How could the Global Fund better ensure that countries receive the capacity development support they need for the preparation of proposals and the implementation of programs?
Institutionalize capacity building through a sustainable system that provides guidance and support to countries and ensures effectivemonitoring of programs and activities. Capacity building services should be evaluated for quality assurance.
Use technical assistance from UN agencies, civil society organizations and the private sector that have local knowledge and expertise should be used in the preparation of proposals whenever possible.
Provide long-term mentoring and training courses for specific purposes through international training institutions, universities and international consultancy firms (online or in class).
Align and strengthen institutional and organizational capacity of recipients.
Develop a country-administered matrix or fund the CCM to analyze levels of capacity, identify gaps and assess the impact of resources.
Provide information on where CCMs and others can access technical assistance and lessons learnt from project implementation. Strengthen the site MyGF as the primary means of multilingual information exchange.
Fund capacity development of civil society organizations and faith based organizations (CSOs and FBOs) directly.
§ English: Paul Moses, Kenya
Provide better technical assistance on palliative care is needed for the CCM proposal development.
§ English: ClaireM, United Kingdom; Fenna E. Bacchus, Kenya
Provide with pre-invested funds and a pool of specialists that assist Principal Recipients and Sub-recipients with the technical, administrative, logistics and financing areas of proposal preparation.
Carry out a special study to find out if the proposal form is practical, functional and understandable, allowing for simple processes. Announce the round of proposals a year in advance.
Strengthening the capacity of organizations that have already proved their reliability as partners.
Engage those writing the proposals in program implementation and allow flexibility in programming according to the needs and realities of each country.
Assign a budget to fund international consultants in order to avoid conflicts with the national ones; have Principal Recipients avoid using the public sector (bureaucratic and slow).
§ Spanish: Maria del Carmen Navarro, Peru