The Implementer Group consists of 10 constituencies representing: communities, developed country NGOs, developing country NGOs, East and Southern Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA), Eastern Mediterranean Region, Latin American Region, South East Asia, West and Central Africa and Western Pacific, which are governed by a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson elected from these constituencies. Allan Maleche (developing countries NGO delegation) serves as the chair and he is deputised by Prof. Nataliya Nizova (EECA).
The retreat had three main objectives namely:
- To build a more cohesive Implementers’ Group;
- To develop a plan to improve recruitment, on-boarding, communications, experience-sharing and consensus-building within and between member constituencies;
- To discuss substantive areas within the Global Fund Strategy 2017-2021 that are shared priorities across the diverse implementing constituencies, and develop a three year road map with specific activities that support the Secretariat’s work.
This retreat provided thorough, engaging and fruitful discussions on various topical issues including absorptive capacity, cross border cooperation and a briefing from the Kenya Country Coordinating mechanism. The Group recognised its diversity, and in that, the diversity of issues that affect it, but made a commitment to work as a group and leverage each other’s issues. The members of the group welcomed the pledges of all the countries towards the Global Fund replenishment and committed to work on four outcome areas that feed into the proposed road map and are in line with the key performance indicators adopted by the board of the Global Fund. The outcome areas include:
Outcome 1: Build a more cohesive and effective Implementer Group
Outcome 2: Increase programming for key populations and human rights in Middle Income countries
Outcome 3: Increase rate at which countries effectively absorb allocated funds
Outcome 4: Key performance indicators on key populations, gender and human rights
The meeting was concluded with closing remarks from Ms. Aida Kurtovic, the Vice chair of the Global Fund board, and the set up of a task force to help finalise the activities for the Implementer’s road map that will be submitted to the relevant committee within two weeks.
For more information contact:
Allan Maleche
Chairperson, Implementer Group &
Executive Director, KELIN
Mombasa Road, Somak building 4th Floor
P O Box 112 – 00200 KNH Nrb,
Tel: 020, 2515790 │Mobile: 0790 487473, 0722 747382
E-mail: amaleche@kelinkenya.org
Website: www.kelinkenya.org
Or
Prof. Nataliya Nizova, PhD, MD
Vice Chairperson, Implementer Group &
Director of the Center for Public Health under the Ministry of Health “Ukrainian
7 Hrushevskoho str., Kyiv, Ukraine 01601
Website http://www.moz.gov.ua
Email: natalya.nizova@gmail.com
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