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Zimbabwe civil society position on Global Fund Future Model
Zimbabwe AIDS Network (ZAN)
July 20, 2012

We, civil society in Zimbabwe acknowledge the Global Fund Future Model because of its positive attributes which include:

1. Meaningful participation/involvement of civil society

2. Focus on highest impact countries, highest disease burdens and flexibility of funding criteria

3. Global fund support to country driven development of a concept and proposal as well as the cost saving measures resulting from submission of a concept and not a full proposal which may be declined after investing a lot of resources.

4. The proposed shortening of the process which enhance effectiveness and efficiency

However, we civil society in Zimbabwe, recommend the Global Fund Future Model to consider the following:

1. The absence of clear timelines for concept submissions by countries: Countries can become complacent even in the face of funding shortages. The lack of deadlines makes it difficult for civil society to hold governments accountable for non-submission. Civil society is calling for opening and closing dates for submissions.

2. Situation of countries under additional safeguard policy: While as the Zimbabwean Civil Society acknowledges that Zimbabwe needs to continue to address critical issues of Human Rights. We feel that this status has continued to disadvantage the ordinary people affected by the three diseases as the grant implementation costs are high and do not foster building of local capacity. We are calling for a careful review of Zimbabwe's status with the new funding model to facilitate Zimbabwe to select its own PR.

3. The roles and responsibilities of the various structures: Although the new model places emphasis on the cycles and processes for improved efficiency, it is not clear what reforms are likely to happen at the country level structures that include the CCM, PR, and LFA, to support more efficient grant implementation. We are calling for reviews and reforms to cascade to the country level to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

4. Funding predictability for sustainability of country programmes: We acknowledge the 2 year gap in support. We are requesting the Global Fund to call for concepts that match with available funding rather than projected funding pledges.

5. Country ownership and sustainability: The new model recognizes country ownership as a key principle and this can only be enhanced through a comprehensive capacity building of local systems and structures. We are therefore calling for clearly defined capacity building processes that will transition the role of PR to NAC and Civil society in the near future.

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