Notes from GFAN Calls

GFAN hosts regular conference calls with advocates from around the world. The calls are used for information sharing and joint strategizing on the Global Fund.

Below you will find notes and details from past calls. Recordings may be available for some calls, please contact Tara Hogeterp at tara@globalfundadvocatesnetwork.org to enquire.

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Notes, recordings and slides from calls regarding the ACT Accelerator can be found here: http://covid19advocacy.org/calls-details-and-notes/

April 26 - GFAN Call notes

Due to a technical problem, we were not able to record the call; please find the call notes below:

Context:

During the next Board Meeting, the board be presented with a decision point regarding how catalytic funding will be allocated in the next implementation cycle (2024-2026). Catalytic Funding, alongside country allocations, is a critical component of the implementation of the new 2023-2028 Strategy. Many community-led, human right and gender transformative interventions that are championed by civil society and communities would fall under the priorities given to catalytic investment – it therefore is capital that advocates follow this discussion and its outcome closely. The plans that will be presented to the board are being discussed in the Strategic Committee, chaired by Carolyn Gomes, Board Member of the Developing NGO Delegation. This GFAN call was organized to give the Communities Delegation, Developing Countries NGO and Developed Countries NGO Delegations a chance to update their constituencies on the state of the discussions, and receive input and feedback.

Carolyn Gomes (Developing Countries NGO BM), Robin Montgomery (Developed Countries NGO BM) and Daniel Townsend (Developed Countries NGO CFP) joined the GFAN Secretariat team on the call.

The discussion:

The Strategic Committee makes recommendation on a range of priorities for Catalytic Funding that will guide the Secretariat in the allocation of funding. These priorities have to be approved by the Board before the end of the replenishment process (an therefore before how much money will be available is known), so they are budgeted according to funding scenarios.
Under the methodology that will be proposed to the Board, the more funding is made available overall through the replenishment, the large the share that will go to catalytic investment.
The priorities recommended by the Strategic Committee are informed by the Technical Evaluation Reference Group (TERG), and the Technical review Panel (TRP).
The Strategy Committee discussion have been contentious regarding how much funding should be made available for catalytic funding, how that funding should be split between the various priorities, and how much flexibility the Secretariat should have in the allocation of funds.
Catalytic funding had been presented in the past as one avenue to address the relatively lower Global Fund investment going to the fight against TB. Though figures cannot be shared yet, this concern is reflected in the proposed allocation.
A new, innovative inclusion in Catalytic Funding of a NextGen Market Shaping to promote equitable access to health supplies by transforming supply chains.
At the national level, board member shared that it is crucial that national advocates work to identify suitable opportunities for catalytic funding, that make best use of the available funds and guarantee impact.

December 8: Last GFAN Call of 2020 ~ Finding a new home, update on the US election results and what that means for global health, latest updates on the Global Fund Strategy Development and the work of the CRG.

Slides from the Call:

Links Shared on the Call:

Upcoming conference on HIV and Human rights in Eastern Europe – Dec 14
Friends US report for the Transition to Biden Administration
GFAN’s Global Fund Strategy Development Page
Link to GFAN’s Annual Survey for 2020

November 17: Presentation on the Global Fund Strategy Development from the Vice Chair of the Strategy Committee & thoughts on Strategy Development and the 44th Global Fund Board meeting from Communities and Civil Society Delegations.

Slides From the Call:

Links Shared on the Call:

The Global Fund’s Strategy Development Page
GFAN’s Page on the Global Fund’s Strategy Development (we are looking for your input!)
GFAN’s Page on the 44the Board Meeting of the Global Fund
The Global Fund’s Board Meeting Page

July 6: Mitigating COVID-19 – Slides from the Global Fund.

On June 18th, CSEM and GFAN co-hosted a conversation that was open to all interested civil society and community CSO’s, advocates and activists to share information about the role civil society and community are playing on the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator.

While most information is still very preliminary, the conversation provided updates on what issues were being discussed in the various “pillars” of the ACT-A: Diagnostics, Therapeutics, Vaccines and the Health System Connector.

Close to 200 people joined the call and discussion points raised included ensuring that there is opportunity from the broader community to feed into conversations in all the pillars and across ACT-A, ensuring that information is shared with global health CSO’s, advocates and activists broadly across many issues (including importantly those communities who are most vulnerable to COVID because of other health challenges) and importantly to ensure that in these conversations, civil society representatives include people living with or recovered from COVID-19 at the centre of the response.

For more information or queries on how to engage in these conversations going forward, please contact Katy at katy@icssupport.org

Documents from the call: