Global Fund board meeting in India: what are civil society priorities

[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 highlight priorities of Indian civil society regarding the Global

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

into issues that could be addressed,

debated and resolved by the Global Fund Board and Secretariat.

To assist us in this effort, 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 one thing about how it works with

India in order to address major difficulties, what would that one

thing be?

Please email your responses, along with any questions or other

comments, either to this listserv OR (if you would rather send a

message confidentially) to this address: <delhigfmeeting@...> which has

been set up by the three civil society delegations solely

for this discussion. We would like to receive your comments between

now and October 22 at the latest.

In addition, the three delegations are organizing a face to face

meeting in New Delhi of Indian civil society, in order to discuss

opportunities for joint advocacy regarding the priorities of the three

delegations, and those identified by Indian civil society.

Please watch this space for more information about this meeting.

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 <karlo.boras@...>

Dr. Bobby

e-mail:<bj@...>