An analysis of the Fund’s financial needs and its likely income suggests that it may well not be possible for the Fund to launch any new rounds in 2006 or 2007. At best, there might be money for one new round in 2007, but none in 2006. This is a very different future than the one hoped for by the…
“Providing” Treatment Versus “Supporting” Treatment
A key feature of the Global Fund is that it says it is “results-based” – that it can measure the impact that its grants have, and it can prove to its donors that their money is well-spent. Recently, PEPFAR (the $15 billion US bilateral AIDS program) has had a difficult time coping with some confusions that its published numbers have…
Fund’s Chief of Operations to Depart
reasons. Herbert has been with the Fund for almost three years, and for much of that time has been in charge of all work regarding oversight of Global Fund grants. Upon announcing his plans to depart, Herbert told all staff that “to have been part of the start-up and to lead such a great team has been the highlight of…
Aidspan Launches “Round 6 Proposal Review Service”
Bernard Rivers
Data Released Regarding Round 5 Proposals
Bernard Rivers
Tell Us Your Experiences With the Round 5 Application Process
GFO is interested in hearing from readers about their experiences with applying to the Fund in Round 5. Did you find the Fund’s application form and guidelines useful? If not, what were the problems? Did you use the PDF version or the Word version of the application form? Did you have any problems with either? Write to David Garmaise (garmaise@aidspan.org),…
Two Giants Learning to Dance Together
When you have a donor giving billions of dollars for AIDS, politics inevitably raises its head from time to time. And when you have two such donors, and they’re working out how to dance with each other, the politics gets heavier. This has certainly been the case with the Global Fund and the US’s PEPFAR program. Just under a year…
The First Fifty "Phase 2 Renewals"
The Global Fund has made its fiftieth decision regarding whether to approve a grant for extension beyond the first two years, known as “Phase 2 Renewal.” For the first time, the Fund is now making public each Grant Scorecard, which contains the originally-confidential evaluation that the Secretariat submitted to the Board when making its recommendations regarding Phase 2. [For details,…
Global Fund to Provide "FAQ" for Round 5 Applicants
The Global Fund says that on Wednesday it will post at www.theglobalfund.org/en/faq a publicly-accessible regularly-updated “Frequently Asked Questions” document about the Round 5 application process, and that it will write to all known potential applicants and CCMs informing them of this.
Excerpts from Grant Scorecards
As reported above, the Global Fund Secretariat provides confidential Grant Scorecards to board members during consideration of “Phase 2 renewal” of grants that are approaching the end of their second year. The Grant Scorecards, which contain the Secretarit’s candid comments on the strengths and weaknesses of each grant, are published at www.theglobalfund.org/en/funds_raised/performance after the Phase 2 decisions have been made….