Inviting Civil Society organisations to be part of CCM Civil Society Constituenc

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We are happy to share with you the information about the Global Fund and its mechanisms.

The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) finances programmes that focus on the creation, development and expansion of partnerships among all relevant stakeholders, including governments, civil society, multi-lateral and bi-lateral agencies, and the private sector. The GFATM also aims to strengthen the participation of communities and people, particularly those affected by AIDS, TB and Malaria, within these partnerships. An essential element of the Global Fund framework is to encourage transparency and accountability of decision-making and actions of all development partners including civil society organizations involved in Global Fund to strengthen existing co-ordination mechanisms, and promoting new and innovative partnerships

The Country Coordinating Mechanism is central to the Global Fund's commitment to local ownership and participatory decision-making. These country-level partnerships develop and submit grant proposals to the Global Fund, which are based on needs at the national level. After grant approval, the CCM is designated to oversee the progress of project(s) and utilization of Global Fund resources.

The CCM also aims to function as a national consensus group to promote true partnerships in the development and implementation of Global Fund supported programmes that are fully transparent throughout the decision making process. In principle, the CCM is to be as inclusive as possible, promoting gender balance and representation at the highest level across various sectors. In addition, the CCM is to ensure that all members of the CCM are treated as equal partners, and all relevant actors are involved in the CCM decision making processes by operating in a transparency manner. The CCM is also responsible for ensuring that information related to the Global Fund, such as calls for proposals, decisions taken by the CCM and detailed information on approved proposals for funding, is widely disseminated to all interested parties within the country. For more information, please refer http://www.india-ccm.org/ext_data/ToR-India-CCM.pdf

In January 2009, work was initiated to conduct elections for the eight seats allotted to the civil society.

Around 4000 CSOs were contacted to participate in elections out of which 1636 registered to vote for the elections. 547 registered to contest the elections out of which 102 organisations submitted their documents based on the eligibility criteria for each constituency. Finally 32 candidates were found eligible to contest for 8 seats for HIV/AIDS, child development & rights, sexual minorities, gender, TB and Malaria seats on the India-CCM. The winners of the various civil Society Constituencies are as follows:-

SUB-SECTOR

CSO

NAME

E-mail Address

HIV/AIDS

India HIV/AIDS Alliance

Ms. Sonal Mehta

smehta@...

HIV/AIDS

SAATHI

Dr. Sai Subhashree Raghvan

subhasree_raghavan@...

TB

Swiss Emmaus Leprosy Relief Work India

Mr. Kurian

john@...

TB

Ramakrishna Mission

Swami Shantaimananda

ashram@...

Malaria

Caritas India

Father Varghese Mattamana

director@...

Gender

Sutra

Mr. Subhash Mendhapurkar

sutrahp@... / sutrahp@...

Sexual Minorities

Suraksha WRHCP

Mr. Elavarthi Manohar

manoharban@...

Child Rights & Development

Vasavya Mahila Mandali

Ms. G.Rashmi

rashmisamaram@...

As part of building a constituency of the civil society organizations this is call for inviting Civil Society members who are interested in being part of the consultative process in various areas. This will facilitate transparent communication, increase representation and involvement of Civil Society to contribute in the CCM. Please choose your area of interest and respond to respective member. You may copy both the members wherever there is more than one in respective area.

Please send the details of your organization to be part of the constituency in the areas as per your interest as per the matrix given above latest by 31 May 2010.

Regards,

Yours sincerely,

CCM Civil Society Representatives