Review of the Engagement of Key Populations in the Funding Model Report

Review of the Engagement of Key Populations in the Funding Model
This global report, produced November 2014 by the Communities Delegation of the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Communities Delegation), captures the findings and experiences of key population engagement in 11 countries.

The report presents a two-part methodology used to assess the extent and quality of KP engagement; assess the support provided by technical partners and the Global Fund Secretariat; and document challenges, successful strategies, and specific recommendations.

Punishing Success? Explanation of Band 4 of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and its Implications for Civil Society and Key Populations

Punishing Success? Explanation of Band 4 of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and its Implications for Civil Society and Key Populations
This briefing paper explains how country bands factor into the Global Fund’s New Funding Model and discusses the implications of Band 4 country classification for civil society and key populations. Although Band 4 is the largest band and includes 55 countries, it receives an overall funding share of only seven percent.

Civil Society and Key Populations and the Country Dialogue Process, Guidance Note: Navigating the New

Civil Society and Key Populations and the Country Dialogue Process, Guidance Note: Navigating the New
This guidance document, the second in the series Navigating the New Funding Model, is intended as a tool for civil society organizations which are engaged in, leading, or monitoring country dialogues. An explanation of the key features and expected outcomes of the country dialogue process is followed by a discussion of country dialogues in practice over the past year. A review of existing analyses and interviews with civil society participants in country dialogues inform a discussion of the principles of effective country dialogues. For the purposes of this document, “effective” country dialogues are those which include significant and meaningful civil society and key population participation and inform a concept note which reflects the true nature of a country’s epidemics and an inclusive strategy for combating them.

Challenging, Changing, and Mobilizing: A Guide to PLHIV Involvement in Country Coordinating Mechanisms

Challenging, Changing, and Mobilizing: A Guide to PLHIV Involvement in Country Coordinating Mechanisms
When the creation of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) was first announced in 2001, people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) across the world were excited and encouraged by this new funding mechanism that promised to deliver large amounts of additional resources to communities and individuals desperately in need of them. Many PLHIV have been involved in the work and processes of the Global Fund from the very beginning, with varying degrees of effectiveness.This handbook considers strategies to increase PLHIV involvement and influence in the Global Fund’s future efforts. It is a resource for all of us living with HIV who care desperately about making activities related to the Global Fund as inclusive and effective as possible.

Human Rights for HIV, TB, Malaria and HSS Grants: Information Note

Human Rights for HIV, TB, Malaria and HSS Grants: Information Note
The Global Fund Strategy, Investing for Impact 2012-2016, has five objectives. One of these commits to protecting and promoting human rights by:

Integrating human rights considerations throughout the grant cycle;
Increasing investment in programs that address human rights-related barriers to access; and
Ensuring the Global Fund does not support programs that infringe human rights.

The Global Fund’s mandate focuses on ensuring access to health services and in this way, promoting the right to health. A growing body of evidence demonstrates that the right to health can only be realized if other intersecting human rights are protected, promoted and fulfilled. However, a 2011 UNDP, UNAIDS and Global Fund study found that in settings where key populations are criminalized, Global Fund proposals and grants often did not include human rights programs that benefit the populations who need those services most. In the new funding model, applicants are strongly encouraged to incorporate human rights programming in their concept notes.

Les droits de l’homme dans le cadre des subventions liées au vih, à la tuberculose, au paludisme et au renforcement des systèmes de santé

Les droits de l'homme dans le cadre des subventions liées au vih, à la tuberculose, au paludisme et au renforcement des systèmes de santé
La stratégie 2012-2016 du Fonds mondial de lutte contre le sida, la tuberculose et le paludisme, «Investir pour maximiser l’impact», poursuit cinq objectifs dont celui de protéger et de promouvoir les droits de l’homme : 1. en intégrant la question des droits de l’homme tout au long du cycle de la subvention ; 2. en investissant davantage dans des programmes qui s’attaquent aux obstacles à l’accès liés aux droits de l’homme ; 3. en veillant à ce que le Fonds mondial ne subventionne pas des programmes qui enfreignent les droits de l’homme. Le mandat du Fonds mondial vise à garantir l’accès aux services de santé et, de cette façon, à promouvoir le droit à la santé. Des éléments toujours plus nombreux attestent que le droit à la santé ne peut être réalisé que si d’autres droits de l’homme apparentés sont protégés, promus et respectés. Toutefois, une étude du PNUD, de l’ONUSIDA et du Fonds mondial de 2011 a constaté que, souvent, dans les régions où les populations-clés sont criminalisées, les propositions et les subventions du Fonds mondial n’incluent pas de programmes relatifs aux droits de l’homme dont pourraient bénéficier les populations qui en ont le plus besoin. Dans le cadre du nouveau modèle de financement, les candidats sont vivement encouragés à incorporer à leurs notes conceptuelles une programmation basée sur les droits de l’homme.