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@icssupport.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/
2021 Calls
June 16: The Global Fund 7th Replenishment & 20th Anniversary
Links Shared on the call:
For those that have missed it… We have a new home! GFAN is now hosted by JLI – full announcement can be found here: https://www.globalfundadvocatesnetwork.org/gfan-is-now-hosted-at-jli/
May 25: A look at the 45th Global Fund Board Meeting
Links Shared on the call:
- Interview with Kalipso Chalkidou (Global Fund Secretariat Staff) on the new Health Financing Department: www.devex.com/news/q-a-shaping-health-finance-at-the-global-fund-99283
- Where you can find all the board meeting documents once they are public: https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/updates/other-updates/2020-10-02-global-fund-appoints-head-of-health-finance/
- Developing Country NGO Statement: https://www.developingngo.org/2021/05/25/developing-country-ngo-constituency-at-the-45th-board-meeting-ensuring-communities-and-civil-society-are-at-the-centre-of-the-global-fund/
April 6: World Malaria Day Tools & Global Fund Strategy Update
Slides Shared on the Call:
March 9: The GFAN 2021-2025 Strategy
Links Shared on the call:
- The 2021-2025 Strategy – online version
- The 2021-2025 Strategy – PDF version
- Details on GFAN’s 2021-2022 Speakers Bureau
- GFAN’s World TB Day Materials
- G7 & G20 Materials
- 2021 Calendar of events
March 1: Introducing the 2021-2022 GFAN Speakers Bureau and GFAN’s World TB Day Materials
Links Shared on the Call
Feb 23: Check-in following the second Global Fund Partnership Forum for Africa/MENA I
February 16: Check-in following the first Global Fund Partnership Forum for ECCA/LAC
February 3: Report Back from the third civil society and communities pre-meeting and the Global Opening of the Global Fund Partnership Forum
Links Shared on the call:
- GFAN Strategy Development Page: https://www.globalfundadvocatesnetwork.org/global-fund-strategy-development/
- Statement from the 3 Pre-meetings: https://www.developingngo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Civil-society-statement_1-February-2021.pdf
January 26: Report Backs from the first two civil society and communities pre-meetings in advance of the Global Fund Partnership Forum.
Links Shared on the Call:
- Lancet article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(20)30420-4/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email
- GFAN Strategy Development Page: https://www.globalfundadvocatesnetwork.org/global-fund-strategy-development/
2020 Calls
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
December 1: Call on TB & the Global Fund Strategy Development Process with Updates on the StopTB Board Meeting
Slides from the Call:
Links Shared on the Call:
- Documents related to the recent Stop TB Partnership Board Meeting: http://www.stoptb.org/about/cb/meetings/33/
- Report: Step up for TB: http://www.stoptb.org/suft/
- Proposed Action Plan in Response to Independent Review of Allegations of Racism and Misconduct at the Stop TB Partnership
- TB vaccines chapter of the annual pipeline report: https://www.treatmentactiongroup.org/resources/pipeline-report/2020-pipeline-report/
- ICOH calls for a strong global effort to promote occupational safety and health strategies to prevent TB in high-risk worker populations
- GFAN’s Global Fund Strategy Development Page
Upcoming Calls/Events:
- Deadly Divide – Thursday 3 December, Asia Launch Event, 10 AM Geneva. Registration: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvd–qpj4vGdDDylF1oTcpAZCL3cVoniaZ
- Friday 4 December, Anglophone Africa Launch Event, 12PM Geneva. Registration: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAoc–oqzopGNwq_pz-QiOIGcVUyq_-k7lJ
- Francophone Africa Launch Event, 2:30 PM Geneva, Registration: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEvce6upj0qH903ot8tYCcpG6p7dqoDZ84C
- Americas Launch Event, 4PM Geneva, Registration: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tce-tqDgvEtwGH9fHi4dp5Dy6wCQdv6jb
- Saturday 5 December, EECA Launch Event, 12PM Geneva, Registration: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsce2rqDgiEtT0wiF3n-5haieHehte94ja
17 November: 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
October 14: Global Fund Strategy Development Process and Results Report
Slides from the Call:
Links Shared on the Call:
- GFAN’s page for the Global Fund Strategy Development: https://www.globalfundadvocatesnetwork.org/global-fund-strategy-development/
- The Global Fund CALL FOR NOMINATIONS for the Partnership Forums (CLOSES NOV 6 2020): Find the Global Fund’s Nominations form here
- The Global Fund Results Report: https://www.theglobalfund.org/media/10103/corporate_2020resultsreport_report_en.pdf
- The Global Fund Results Report Media Package: https://spark.adobe.com/page/5zFeI4CJzvH1D/
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: