Evaluation of the Global Fund Funding Request and Grant Making Stages of the 2023 – 2025 Funding Cycle – Grant Cycle 7 (GC7)
01 April 2024
Status: Ongoing
The overall purpose of the evaluation is to assess the design and implementation of the Grant Cycle 7 (GC7) funding request and grant-making process. It will also consider the extent to which these led to the finalization of quality grants aligned with the Global Fund Strategy (2023-2028).
Evidence generated by this evaluation will identify strengths and weaknesses in the funding request and grant-making process and will generate organizational level learning to improve this process for Grant Cycle 8.
Two objectives will guide the evaluation:
- Effectiveness:
Do the GC7 funding request and grant-making processes (occurring in different epidemiological, political and economic contexts) lead to quality grants that are aligned with national priorities and support the delivery of the Global Fund Strategy? - Efficiency:
To what extent are the procedures of the GC7 funding request and grant- making processes fit for purpose and achieve their intended or unintended objectives? What are the opportunities for improvement, rationalization and simplification in the process?
The evaluation’s target audience is Global Fund Secretariat teams responsible for designing the funding request and grant-making processes. Other potential future users include:
- Global Fund governance bodies and technical partners.
- Global Fund country teams.
- Country-level stakeholders.
The evaluation report is estimated to be finalized in August 2024, with the aim of informing Strategy Committee discussions in October 2024 and Board discussions in November 2024.