Global Fund Community, Rights and Gender Technical

3 2.CRG Strategic Initiative –Implementing partners Progress update

93 Short-term TA’s already delivered or on-going/to be concluded by December 2019.
6 Regional Platforms have 70% to 85% of activities implemented as of September 2019 (including regional meetings, TA Assessments, webinars etc).
5 TB networks had 80% of workplan completed by September 2019. Activities include: support to community engagement in the TB HLM (2018), sustainability and transition in the context of new treatment guidelines, TB and CRG assessments and use of data for evidence-based advocacy.
2 Malaria Networks had 100% of workplan/budget implemented by Sept 2019. Funds fully disbursed and reported. Main activities include human rights and gender assessments and trainings in the context of malaria.
6 HIV KP networks have completed an average of 80% of their workplan. Activities involved trainings, mentoring and strengthening of national networks of key populations.<br>

Examples of other non-TA CRG SI work in the region Component 3
Provision of community coordination and communication to civil society and community-based organizations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia by ERHA. The platform is also providing support on TA demand creation. 4 Component 2
MPACT is mobilizing community members around Global Fund processes and information dissemination in Kyrgyzstan and Moldova;
INPUD through the Eurasian Network of People who Use Drugs (ENPUD) is providing different trainings on harm reduction and small grants to implement activities related to engagement and advocacy within GF processes in Moldova, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus and Ukraine;
GNP+ is providing organizational strengthening/capacity assessment support to organizations in Ukraine;
NSWP through different implementers has been providing strategic guidance and organizing regional convenings focusing on transition planning and sustainability. They have also awarded small grants to sex worker-led organizations and networks to implement national program of activities. These activities cover Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova and Ukraine<br>

Examples of other SI support in the region 5 Human Rights Breaking Down Barriers Strategic Initiative
Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan are part of the Breaking Down Barriers initiative that aims to remove human rights barriers to services and improve access to, uptake of and adherence to treatment and preventions programs. They have received human rights matching funds; technical guidance on human rights programs for HIV and TB; baseline assessments that detail the nature of the human rights barriers, what is needed to comprehensively address them, and the costs involved. Mid-term assessments are underway.

Support has been provided to hold multi-stakeholder meetings and develop plans for a comprehensive response to human rights-related barriers:
Kyrgyzstan received TA through the STE SI and the Human Rights SI;
Ukraine received TA funded from country grants and will be receiving additional TA from Frontline AIDS, with fudning from BACKUP Health. Sustainability, Transition and Efficiency (STE) Strategic Initiative
As part of the STE strategic initiative, a few countries in the region have received support to implement transition readiness assessments, technical assistance for transition planning, social contracting and domestic resources mobilization for civil societies.
Countries that have received support through the STE-SI include: Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Romania, Albania, Kosovo, Armenia, Montenegro, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan and Belarus.<br>

CRG Short-term technical assistance 6 What is the scope of the CRG technical assistance?

The Community, Rights and Gender (CRG) Technical Assistance Program provides support to civil society and community organizations to meaningfully engage in Global Fund related processes during:
Country dialogue
Funding request development
Grant-making
Grant implementation

Technical assistance can be requested in the following areas:
Situational analysis and planning
Participation in country dialogue
Program design
Oversight and monitoring of grant implementation
Engagement in sustainability and transition strategy development

*It is important to note that the Technical Assistance program does not cover long-term capacity building of civil society organizations, strengthening of Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCM) and funding request writing.<br>

CRG Short-term technical assistance 7 Who are the technical assistance prequalified TA providers?

26 civil society and key populations networks and have been prequalified as CRG technical assistance providers: 1. African Men for Sexual Health and Rights (AMSHeR)
2. AIDS & Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA)
3. AIDS Strategy, Advocacy and Policy (ASAP)
4. Alliance India
5. Alliance Technical Assistance Centre – International Charitable Foundation (ATAC-ICF)
6. International HIV/AIDS Alliance
7. Amref
8. APCOM
9. Asia Catalyst
10. ATHENA
11. Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO)
12. Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
13. Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC)













14. Community Leadership and Action Collaborative (CLAC)
15. Eurasian Coalition on Male Health (ECOM)
16. HIVOS
17. International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
18. International Council of Aids Service Organizations (ICASO)
19. KELIN
20. KeNAAM
21. Moldovan Institute for Human Rights (IDOM)
22. Nai Zindagi
23. Networking HIV & AIDS Community of Southern Africa (NACOSA)
24. PATH
25. Speak Up Africa
26. The Union<br>

CRG Short-term Technical Assistance 8 What are the areas of expertise of the providers of the CRG technical assistance?

The 2017-2019 pool of TA providers has a stronger capacity to deliver in the following key areas:

Gender
Human Rights barriers to services
Malaria
Tuberculosis
sustainability, transition and co-financing
support to civil society in Challenging Operating Environments (COEs)<br>

CRG Short-term technical assistance 9 What is the process?<br>

CRG Short-term Technical Assistance 10 What are the reasons for a request to be deemed ineligible for support?

The application is not linked to an existing grant (country or region), for example before the funding request is submitted/made

Demand duplicates existing / recent work in the region with civil society / communities / key populations

The application does not fall within the areas in which the CRG Special Initiative can support, i.e. following the finalization of the concept note or for capacity building of PR’s/SRs

The request was made without verifying whether the technical partners in the region are already supporting similar work / have a mandate to support the work

Demand exceeding the understanding of the term "short-term”

Major partners within the CRG Strategic Initiative have the mandate / are already supporting similar work, such as the work of the RCNF with key CCM populations<br>

CRG Short-term Technical Assistance 11 What to consider before submitting a request for technical assistance?

Is the request for technical assistance explicitly linked to a Global Fund process?

Is the application linked to an existing grant in the region? For example, country planning / the possibility of applying for funding

Have there been similar and/or recent TA missions in the country?

Has the Regional Platform already undertaken similar work? If so, it is necessary to see whether the Platform could support the elements of the request, i.e. the needs assessment.

Determine what other technical assistance is provided in the region by the technical partners, Expertise France / WHO

Ask the Regional Platform to review the TA application form before submitting it.

If your CRG Short Term TA proposal is not eligible, find out why. Then, consider making another request.<br>

12 Number of eligible CRG TA requests received (n= 93), by regions*
(Sept 2017 to Sept 2019) * The regions correspond to the ones used for the regional platforms for communication and coordination. Number of CRG TA requests received, by funding cycle stage
(Sept 2017- Sept 2019) Number of CRG TA requests received, by disease component
(Sept 2017- Sept 2019) CRG Short-term Technical Assistance: Global<br>

Number of eligible requests received (n= 9) (Sept 2017 to Sept 2019) Number of CRG TA requests received, by funding cycle stage
(Sept 2017- Sept 2019) Number of CRG TA requests received, by disease component
(Sept 2017- Sept 2019) CRG Short-term Technical Assistance: EECA Number of requests received: 12
Number of completed TA: 3
Number of TA at different stages of the process: 4
Number of eligible requests not delivered: 2<br>

CRG Short-term Technical Assistance 14 Some examples of technical assistance requests include:

In Montenegro, the organization Juventas is receiving TA to develop effective interventions for key populations with a focus on the use of information and communication technology, internet marketing and the use of social networks;

In Armenia, New Generation Humanitarian NGO received TA to address TRP recommendations, to develop some recommendations and a plan on inclusion of relevant policies and practices aimed at eliminating discrimination against representatives of key populations;

In Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan Union of People living with HIV received TA to identify and prioritize activities to be presented to the CCM for consideration in the upcoming funding request;

In Tajikistan, NGO Gender and Development is receiving TA to conduct an assessment of barriers to TB services and develop recommendations on how to address them;

In Tajikistan, SPIN Plus is receiving TA for the budgeting and the costing of the HIV transition plan;

In Ukraine, Charitable Organization Positive Women will be receiving TA to conduct a gender audit/review of the Ukrainian national HIV program and to expand the involvement of women living with HIV in promoting specific services for women within the Global Fund packages of services.<br>

15 CRG – SI 2.0:
Final evaluation: March 2020
Close-out: 31 December 2020


CRG-SI 3.0 allocation and starting date: still unknow, but what we know…

CRG-SI team working more efficiently to minimize gaps in the release of funds to support community engagement during 2020.

Stronger synergies across the three components;

Stronger alignment with regional priorities in support of the CRG Accelerate model; 5.CRG Strategic Initiative- Stepping into 2020!<br>