UNDP and the Global Fund:
The partnership focuses on three closely linked areas of work:
Partnering to Save Lives and Develop Capacity
1. Implementation support:
UNDP and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria each work through a broad range of partnerships at national, regional, and global levels to achieve their organizational goals. The UNDP - Global Fund Partnership helps both organizations to more effectively reach their common goal and shared commitment to fighting HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, including amongst the poorest and most marginalized communities in challenging country contexts. UNDP plays a vital role in helping countries – especially countries in crisis and post-crisis situations – to access Global Fund resources and to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The partnership is therefore of critical importance to millions of people across the world and supports the Global Fund in ensuring that its investments reach countries most in need. 26 countries where UNDP is Principal Recipient (as of November 2013) Angola Belarus Belize Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Chad Cuba Djibouti El Salvador
Guinea Bissau Haiti Iran Iraq Kyrgyzstan Mali Montenegro Palestine (State of) Sao Tome and Principe
South Sudan Sudan Syria Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Zambia Zimbabwe
Gabon Guinea Bissau* Haiti* Honduras Liberia Maldives Mauritania Myanmar
Although UNDP is operating in high-risk environments, as of October 2013, 98 percent of the grants managed by UNDP and evaluated by the Global Fund, were positively rated (A1, A2 or B1) as shown below.
Performance Ratings of grants managed by UNDP A1: Exceeding 100% expectations 80%
60%
A2: Meeting expectations B1: Adequate
40%
20%
B2: Inadequate but potential demonstrated C: Unacceptable
22 countries where UNDP has exited Principal Recipient Role (as of November 2013) Argentina Benin Burkina Faso Central African Republic Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Eq. Guinea
UNDP is called upon to implement Global Fund programmes, as interim ‘Principal Recipient’ in a select number of countries, particularly those facing significant capacity constraints, complex emergencies, or other difficult circumstances. The Country Coordinating Mechanism and/or the Global Fund requests UNDP to act as Principal Recipient where no suitable local entity could be identified, and in countries under the Global Fund’s Additional Safeguard Policy (ASP).
Nepal Niger Panama Togo Ukraine Yemen Zimbabwe*
* Countries where UNDP subsequently re-entered as Principal Recipient
0%
2. Capacity development: Capacity development is an integral part of all UNDP programmes, including those financed through the Global Fund. While serving as Principal Recipient, UNDP works to develop national capacity and strengthen national systems necessary for the implementation of Global Fund grants. Areas of support include programme and financial management, fiduciary controls and oversight, subrecipient management, procurement, monitoring and evaluation and supply chain management.
UNDP’s capacity development efforts have led to improved procurement systems and supply chain management, which have made service delivery quicker and more consistent, and prevented drug stock outs. Monitoring and evaluation systems have been strengthened to ensure frequent assessments of services provided and better access to data.
26 countries are currently supported by UNDP as Principal Recipient (November 2013)
UNDP has also supported the Global Fund in reducing the risk of corruption and fraud by strengthening financial management, working together with national entities to better manage grants, setting up web-based accounting systems, and introducing robust control frameworks.
US $1.66 billion is currently managed by UNDP (signed active grants), representing 10 percent of Global Fund resources
3. Policy engagement: As a Cosponsor of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and a member of the UNAIDS delegation to the Global Fund Board, UNDP also engages with the Global Fund on important substantive policy and programmatic issues. UNDP, in line with its core mandates, promotes the incorporation of good governance, human rights and gender initiatives into Global Fund grants. UNDP also ensures that financing reaches key populations affected by HIV such as sex workers, men who have sex with men and people who use drugs. UNDP promotes alignment of grants with national development plans and poverty reduction strategies; and contributes to the further enhancement of the country-level governance of Global Fund programmes that respects principles of national ownership and aid effectiveness. UNDP has been instrumental in supporting the Global Fund in shaping its policy and practice on human rights for better health outcomes, in addition to supporting the Fund in shaping its strategies on ‘Gender Equality’ and ‘Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity’. UNDP is also leveraging its role as Principal Recipient to advance human rights and promote the recommendations from the Global Commission on HIV and the Law.
What UNDP brings to the partnership: UNDP provides an important service to the Global Fund by supporting programme implementation. UNDP’s contributions to the partnership include: long-term country presence and operational capacity; solid risk management and control frameworks with additional measures tailor-made for Global Fund grants; institutional expertise in capacity development and good governance; multi-country expertise in grant implementation; well-established legal and administrative agreements with countries; ability to engage civil society organization as subrecipients in countries where legal frameworks may be an obstacle; ability to implement programmes in countries under donor sanctions; access to the technical expertise of the UN family; efficient and competitive procurement in partnership with UNICEF and UNFPA.
Partnership at a Glance
In 22 countries UNDP has handed over the role of Principal Recipient to national entities (since the beginning of the partnership)
98 percent of grants managed by UNDP are rated A1, A2 or B1 by the Global Fund.
Partnership Results HIV 1 million, or 1 in 4 of all HIV treatments funded by the Global Fund are through grants managed through UNDP In Africa 1 out of every 7 people currently receiving HIV treatment through grants managed by UNDP The number of people on HIV treatment in the world has quadrupled over the past five years, in large part due to the steady scale-up of ART in countries such as Zambia and Zimbabwe, where UNDP is serving as Principal Recipient of the grants 54 million people reached by HIV prevention services, 12 million people received HIV counselling and testing, 520 million condoms distributed, and 1.6 million cases of sexually transmitted infections treated through UNDP grants since the beginning of the partnership.
Malaria As of 2012, Global Fund grants managed by UNDP have supported countries in treating 40 million malaria cases – 15 percent of the 270 million cases treated with Global Fund support 12.5 million bed nets have been distributed since UNDP started implementing Global Fund grants 5 countries – Bolivia, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Sao Tome and Principe and Tajikistan – have decreased the incidence of malaria by 75 percent with support from UNDP as Principal Recipient.
TB 13 percent of global TB cases have been detected and treated with the support of UNDP managed Global Fund grants In 14 countries where UNDP has managed the implementation of TB grants TB case detection rate has exceeded the global target of 70 percent set for 2015 7 countries have seen a 50 percent reduction in TB prevalence with support from UNDP, and four have achieved a 90 percent treatment success rate for new smear-positive TB cases.
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