technical
assistance to kick off the implementation
process (development of implementation plans,
procurement plans). - Capacity
building/technical assistance needs are often
cumbersome to identify and agree upon. -
Agencies and partners who can provide technical
assistance are diverse (e.g. UN agencies,
bilateral/multilateral orgs). - Some noted
reluctance on behalf of PRs to procure services
for technical assistance. - Grant management
systems of national PR is often
lacking/insufficient. This is delaying the
process and it is currently being established.
PRs grant management capacity needs to be
strengthened and NGOs/CBOs need to be supported
in proposals development. Further guidance is
required on the level of technical
capacity-building which can be provided to
civil society orgs for project implementation.

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3. M E

• This has been identified as an area for further
  technical assistance.
• 4. Role in the CCM and other mechanisms
• -The private sector is often a member of CCMs,
  however its involvement has not yet been defined
  in proposals and in the implementation process.
  Contributions/support from the private sector
  need to be better defined.
• - To ensure more active contribution of the
  private sector.