Guidance Paper on CCM Oversight

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Guidance Paper on CCM Oversight

Dear FORUM,

The Global Fund has recently released a guidence paper on CCM

Oversight. According to the publication, the purpose of this guidance

paper is to clarify the Global Fund's expectations on oversight as it

applies to CCMs, Regional Coordinating Mechanisms, and other national

bodies that serve as coordinating mechanisms on Global Fund grants.

This guidance paper is the first in a series of operational guidance

papers to address key questions and concerns on CCM functioning.

Providing oversight to proposal development, grant negotiation grant

implementation and grant closure is considered an essential function

of the CCM1. CCMs are, in fact, required to have an oversight plan in

place and without an oversight plan, the CCM may be ineligible for

funding.

In general, oversight is a key function of governance. Oversight

ensures that activities are implemented as planned by providing

strategic direction to principal recipients, ensuring policies and

procedures are met, instituting financial controls (including

independent audits), and following through on key recommendations.

Good governance means that CCMs should operate in a transparent and

accountable manner.

They should have clear public communications of their recommendations

and decisions; their leadership should ensure that all stakeholders'

views are heard. Non-CCM members' viewpoints need to be solicited and

considered in providing grant oversight.

An electronic version of this document is availabe on the following

web link

http://www.theglobalfund.org/documents/ccm/GuidancePaperOnCCMOversight

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