| Author(s) |
Cornman H. Duvvury N.
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| Date |
April 2005
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| Reference |
None
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| Web Link |
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| Organisation |
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
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| Keywords |
civil society, Governance, vulnerable groups, access
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| Study Type |
A Ford Foundation-funded desk review of Global Fund (GF) documents, and analysis of interviews with key informants.
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| Aims |
To review the role of civil society (CS) in the governance of the Fund.
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| Methods |
The ICRW conducted a series of interviews with key informants, and reviewed a wide range of key GF documents including a GF study of 20 Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCM). Insufficient information is provided in this review to assess its methodological quality.
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| Findings |
Overall, the report finds that Civil Society plays a “promising but uneven” role within the Fund. More specifically…
- The leadership of the GF was supportive of CS participation at Board level, but this support was inadequate.
- At the CCM level, CS participation was far less effective and meaningful. Lack of commitment to CS participation; lack of any assessment process; stigma and discrimination; and poor procedures characterised the relationship between CCMs and CS.
- There were financial constraints to participation.
- Whilst the GF was committed to openness and transparency, access to GF documents continued to be a problem for CS.
- The report also highlighted a critical gap in communication between CS representatives on the Board and the broader CS community at country level.
- Communication amongst CCM members was also emphasised notably the failure of Principal Recipients to share progress updates, communication and understanding of members roles within CCM, and absence of performance indicators.
- The lack of a systematic integration of gender issues into the GF was a significant gap in its structure, policies and processes.
- Recommendations by the GFs Gender Working group had not been thoroughly reviewed or implemented.
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Conclusions /
Recommendations |
- Better monitoring and evaluation of the quality of participation by CS was needed.
- Capacity by CS to engage in, and be effective at, consensus-building needed to be strengthened.
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