Capacity Building

ABSTRACT During the webinar to present the new Initiative Strategy, Eric Fleutelot, Technical Director of the Major Pandemics Cluster at Expertise France Health Department, discussed the key points of the strategy that structure the actions and interventions funded by the French capacity building mechanism.

ABSTRACT Technical assistance providers are invisible but vital in the Global Fund's processes. This article describes their work, their perceived challenges and successes.

RÉSUMÉ Cet article comprend un état des lieux des progrès sur les Initiatives Spéciales du Fonds mondial dans le cadre du nouveau modèle de financement.

ABSTRACT Most organisations and people don’t take advantage of Global Fund transparency to trigger open and well-informed discussions on aid effectiveness, says Robert Bourgoing. The Global Fund should spearhead an effort to build local capacity to use Fund data. And it should declare war on gobbledygook.

ABSTRACT In his third article on the UNDP as principal recipient, Aidspan Senior Editor Karanja Kinyanjui looks at what the UN body has done to build capacity of national systems in countries where it operates as interim PR.

ABSTRACT A malaria grant in Mozambique that had been inactive for two years has been “re-launched” and re-programmed to focus on systems strengthening and capacity building.

ABSTRACT A Global Fund Board committee has concluded that reports from the Office of the Inspector General reveal a clear lack of focus by certain PRs on building the long-term capacity of national systems. The committee said that this is something that needs to be more fully addressed.

ABSTRACT Service providers for the Global Fund's new Capacity Building Service and Supply Chain Management Assistance (CBS/SCMA) initiative have been selected, and discussions are underway with about ten countries that have expressed interest in strengthening their national supply chain management system.