Community Involvement central in Global Fund New Funding Model
29 January 2013, Amsterdam - As the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) rapidly
transitions to its New Funding Model (NFM), the Communities Living with HIV, TB and affected by Malaria Delegation
(Communities Delegation) supported by the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) convened a consultation
on 25th and 26th January 2013 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Key representatives from national, regional and
international networks of communities living with and/or affected by the three diseases discussed key
concerns, identified opportunities, and reaffirmed the critical role that communities continue to
play in Global Fund processes to ensure that investment focuses on the right interventions for the populations.
Representatives at the consultation identified a number of areas the Global Fund must prioritise as the transition to the NFM progresses.
Five aspects of the transition phase and the roll out of the NFM are critical to communities: Communities' role in Monitoring, Watchdog and
Validation; Community Dialogue Platforms; Roles and Responsibilities in the NFM; implementation and integration of Community Systems
Strengthening (CSS), Human Rights, Gender Equality, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI); and Communication.
Follow this link for the Communities Statement: http://bit.ly/11bnfJX
"The new Funding Model presents a host of new entry points for communities affected by the three diseases to engage and meaningfully
participate - both at the national level and globally," says Anna Zackowicz, co-chair of GNP+. "The capacity and expertise of our
constituencies must be an integral component of making the New Funding Model work and scaling up the successes we have seen in
HIV, TB and Malaria."
"Communities living with and affected by the three diseases have been at the forefront of defining effective responses nationally,
regionally, and internationally," says Shaun Mellors, Board Member of the Communities Delegation. "The crucial role of ensuring that
the NFM responds to the needs of those most affected needs to be fulfilled by communities that are supported with the appropriate
financial and technical support."
"You are essential to what we do," says Mark Dybul, Executive Director of the Global Fund. "We need your active role in creating,
building and sustaining the movement that we need to defeat AIDS, TB and malaria. This year, we need you to help us monitor and
implement the NFM, which will better support health and community workers who treat and prevent the three diseases. It
will also better advocate human rights in the response to the three diseases. Partnerships are what make the Global
Fund effective. In that sense, we are all the Global Fund."
Conclusions from the Communities Consultation will feed into and inform further Global Fund discussions on the New Funding Model,
such as the Partner Consultations, taking place on 30 - 31 January 2013, and the forthcoming "New Funding Model and Country
Support" workshop organised by the Global Fund.
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For more information about this news release: Please contact the Communities Delegation (Rachel Ong, Communications Focal Point by email rachel.ong.gfatm@gmail.com , or phone +41 (22) 575 4822), or GNP+ (Martin Stolk, External Relations and Communications Officer, by email communications@gnpplus.net , or phone +31 (20) 423 4114).
Source: The Global Network of People living with HIV (GNP+)
The role of the Communities living with HIV, Tuberculosis (TB) and affected by malaria Delegation (Communities Delegation) is to advocate, influence and shape the decisions on the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tb and Malaria (Global Fund). This is so that communities living with HIV, TB and malaria can gain equitable access to quality services and support needed to prevent, treat and/or live with these infections within a conducive environment that respects human rights. www.globalfundcommunitiesdelegation.org.
The Global Network of People living with HIV (GNP+) is the global network for and by people living with HIV.
GNP+ advocates to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV. Driven by the needs of people living with HIV worldwide, GNP+
supports people living with HIV through their organisations and networks. GNP+ works to ensure equitable access to health and social
services, by focusing on social justice, rights and more meaningful involvement of people living with HIV in programme and policy
development - the GIPA principle. www.gnpplus.net
More information please contact
GNP+ Martin Stolk, Communications officer,
by email communications@gnpplus.net )
or phone +31-20-423 4114
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