Tuberculosis (TB)

Stop TB Workshop on Grant Negotiation and Implementation of Global Fund TB Grants

11-14 December 2007
Geneva, Switzerland

The Stop TB Department, World Health Organization (WHO), and the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (Global Fund) jointly organized a workshop on grant negotiation and implementation of Global Fund round 6 and 7 TB proposals. The objectives of this workshop were as follows:

  • To understand Global Fund requirements for grant signature, ongoing disbursements, and phase 2 renewal.
  • To facilitate the early development of links/relationships between the Sub Recipients (SRs), Principal Recipients (PRs), external technical assistance partner, Global Fund Portfolio Managers (FPMs) and Programme Officers.

30 participants from 9 countries were present, including those from National TB Programmes (NTPs), Local and international NGOs, Country Coordination Mechanisms (CCMs) and Principal Recipients (PRs) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Presentations and discussions were led by staff from the Global Fund Secretariat including the following areas: Fund Portfolio Managers/Programme Officers, Finance, Procurement & Supply Management (PSM), Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), Local Fund Agent (LFA) management, CCM management, Operational Partnerships and Country Support. WHO Stop TB Department staff provided overall facilitation. (Countries included Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zambia.)

The following areas of the Global Fund grant lifecycle were presented by the Global Fund Secretariat:

The following TB-specific sessions were presented by members of the Stop TB Department, WHO, and the Stop TB Partnership Secretariat:

The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

Funding for this workshop was provided by the U.S. Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC) through USAID, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Global Fund grants, WHO and other Stop TB Partners.

The following additional regional meetings are being planned - see also TBTEAM missions/events database:

23-25 January 2008, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (francophone Africa - TB only)
Benin, DR Congo, Togo, Mauritania, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Mali, Senegal, Chad, Madagascar, Haiti (francophone Americas)

28 Jan - 2 February 2008, Bangkok, (SEAR/East Asia and Pacific Global Fund Cluster - HIV, TB and Malaria)
India, Thailand, Timor Leste, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan

22-24 January 2008, Manila, (WPR/South and West Asia Global Fund Cluster - HIV, TB and Malaria)
Thailand, Timor Leste, Pacific Islands, China, Mongolia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, Laos

Americas - in progress

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