Alliance Technical Assistance LAC Regional Communication & Coordination Platform 3rd Annual Meeting Lima June 2018
What is the Alliance? A unique partnership of independent, national civil society organisations (CSOs) dedicated to ending AIDS through community action Around 35 accredited and in-coming Linking Organisations (LOs) and a UK-based secretariat providing technical and financial support LOs support and develop national and local non-governmental and community-based organisations to mobilise communities to end AIDS In LAC: -Colectivo Sol -Atlacatl -IDH -Kimirina -Via Libre -POZ
Alliance - Global Fund partnership (2017) Implementers 9 PRs, 13 grants (including 4 regional grants) 17 SRs, 30 contracts 10 CCMs 3 Board Delegations Communities, Developing Country NGO, Developed Country NGO Technical / reference / working groups at GF Secretariat GF-related TA provider
Recent & current TA mechanisms Dates Donor Focus 2012-2015 GIZ German BACKUP Initiative Partnership Grant -Risk management -SR management -Quality assurance of technical assistance 2012-2017 USAID Grant Management Solutions, Tier 1 partner -Urgent short-term TA focused on PR and CCM support -Capacity development of regional TA provider 2014-2017 Global Fund -EPA and EPA Technical Manager -Governance Strengthening -CCM Oversight Strengthening -CSO/KP/PLWD Engagement 2016-2017 Regional workshops 2016-2018 German BACKUP Health Partnership Grant -CCM strengthening -Grant management support 2017-2019 ‘Civil Society and community organisations to provide peer-to-peer technical assistance for civil society and community engagement in Global Fund and related processes ‘Strengthening Community Based Monitoring and Feedback in Global Fund Grants’ 2018 -CCM evolution -CCM oversight strengthening -PR Management Dashboards (Country Approach) 2018-2020 CCM support including CCM evolution Through several key programmes, GTAS assesses organisational capacity and provides support for a range of issues including Global Fund support, organisational capacity and grant management support.
TA assignments Global ~ 70 countries LAC 12 countries, 2 regional
Technical assistance & TA provider capacity development EPAs Belize Bolivia Cuba Paraguay Suriname Costa Rica Guyana Peru Honduras Jamaica RCM PANCAP Colombia Haiti Other CCM strengthening, including oversight, governance, compliance with ERs, and CCM orientation RCM PANCAP RCM OECS Honduras Guyana TA provider capacity development Face-to-face training – EPA Online courses in Spanish EPA Consulting skills
How to access Alliance TA Global Fund CCM Hub CRG SI Country Team Direct request
The Alliance E-learning Portal Online courses: The Global Fund: An Introduction for Consultants Managing Community-based Sub-Recipients Risk Management for Civil Society Principal Recipients of Global Fund Grants Strengthening Good Practice for TB Representation and their Advocates on CCMs Global Fund CCM Performance Assessment Processes (EN, FR, SP) Alliance hosts courses and webinars from GMS Learning Hub General courses CCM courses PR courses Dashboard courses
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