data collection

ABSTRACT Following an audit of Global Fund grants in the Chad, the Office of the Inspector General has determined that measures put in place under the Fund’s Additional Safeguard Policy have helped “to reduce, but not sufficiently mitigate, significant financial and programmatic risks.” Although Chad has received extra flexibility and capacity building in light of its classification as a challenging operating environment, significant weaknesses remain, the OIG said. The OIG and the Secretariat have agreed on four management actions to be implemented by the end of this year.

ABSTRACT A new report published by Aidspan suggests that countries may not be using data optimally to inform grant implementation. The study, which aimed to assess flows of grant information and measurement of grant performance, also suggests that the Global Fund offers countries the flexibility to select performance indicators that are in line with the countries’ own strategic plans as well as with the Global Fund’s objectives.

ABSTRACT In this second instalment in our series on absorption issues, we look at problems that occur at country level. Lapsed funding is usually the result of delays in disbursements. Tardy disbursements, in turn, can be caused by human resource capacity problems, procurement difficulties, gaps in data collection and analysis, and shoddy construction of facilities that are used for Global Fund-related activities.