WHO/Global Fund Agreement on Technical Cooperation to Support Countries under the Global Fund New

Funding Model

Nani NairOffice for Coordination of WHO - Global Fund Partnership

ADG/HTM Office

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•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

The WHO-Global Fund Agreement

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Overview of the AgreementOverview 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 SummaryOverall Budget Summary

Countries In-country TA

interventions and Capacity building

Training and Quality

AssuranceFixed costs PSC (7%) TOTAL

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 offices

0 250 3804 284 4338

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 ReformA 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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WHO-GF Steering Committee

Office of Coordination for WHO - Global Fund Partnership and Technical Cooperation

Task Force HTM/HIS/RMNCH

and OGCF

Oversight from Director General'sOffice

Oversight and Management Structures

Interagency Committee

Joint Working Group

ADGs

Global Policy Group

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Epidemiological analysis

Program reviews

Programmatic and financial gap analysis

Strategic plans development

Country dialogue for joint TB-HIV concept notes

Epidemiological analysis, mapping etcStrategic planning support including costing

Gap analysis

Out of Africa TA (full package)in-country consultation meetings

Epidemiological data and assessment

Program reviews / capacity assessment

Financial gaps analysis

Strategic plans developmentStrategic investment approaches and translation into CN

WHO HIVWHO HIV WHO TBWHO TB WHO GMP – RBMWHO GMP – RBM

Scope of Technical Assistance for the 3 diseases

HSS and RMNCH are Cross Cutting

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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

WHO HSS/RMNCHWHO HSS/RMNCH

Scope of Technical Assistance for HSS and RMNCH

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To remind ourselves…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 DatesImportant 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 Progress Sharing Information and Tracking Progress

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 StepsProgress 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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OpportunitiesOpportunities

– 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!

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