Advancing UNAIDS support to empowering young people to protect themselves from HIV

1. Advancing UNAIDS support to empowering young people to protect themselves from HIV Consultation, New York, 26-27 October 2009

2. What is the Global Fund… Annex or Introduction?

3. The Global Fund Model • Country ownership • Performance-based funding • Inclusive partnership

4. The Global Fund Partner Network Examples of partner activities: • Resource mobilization • Parallel financing • Technical assistance to prepare proposals • Strengthen linkages to existing country-led efforts • Capacity building support for implementing parties • Monitoring of impact • Advocacy and fund-raising

5. Process for application/approval • Proposal development - an in-country consultative process with multiple stakeholders, based on National Strategic Plan • Proposals reviewed by an independent Technical Review Panel of the Global Fund • Approved for funding by the Board of the Global Fund • Implemented by a Principle Recipient (PR) and Sub Recipients (SR),both governmental and NGOs • Oversight by the Country Coordination Mechanism (CCM)

6. How does the Global Fundcurrently address YP? Strategy/Policy level • Gender & SOGI*strategy • cover young women and men and high risk groups • requirement to provide detailed analysis in proposal (”Know your epidemic”), how program intends to address issues and break down of data by age and gender (starting Rd 10) • HSS/CSS • Dual Track Financing (empowerment of CSOs and NGOs) • Harm reduction initiative (forthcoming) • Commitment to HIV-free generation (recent press-release on scale up of PMTCT) • Vulnerable child specialist from 2010 *Sexual orientation and gender identities

7. How does the Global Fundcurrently address YP? Monitoring and Evaluation • Promotion of alignment and harmonization • MESS for improved data collection and use in programs (5-10% of overall grant budget) • Examples: • Multi-partner M&E Toolkit • standard UNAIDS Indicators • sections on population subgroups (incl. YP), gender, OR, QoS, target setting, impact measurement, … • Use of UNAIDS M&E Systems Strengthening Tool (“Single Tool/12 Components”) - guidance on strategic investments in M&E systems including OR • Guidelines for M&E plans - use of national M&E plans, indicators, data collection, etc • QoS - collaboration with USG and partners re-launched • MARPS- UNAIDS M&E guideline development and support to implementation in grant agreements

8. How does the Global Fundcurrently address YP? Some Figures • Total number of people reached by BCC – 91 million (by mid 2009) • Spending on HIV prevention – USD 885 million (by end of 2008; of 88% grants reporting) = 29% of total HIV spending • $1 billion allocated for HIV grants with harm reduction components;$250 million specifically devoted to needle syringe exchange, substitution therapy and related education

9. Opportunities • Increase demand (country ownership/country role)- strategic focus, M&ESS and OR as part of programs supported by GF • NSA • Partnership strategy- at global and country level • Recommendations from recent Y-Peer partnership meeting - Involvement of YP: • Global level • The Board: know your representatives on Board, stand for elections • Partnership Forum, Friends of the Global Fund • Country level • Be proactive in CCM: become CCM member or participate in working groups as non-CCM member; know your representatives on CCM, make them accountable; bring your innovative ideas to be included in proposals • Oversee grants from outside: report to CCM and GFATM your concerns on grant implementation • Cooperate with technical partners (UN agencies)

10. Opportunities (2) • For further follow up: • Proposal guidelines (with relevant team at GF) • TRP – ensure briefing on relevant strategies • Fact sheets