BeckyMc - Jan 26, 2006 My name is Becky McDonald and I am the Vice Chairperson of the Board of the Foundation for Hospices in Sub Saharan Africa. I have 28 years of experience in hospice administration in the US and our hospice program has a hospice "twin" or partner in Johannesburg, SA. These...

Feb 02, 2006 Theme: The Global Fund’s Strategic Positioning; The Fund’s unique roles and participants’ opinions on its performance The second and third week’s discussions focused on the Fund’s strategic positioning: it’s unique or different roles in comparison to those played by other organizations funding...

Apr 05, 2006 Summary of Online Discussions and Lead Contributors for Week11: Being more in line with country priorities and systems What steps can the Global Fund take to be more in line with country priorities and systems (e.g. for monitoring and evaluation, procurement and supply management), therefore...

May 03, 2006 How can the Global Fund further improve the replenishment process to secure a more predictable and sustainable flow of resources? What are the most appropriate resource mobilization efforts to complement the replenishment process? English Forum How can the Global Fund further improve the...

Amadougalo - May 22, 2006 Good evening members. In my opinion what can be done to improve communication with and between developing contries to improve understanding of what the Global Fund is and how it works, and stimulate more active resource mobilization from these countries on behalf of the GF is...

tim@timwills.com - May 08, 2006 The main finance issue seems to be to secure ‘cash’, which can be used immediately for urgent projects. The International Financing Facility (IFF) converts expected future cash flows from pledges to today money. The Global Fund Debt Conversion (GFDC) seems to be a means...

tim@timwills.com - Apr 25, 2006 Sustainability cannot be guaranteed for any period beyond the limit of pledges. Presumably existing pledges can be securitised (at a discount) and this exercise itself would produce publicity in the financial world which would impact the willingness of donors to honour...

Apr 23, 2006 Message from Ashish Kumar Srivastava , India Regarding potential focus area for improvement & diversification of resources mobilization efforts, voluntary replenishment mechanism, & innovative financing mechanism, selective private sector fundraising is important for sustainable...

V.T. S Chitimbire - Apr 19, 2006 Global Fund Financial Sustainability is very critical, based on the fact that most poeple wonder what will happen if Global Fund resources fail to meet its targets. This topic should not be taken lightly as it has a direct impact on peoples' lives, their confidence...

Workneh Kassie - Apr 18, 2006 The Global Fund has been an institutional arrangement whose creation was supported by the Heads of State and Government at their Special Summit in Abuja in April 2001, the leaders of G8 countries in their Summit in Okinawa, Japan, July 2000 and UNGASS June 2001, for mobilizing...