Dear Forum,
It is clear that the dual tracking finance mechanim is added to ensure that the "govt" systems do not take away all the lead and civil society is given somewhat equal footing (atleast theoretically) for the opportunity to be aprt of an effective response. But We are facing couple of problems here.
One, if there are four subcomponents of HIV country proposal, in one subcomponent of a HIV proposal there is an CSO component and in other subcomponent there are none, will this be seen on an overall basis and concluded that the county has cleared the dual track financing criteria by having a CSO partner? Even if the other sub components which are distinct have no CSO partner.
Second if there are two partners/contenders in one sub component proposal - one govt ministry and the other a CSO consortium- both can vie to be the PR. But in practice do you think it is possible for a govt dept /ministry to accept an SR or even a co PR position?
Third, is it ever possible that the TRP at Geneva level can come back and say the Govt co PR proposal is not good enough and should be either shot down or merged with the Cop of CSO proposal?
Please enlighten us with the Dual Track finance mechnism a bit more.
Thanks Sanjeev Kumar
Consultant
New Delhi, India