7th Regional Implementing Partners’ Meeting Middle East and North Africa 19-21 October 2011 

Theme: Delivering Results with Accountability

Context: 

The Global Fund is a performance-based, funding institution that invests resources to complement national responses in the fight against AIDS, TB, and malaria. The Global Fund recognizes that the delivery of positive results is negatively impacted in environments that have limited capacity, controls, and systems to prevent and mitigate risk in areas such as finance, procurement and supply, and principal and sub-recipient oversight. Weak risk management demonstrates the inter-related relationship of the Global Fund and its grantees, as poor performance on a country level affects the Fund`s ability to attract and invest the required resources on a global level. In response, the Global Fund and its stakeholders are engaged in a comprehensive strategy to improve results through improved stewardship of resources. The MENA Region, through its diverse portfolio experiences and profiles, provides a unique, collaborative environment to inform and implement risk management measures that are appropriate and effective to each member.

Objectives: 

Building on the success and recommendations from previous meetings and the Global Fund reform agenda, the objectives of the 7th Regional Conference are to maximize impact on the diseases by:

1. Enhancing understanding of the Global Fund, its evolving grant architecture (including the new eligibility, counterpart financing, prioritization criteria), and reform agenda;
2. Empowering stakeholders to improve prevention and mitigation of key risk areas;
3. Providing a forum to share experiences.

Expected Outcomes: 

1. Participants are better positioned to achieve results through an enhanced understanding of Global Fund processes, its evolving grant architecture future funding trends and opportunities, and expanded regional networks;
2. Participants understand key areas of risk management, including fiduciary, procurement and supply, and programmatic oversight within the context of Global Fund requirements;
3. Participants have increased capacity to prevent and mitigate risk through an improved tool kit of Global Fund resources, best practices, and systemic approaches.