Aidspan has published its Annual Report for 2011. This is the first time that Aidspan has formally published an annual report, though it has always provided progress reports to its donors. The report presents a summary of Aidspan’s 2011 Annual Plan and outlines how Aidspan performed against the Plan. It also describes in more detail some of Aidspan’s accomplishments in…

List of 20 “high-impact” countries revealed Lengthy checklists and paper processes to be reduced In his report to the Global Fund Board at its meeting in Geneva, General Manager (GM) Gabriel Jaramillo provided information on how grants will be managed in the new Grant Management Division. Organisation of the Grant Management Division Three departments have been established to manage grants…

Two of the four short-listed candidates must be women The Global Fund has initiated the process to recruit a new Executive Director (ED). The Fund wants the position filled by the time of the November 2012 Board meeting. The Secretariat is currently being led by General Manager Gabriel Jaramillo, who started a one-year term in February 2012. According to a…

“A silo culture had become pervasive” “Disrespect for authority and the chain of command was prevalent” Weaknesses in the performance-management system for Secretariat staff hindered the quality of the re-organisation recently undertaken, General Manager (GM) Gabriel Jaramillo said in his report to the Global Fund Board at its meeting in Geneva. “This situation left us without an objective performance-evaluation system…

On 10-11 May 2012, the Global Fund Board held its 26th meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. GFO was present, with observer status. The main decisions made at the meeting, in chronological order, were as follows. (For precise wording of what the Board agreed, see the decision points document posted at www.theglobalfund.org/en/board/meetings/twentysixth. Background documentation will also, in time, be posted by the Global Fund at the same…

$1 billion available to fund new grants New funding opportunities to be launched by September 2012 The Global Fund is ready to start funding new grants again. The Fund said that it will “open new funding opportunities” in late September 2012, and that the Board will start making funding decisions no later than the end of April 2013. The decision…