Local fund agent

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 Organizations interested in serving as local fund agents have until 6 April 2018 to respond to a request for expression of interest from the Global Fund.

ABSTRACT Staff from the National Tuberculosis Control Program in Bangladesh falsified documents to support training-related expenditures, according to an investigation conducted by the Office of the Inspector General. The NTP is principal recipient for a TB grant. This is not the first time that it has come under scrutiny.

ABSTRACT The Board has replaced a 2007 decision which required that all LFA contracts be re-tendered every four years with a decision that provides more flexibility with respect to the timing. The Board established principles governing the procurement of LFA services. The Board delegated to the Audit and Finance Committee the authority to modify the principles; and delegated to the Secretariat the authority to establish the procedures for procurement of LFA services.

ABSTRACT Highlights of decisions at a meeting that was productive but ran out of time in the middle of a key item.