I have been working on the experience of hospice and palliative care services in accessing Global Fund funding. Technical assistance seems to be one the major barriers to this. This is in two forms. Firstly, the proposals that I have read from CCMs have included extremely mixed understanding of what...

there are many parameters that the global fund can use to estimate with more precision and less bias ,the need of certain country and community for the technical and financial fund. I am sure that the global fund is doing and a big achievements already regarding this aspect and a part of this is the...

Read the introduction to this topic 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? (This question is also available in: Español - Français - Русский ) Your answer...

Civil society indeed is one of the supporters of the Global Fund and are part of the process of the establishment. The involvment of civil society in the implementation of the GF is undeniably strong, and one cannot empahsize it enough. However there is a gap in the particpation of civil society at country...

Dear members of the forum, Below are a couple of contributions from the Spanish forum. Please feel fee to respond to these posts! Best regards, Alastair Green e-Forum Facilitator From Carmen Mendez , Peru: Supervision and coordination of the program between the CCM and the PR should have a legal framework...

Actions to improve Global Fund’s current processes Simplify the GF application forms and processes so that technical assistance is kept to a minimum. Translate all TGF documents. English: Cotienoo , Kenya; Beatrice , Tanzania; Esther , Cameroon, tecomfoundation ; Ghana; Dolores , Solomon Islands;...

Asima I support you 100% and hope that the GF is listening with ears wide open. I have listened to a myriad of complaints from grassroot organizations that came from the most rural communities. Thankfully we had access to special interpretors to allow me to understand their plight. It was in one word...

Thank you Cotienoo for sharing your points of view and recommendations in the e-Forum. From your point of view are there any of Global Fund processes that are preventing the CCM to handle these effectively? What aspects of the processes do you think that could make them more inclusive? We look forward...

The Global Fund application form is complex and often requires advanced programming skills or technical expertise to meet the required standards. This implies a capacity gap especially among the Community Based Organisations is evident. Another matter is the in-country turn around time for submitting...

24 March, 2008 A Call for transparency in the preparation of Round 8 Global Fund Grant Proposals in Latin America Richard Stern Agua Buena Human Rights Asociation San Jose, Costa Rica. www.aguabuena.org Tel/Fax +506-280-3548 In Latin America, the earliest Global Fund Proposals were often prepared by...