Invitation to meet with Global Fund civil society delegations in Delhi on Tuesday 4 Nov (RSVP)

[Guest guest]

Dear friends and colleagues in Indian civil society,

 

The next Board meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and

Malaria is in New Delhi, India from November 6-8.

 

The three civil society delegations to the Global Fund Board would like to use

the opportunity of the meeting of the Global Fund Board in New Delhi to meet and

interact with you about priorities of Indian civil society regarding the Global

Fund-supported programs in India, to attempt to translate these priorities into

issues that could be addressed, debated and resolved by the Global Fund Board

and Secretariat and give you an opportunity to meet with representatives from

the three civil society delegations.

Therefore we would like to invite two representatives of your organisation to a

joint meeting on Tuesday 4 November, from 16.00-19.00 hours at the Taj Palace

Hotel in Delhi, (Sardar Patel Marg, Diplomatic Enclave - meeting room tbc)

which is also the venue for the Board Meeting later that week.

Following the meeting, the Communities Delegation is organizing a social and

networking event with drinks and snacks from 19.00 to 21.00 hours, to which you

are also gladly invited.

During the joint meeting, we would like Indian activists and civil society

representatives to provide us with answers to these questions:

 

--What are the major barriers to effective civil society participation in Global

Fund proposal development, grant implementation, and oversight? What needs to

happen to fix these problems?

 

--From the point of view of Indian civil society, what are the major problems

with the performance of Global Fund-funded grants in India? What needs to happen

to fix these problems?

 

--If the Global Fund could change three things about how it works with India

in order to address major difficulties, what would those three things be?

 

--How can the civil society delegations support you more effectively in some of

these challenges, opportunities?

Please let us know if you are planning to attend the joint meeting and/or the

networking event by sending a response email to jw@..., stating the

names of who will come and your organization, preferably no later than Sunday

2 November.

Travel and accommodation would be at your own expenses.

 

Sincerely

 

Hourcade Bellocq

Global Fund Board Member, Delegation of Communities Living with HIV/ AIDS, TB

and affected by Malaria

jhourcade@...

 

Asia

Global Fund Board Member, Delegation of Developed Country NGOs 

asia@...

 

Karlo Boras

Global Fund Alternate Board Member, Delegation of Developing Country

NGOs -karlo.boras@... 

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