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
interventions and
Capacity building
Countries
Training and
Quality Assurance
Fixed 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
0
250
3804
284
4338
Coordination: WHO ADG HTM, Regional
offices
TA systems, monitoring and evaluation
TOTAL WHO and STB
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541
17615
5194
541
4330
1862
29000
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
Steering
Committee
Oversight from
Director General's
Office
Office of Coordination for
WHO - Global Fund
Partnership and Technical
Cooperation
Joint
Working
Group
Interagency
Committee
Task Force
HTM/HIS/RMNCH
and OGCF
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Global Policy
Group
ADGs
Scope of Technical Assistance for the
3 diseases
WHO HIV
WHO TB
Epidemiological
analysis
Epidemiological data
and assessment
Program reviews
Program reviews / capacity
assessment
Programmatic and financial
gap analysis
Strategic plans development
Country dialogue for joint
TB-HIV concept notes
WHO GMP – RBM
Epidemiological analysis,
mapping etc
Strategic planning
support including costing
Financial gaps analysis
Gap analysis
Strategic plans development
Strategic investment
approaches and translation into
CN
Out of Africa TA (full
package)
in-country consultation
meetings
HSS and RMNCH are Cross Cutting
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Scope of Technical Assistance for
HSS and 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
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 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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