WHO/Global Fund Agreement

on Technical Cooperation to Support

Countries under the Global Fund New
Funding Model
Nani Nair
Office for Coordination of WHO - Global Fund Partnership
ADG/HTM Office
 The WHO-Global Fund Agreement
•Agreement to support technical assistance to countries for
activities leading to Concept Notes (CN) development* to
access their allocation under the New Funding Model.

•Building on WHO’s mandate, presence and long experience in

providing technical guidance and support to countries including
for previous rounds-based calls for applications.

*but not to support Regional proposals, actual writing of Concept Notes,

or steps that follow, such as providing clarifications to the TRP and
processes for Grant Making

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 Overview of the Agreement
 Agreement signed 20 May 2014 during WHA, for US $ 29 M

 Period: January 2014 to 31 December 2015- bulk of the work in

next 12 months

 Payments:
– Upfront payment of $4.6 million for fixed coordination costs,
and $4.8 million for activities
– Reimbursement for activities completed between 1 Jan and
20 May 2014.
– Additional payments will be made retroactively as
reimbursements, based on quarterly reports of activities
completed
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 Overall Budget Summary

In-country TA
Training and
Countries interventions and Fixed costs PSC (7%) TOTAL
Quality Assurance
Capacity building

WHO HIV 34 3500 620 0 288 4408

WHO TB 63 4830 400 0 366 5596

Stop TB 30 2552 1225 263 283 4322

WHO GMP – RBM 51 3514 1300 263 355 5432

WHO HIS & FWC 37 3219 858 0 285 4362

Coordination: WHO ADG HTM, Regional

0 250 3804 284 4338
offices

TA systems, monitoring and evaluation   541     541

TOTAL WHO and STB

17615 5194 4330 1862 29000
 

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 A Flagship Project of WHO Reform
 WHO-GF TA Agreement reinforces the key principles of WHO
Reform.
– Country Focus: needs are defined at Country Level and address
country needs and priorities towards reaching set targets
– Mandate to provide effective technical assistance to
countries: three levels of WHO work seamlessly through
HTM/HIS /RMNCH /GF focal points at CO, RO, HQ and OGCF
– Coordination and harmonization of assistance: WHO TA
requests result from dialogue with all relevant national
stakeholders, in-country partners and GF country teams to avoid
duplication of efforts
– Strengthened accountability and transparency

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 Oversight and Management Structures

WHO-GF Oversight from

Steering Director General's
Committee Office

Office of Coordination for Global Policy

WHO - Global Fund Group
Joint
Partnership and Technical
Working ADGs
Cooperation
Group
Interagency
Committee
Task Force
HTM/HIS/RMNCH
and OGCF

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 Scope of Technical Assistance for the
3 diseases
WHO HIV WHO TB WHO GMP – RBM
WHO HIV WHO TB WHO GMP – RBM

Epidemiological Epidemiological data Epidemiological analysis,

analysis and assessment mapping etc
Strategic planning
Program reviews Program reviews / capacity
support including costing
assessment
Programmatic and financial
Financial gaps analysis Gap analysis
gap analysis

Strategic plans development Strategic plans development Out of Africa TA (full

Strategic investment package)
Country dialogue for joint approaches and translation into in-country consultation
TB-HIV concept notes CN meetings

HSS and RMNCH are Cross Cutting

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 Scope of Technical Assistance for
HSS and RMNCH
WHO HSS/RMNCH
WHO HSS/RMNCH

Review of the national health sector strategy and national disease-specific plans to
identify priority areas for cross-cutting RMNCH and HSS investments ( focus on PSM,
HMIS, HRH, service delivery & financial management)
Preliminary high level gap analysis and analytical needs assessment within identified
priority RMNCH and HSS areas to prioritize strategic investments

Designing evidence-based high-impact RMNCH and HSS interventions for inclusion in

CNs (included in either disease concept notes, or as stand-alone HSS grant)

Country dialogue to ensure inclusion of RMNCH and HSS priorities, discussions on

programme split

Training HSS consultants and WHO HSS staff in NFM and RMNCH/HSS

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 To remind ourselves…

 Demand driven process

 Clear focus on real country needs and priorities in order

to reach goals

 Logical process for development of Concept Notes: eg.,

epidemiological, situation gap analyses and NSPs before
Concept Note development

 Active engagement with all stakeholders to ensure

content of CNs, appropriate TA, and use of funds

 Cross-cutting elements critical for success under NFM

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 Important Dates
 Beginning Date of Agreement: 1 January 2014

 End Date of Agreement: 31 December 2015

 First Report to the Global Fund due on 4 July 2014;

technical and financial reports for activities carried out
and reimbursed between 1 January – 20 May 2014
– HQ, Regional and Country Office focal points contacted to
provide reports in lead up to the due date

 Quarterly Reporting thereafter until end of Agreement

– HQ, Regional and Country Offices will be contacted to provide
reports in lead up to due dates
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 Sharing Information and Tracking Progre

 Templates for TA Requests and Reports, Quarterly

Workplanning and Reporting shared with all WHO Focal Points
for HTM/HIS/RMNCH at HQ and Regions

 SOPs for internal working arrangements shared with HQ and

Regional HTM/HSS/RMNCH focal points

 Active utilization of all forums including face to face meetings,

TCs, VCs, emails and sharepoint to track, trouble-shoot and
monitor progress with provision of technical assistance in real
time .

 All key documents including workplans, templates, schedules of

TRPs etc. are accessible on OCGF sharepoint
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 Progress and Next Steps

 Countries continue to submit their technical assistance requests.

Workplanning templates for next quarter being developed in each
Region

 WHO and Global Fund working on Joint Standard Operating

Procedures to ensure smooth management of the Cooperation
Agreement

 Training for countries intending to integrate Health Systems and

Services into their concept notes, finalization of guidance note on
integrating RMNCH issues into Concept Notes

 280 Concept Notes expected to be submitted during 2014-2016, of

which 160 in 2014 (representing 72% of the total funding)

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 Opportunities
– Accelerated progress towards MDGs: national programme
strategies, plans, national health systems development, link
and converge towards achieving national and global targets

– Effective coordinated partnership mechanisms that are

well positioned technically and politically, and that
consistently provide effective TA support to countries

– Greater capacity (technical, financial) to respond more

effectively to countries’ needs in the future

– Stronger national capacities in countries

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 We’re a TEAM!

Thank you
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