The Board's Committees (up to April 2005)
The Board's 6 Committees have broad mandates as outlined below and are periodically assigned specific tasks by the Board. The Committees are temporary in nature and their continued mandates are reviewed by the Board at every meeting.
View a listing of Committee membership (up to April 2005)
Governance and Partnership Committee
- focuses on making the bodies of the Fund work effectively, including Board processes and structure and legal status;
- reviews policies on interactions among Board, TRP, Secretariat and Partnership Forum;
- reviews CCM partnership (including minimum standards of "good practice" for CCM processes, building on experiences from the first two rounds and partner organizations, and evaluating the CCM process and practices, with this work beginning immediately)
- reviews policies related to expanding partnerships at the global level.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Finance and Audit Committee
- has financial budget oversight and the mechanisms for accomplishing it (e.g. external audit);
- updates on programmatic progress in beneficiary countries, including its impact on reducing disease burden;
- reviews results-based disbursement and overall performance of the Fund at a global level.
Portfolio Management and Procurement Committee
Reviews:- Proposal guidelines
- TRP guidelines and criteria
- the proposals appeal process (recourse mechanism)
- policies related to grants management
- policies on procurement and supply management
- Funding Policy (in consultation with MEFA)
Resource Mobilization and Communication Committee
- supports the development of projections of resource needs;
- supports the development of strategies to achieve mobilization targets, especially through cooperative work of Board members and constituencies.
The Committee will concentrate its work on advising the Board and Secretariat on the following key tasks:
- Review of the ongoing Financial Prospectus
- Review of the analysis of the financial status of pledges and contributions to date and to look at this status in light of the approved proposals, grant agreements and actual disbursements to date.
- Review of the on-going approach to Resource Mobilization and the development of fundraising policies. The Committee includes in its remit the full range of resource mobilization; prioritising financial contributions, but also including social resources and in-kind donations (in conjunction with other Committees of the Global Fund Board.)
- Development of further innovative ideas to raise additional resources.
- Review of the communications strategy of the Global Fund
- Development of communications policies consistent with the on-going fundraising policies
Ethics Committee
- oversees the Conflict of Interest Policy and its implementation
- reviews any conflicts of interest that have been disclosed and determines what action, if any, is required
- provides guidance and information on the application of the Conflict Of Interest Policy
- advises the members of the bodies and staff of the Global Fund on conflict of interest and ethics issues
- arbitrates Local Fund Agent conflict of interest issues
- take such other actions as are consistent with the Global Fund Bylaws, Board Operating Procedures, COI Policy and these Rules, as are necessary and appropriate for achieving the objectives of the Committee
Partnership Forum Steering Committee
- is mandated to develop the Partnership Forum to include an ongoing, broad-based consultative process and a biennial event to serve as a public forum for feedback from key stakeholders and open debate on policy issues
- is also mandated to
- identify regular opportunities for consultation with utilizing, to the maximum extent possible, existing fora and communication mechanisms
- establish linkages between these reporting mechanisms from these consultations and the biennial events
- establish criteria for participation and rules of procedure for Partnership Forum event
- determine the scope, objectives, measurable deliverables, date, venue, cost, structure, participation and management of the 2004 Partnership Forum event
- establish a specific programme for the Forum event, including themes and format and the role and nature of the country-level and regional consultation
- insure communication and coordination with a wide range of partners.
