India CCM: Question to the elected members of the Civil Society representatives

[Guest guest]

Dear Elected Representatives and Members of the various constituencies

represented on the India CCM,

The India CCM has initiated a process by which over a hundred civil society

organizations have been constituted to form the Civil Society and other

constituency for the CCM. From these constituencies, members have been elected

to represent their respective constituency.

It would be correct for these elected representatives to be actively engaged

with their respective constituency, and be responsible to it.

As elected members of the Civil Society and other constituencies, we the

representatives of the respective constituencies would like to ask the members

on the CCM to clarify the following:

The process by which they intend to collect concerns, suggestions and opinions

of the constituency for sharing with the CCM

The process by which the discussions held in the CCM could be related back to

the constituency and for receiving feedback on the same

The process by which all organizations of the respective constituencies have an

equal opportunity on intent, participation, and inclusion as applicants in the

country proposal.

The process and criteria by which some proposals are selected for inclusion in

the country proposal and others rejected.

As the CCM and as individual elected members representing these constituencies;

what is the process of accessibility for these constituencies to access and

consult with the CCM or their elected representatives?

Since one of the existing mandates of the CCM is

1) to ensure there is sufficient emphasis of active Civil Society participation

and involvement in the country proposal

2) there is active participation and representation of civil society in

addressing all three diseases TB, HIV/AIDS, and Malaria; clarification and

information on the above mentioned would be helpful in streamlining the

mechanism by which Civil Society can meaningfully participate and contribute to

the working of the CCM.

Thanking you

Yours Sincerely

Dr.Ashok Rau

Executive Trustee/CEO

Freedom Foundation-India, Nigeria, and Botswana

(Centers of Excellence- Substance Abuse & HIV/AIDS)

180, Hennur Cross, Bangalore - 560043, India

Senior Research Fellow, The Terry Sanford Institute of Public Health, Duke

University (USA), Visiting Faculty, Yale University (USA)

Phone (O) +91 80 25440134, 25449766, Fax (O) +91 80 25440134

e-mail: <ashokrau@...>

[Guest guest]

Dear Forum Members and other civil society reprentatives,

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First of all we wish to thank all of you for the numerous letters and notes of

solidarity we have received from the forum members and other civil society

organizations on sending a open letter to the CCM secretreate and the

individual elected members of the of the various constituencies on the current

India CCM for the Global Fund which was posted on this forum and was sent to all

members and the CCM secriterate

Unfortunately it is disappointing to note that we have yet to get any response

from the secretariat or the individual members of the CCM

However we are hopeful that we will get an adequate response soon.

The next meeting of the India CCM has been scheduled for the 29th of June 2007

Warm Regards

Yours Sincerely

Dr.Ashok Rau

email:freedom@...