Technical Assistance

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Technical Assistance HarmonisationLearning
from what has and has not worked
2nd Global Fund Partnership Forum Durban, 2 July
2006
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Complex changing landscape

• Increased focus on scale, systems, results,
  performance
• Increased complexity of TA needs
• Politics leadership
• Governance partnership
• Management operations
• Technical and operational
• Increased resources, number of players sets of
  rules.
• High pressure for short term results.

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Concern challenges

• Significant expenditure but generally
  low/variable efficiency return.
• TA planning management
• Weak TOR, assignment management, follow up.
• Weak links between TA and broader capacity
  challenges.
• Consultants
• Limited size of consultants pool
• Variable consulting skills technical
  competencies
• Absence of agreed quality assurance standards
• Coordination and harmonisation
• Weak links with national priorities
• Donor responsive procedure, timing,

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Recommendations

• Use National Annual Action Plans to define,
  prioritise coordinate TA.
• Skills building for TA planners managers.
• Develop results oriented harmonisation workplans
• Planning resource allocation
• Procurement, contracting, grant management
• Monitoring reporting.
• Use global leverage
• Board oversight to rationalise harmonise GFATM
  processes mechanisms
• Use GIST to harmonise with others.

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Recommendations

• Encourage joint missions approaches agency
  buy-in
• Use TSFs as instrument to harmonise and develop
  TA
• Consultant orientation, development, mentoring
• Quality assurance accreditation
• Brokering of agency agreements on common
  standards.
• Fund UN Technical Assistance Plan 40m.

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TSF contacts

• Tel [phone]/8356
• Fax [phone]
• Email rdunn_at_tsfsouthernafrica.com
• akinghorn_at_hda.co.za
• Website www.tsfsouthernafrica.com