A New Partnership
The Global Fund represents a new approach to international health financing.
As a partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities, the Fund works in close collaboration with other bilateral and multilateral organizations, supporting their work through substantially increased funding.
The Global Fund is an independent organization, governed by an international Board that consists of representatives from donor and recipient governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), the private sector (including businesses and philanthropic foundations) and affected communities.
In its pursuit to follow the mandate of being a lean funding mechanism, the Fund relies on a wide range of partners to carry out key activities necessary for its functioning and success.
If we use the budget to delineate it, the Global Fund consists solely of a Board, a Secretariat, a Technical Review Panel and Local Fund Agents. To carry out its mission, the Fund is dependent on Country Coordinating Mechanisms and Principal and sub-Recipients.
Partnerships take on a range of forms, from formal relationships to ad-hoc consultations. The Secretariat plays a facilitating and coordinating role, but in several cases - especially in relations between external partners and the Country Coordinating Mechanisms and its members - the Secretariat is not actively involved. The Global Fund is very conscious of the need to adapt its work to existing mechanisms and practices and consults widely with its partners to avoid duplication, overlap and ensure coherence in approaches to development and health interventions.
