The Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations’ “promotion” from sub-recipient to Vietnam’s first ever civil society principal recipient will allow the union to continue to strengthen the contribution of civil society organizations to the fight against HIV. 

The Global Fund Advocates Network presented the Global Fund with a letter signed by 270 civil society organizations urging the Fund to be more ambitious in its replenishment targets. This comes at a time when Australia and Denmark have announced cutbacks in development assistance.

A regional concept note submitted jointly by the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) and Enda Santé has been invited to proceed to grant making. The proposed program focuses on removing legal barriers to accessing services.

An investigation by the Office of the Inspector General has found evidence of non-competitive tenders by a sub-recipient of an HIV grant to Timor-Leste totaling $152,626, a portion of which the OIG attributed to fraud, overpricing and non-delivery of items.

An audit conducted in 2015 by the Office of the Inspector General of grants to South Sudan identified weaknesses in managing programs and health services and products, and in governance and oversight.

The Governance Performance Assessment Framework adopted by the Board calls for annual assessments of the performance and effectiveness of the Board and its committees. Stakeholders and external parties will be involved in the evaluations.

GIZ launches a new round of funding with a focus, this time around, on three thematic areas. 

An external review of Aidspan’s role as watchdog of the Global Fund has been conducted, based on interviews with external stakeholders and Aidspan board and staff.

Alliance Ukraine will submit a regional TB/HIV concept note in 2016 which will focus on providing services to key affected populations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia using a “city service model” developed in Western Europe.

This notice concerns the possibility that some subscribers to the GFO #271 newsletter were linked to a version of an article on funding approvals that erroneously provided the same table twice instead of providing two separate tables.

The Communities Delegation is to the Global Fund Board is looking for candidates to join the delegation.

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