1. TASO Experience with Technical Assistance CSO PR Workshop
August 2016
Dick Muhwezi
TASO Grants Management Unit

2. The Global Fund at TASO
TASO set up a Grants Management Unit to manage the PR role.
TASO is Principal Recipient for three grants under the New Funding Model (NFM):
TASO has been a Principal Recipient as follows:
Until July 31, 2014-Round 7 Phase II HIV
Until December 31, 2014-Round 10 Malaria and Round 10 HSS, and
Until June 30, 2015 HIV Costed Extension.

3. Grants Under TASO as PR 2016 GRANT GRANT NUMBER AMOUNT END DATE
Grant Rating
Malaria
UGA-M-TASO
$29,621,528
31/12/16 B2
Costed Extension
$14,985,052
Jan-Dec 17
HSS
UGA-S-TASO
$7,163,636
31/12/17 B1
HIV/TB
UGA-C-TASO
$7,888,933
30/6/18
Total
$44,674,097+$14,985,052

4. Implementation Arrangements
Directly implementing some activities
Implementing through sub recipients
Collaboration with Uganda AIDS Commission, Ministries of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Health, Gender, Labour and Social Development
Work with Local Governments especially the District Health Offices
Work with Joint Medical Store and National Medical Stores

5. Grants Management Solutions
US Government Funded Technical Support to Global Fund grants
Provides help to GF PRs
Apply for the Technical Support
Team composition-local, Regional and International consultants for the appropriate disciplines
Three visits of each of about a week long.
Interactions with several stakeholders
Try to work within your schedule to avoid interruptions to ongoing activities.

6. 1. Start up activities as PR
Experience sharing
Orientation to GF requirements
Required staffing [and job descriptions] for the Grants Management Unit
Document development: operational manual, PSM plan, Performance Framework, M$E plan, training plan, organogram for the project, budgets, work plans, MoUs, SR assessment templates,
Initiated discussions with selected SRs
Stakeholder assessment
Follow up

7. 2. PR management Dashboard
Developed a dashboard for the Malaria grant
Develop an Implementation mapping showing the relationship between stakeholders
Document review
Selection of key indicators to monitor and the means to collect the required data quarterly
Training for PR and SR staff
Follow up
Experience sharing

8. Thank you