The Global Fund launches Round 10

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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria launches Round 10

 

On the 20th of May, the Global Fund launched its Round 10 Call for Proposals.

The deadline for submissions is the 20th of August 2010.

As has been previously mentioned, the round is being launched in the context of

a resource-constraine d environment and with the Global Fund’s 2011-2013

replenishment process soon to be underway.

 

Community Systems Strengthening

This Round is of of vital importance to Civil Society and community

organisations; it includes the newly approved Community Systems Strengthening

(CSS) framework, developed after a wide consultation faciltated by ICASO, UNAIDS

and the International HIV/AIDS Alliance. Community Systems are community-led

structures and mechanisms used by communities through which community members

and community based organisations and groups interact, coordinate and deliver

their responses to the challenges and needs affecting their communities.

Although a large number of countries, particularly in Latin America and the

Caribbean, have already included CSS interventions within previous Global Fund

proposals, the new CSS framework contains a range of areas of service provision,

indicators and targets which will facilitate the development of national and

regional proposals for Round 10. The full CSS framework is available here:

http://bit.ly/CSSFramework  

 

New Funding Stream for Most At Risk Populations – Round 10 only

The Board of the Global Fund has approved a new funding stream (the total pot is

limited to US$200million over 5 years) for Most At Risk Populations in countries

with concentrated epidemics. This was a significant decision for middle-income

countries in light of the newly approved prioritisation model for proposals

recommended by the Technical Review Panel in the traditional funding stream; the

model prioritises low income countries. Proposals submitted through the new

funding stream will not compete for funding with proposals from low-income

countries with generalised epidemics. A Fact Sheet on the New MARP Funding

Stream is available here:

http://bit.ly/FactSheetMARPFundingStream

 

Round 10 Guidelines and Forms

The Round 10 Guidelines and Forms have been amended to include CSS, and policies

on Gender, and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.

All relevant documentation for Round 10 is available on the Global Fund Website:

http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/applynow/