Meeting

Around 500 delegates representing all stakeholder groups of the Global Fund attended the Partnership Forum meeting in Dakar. Participants included representatives of our current partners but also those who are not part of our governance structure, and those who have not yet received Global Fund grants. 

Monday, 8 December

Séances d'informations sur le Fonds mondial

• Global Fund Architecture
  
  • Options to apply for Global Fund grants
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  • National Strategy Applications
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• Country-level partnerships
  • Information update and country-level experiences in building and coordinating partnerships for proposal development and implementation
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  • The role and functioning of Country Coordinating Mechanisms
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  • Local Fund Agents
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• Global Fund Governance
  • How the Global Fund takes its decisions, including the structure and work of the Global Fund Board and Committees, ways in which Board constituencies organize themselves, and opportunities to engage in this process.
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• Programme implementation
  • Country-level structures for programme implementation, including the roles and responsibilities of Principal Recipients, Sub-Recipients etc., with a focus on challenges and opportunities to scaling-up.
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• Technical assistance
  • Needs, provision and challenges
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• Capacity development
  • Using Global Fund grants to strengthen health systems
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• Global-level initiatives
  • Latest information on global partnerships for advocacy and innovative financing mechanisms, including a focus on the Friends of the Fund network
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Opening ceremony

• Lennarth Hjelmaker, Chair, Policy and Strategic Committee
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•  Shaun Mellors, Chair of the Partnership Forum
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  •  Opening Speech
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•  Carol Nawina Nyirenda, Alternate Global Fund Board Member, Communities Living with HIV, TB and Affected by Malaria
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• Cheikh Hadjibou Soumare, Prime Minister of the Republic of Senegal
• Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director, Global Fund

Tuesday, 9 December

Plenary: Welcome and introduction

• Chair: Shaun Mellors, Chair of the Partnership Forum
• Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director, Global Fund
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Plenary: ‘Listening to the Voices’ – the Global Fund and partnership

• Sigrun Mögedal, HIV/AIDS Ambassador, Norway
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• Joseph André Tiendrebeogo, Ministry of Health, Burkina Faso
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• Ida Hakizinka, Partnership Forum Steering Committee
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Sharing, analysing and strategising sessions

Partnership and gender (women and girls)

• Marijke Wijnroks, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands
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• Khadija Moalla, UNDP/HARPAS, Egypt
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• Anya Sarang, All Russian Harm Reduction Network, Russia 
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Partnership and gender (sexual minorities)

• Sam Avrett, Funders Concerned about AIDS, USA
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• Marcela Romero, Latin American Transsexual Network, Argentina
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• Robert Carr, Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition
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Partnership and demand

• Asia Russell, Health Gap, USA
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• Jojo Merilles, Tropical Disease Foundation, Philippines
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• Melanie Renshaw, UNICEF
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• Christoph Benn, Global Fund, Switzerland
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Partnership and coordination

• Sigrun Mögedal, HIV/AIDS Ambassador, Norway
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• Luz Escubil, Tropical Disease Foundation, Philippines
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• Catherine Bonnaud, Agence Française de Développement, France
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Partnership and implementation

• Javier Hourcade Bellocq, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Argentina
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• Karen Sichinga, Churches Health Association of Zambia
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• Cosmas Mwaifwani, Medical Stores Department, Tanzania
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Plenary: The 5 year evaluation – questions and answers with the Global Fund Leadership

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Plenary: Wrap-up

• Stephen O' Brien, member of the UK parliament
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‘Marketplace’: Constituency networking

Members of different consticuencies, including donor and implementing country government representatives, representatives of northern and southern NGOs, of Communities, national parliaments, foundations, the private sector, international organizations, academia and the media met to share the days discussions and identify key issues arising for each sector in regard to the Partnership Forum's themes. Key points from the discussions were raised in the plenary "Talk Show" in the morning of 10 December.

Wednesday, 10 December 2008

Plenary: Welcome and introduction

• Karlo Boras, Member, Global Fund Board
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Plenary: Talk show - constituency feedback on ‘partnership’

• Brian Brink, Anglo American South Africa
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Plenary: Debate - ’Keeping it simple’ …. an obligation or daydream for the Global Fund?

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Plenary: Closing

• Chair: Brian Brink, Partnership Forum Steering Committee
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• Shaun Mellors, Chair, Partnership Forum
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• Pierre Blais, Vice Chair, Partnership Forum
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• Helen Evans, Deputy Executive Director, Global Fund
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