Tuesday, 24- March

 

8:30

Registration

 

 

9:00

Welcome and opening remarks

 

 

 

Vicci Tallis, Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa

 

 

 

Shivaji Bhattacharya, UNDP

 

 

9:10

Introductions, Meeting objectives and hopes/expectations

 

 

 

Sam Avrett

 

 

10:00

Logistics Announcements

 

 

10:05

The Global Fund and Southern Africa: Review of people and structures

 

 

 

Shannon Kowalski, Open Society Institute

 

 

 

Objective: To review existing barriers and opportunities for engagement.

 

 

 

Current status of Global Fund grants in ten countries (PRs, CSS, etc)

 

 

 

Mechanisms for coordination and oversight (CCMs)

 

 

 

Overview of Proposal Development Processes

 

 

 

Other mechanisms for engagement (Board Delegations)

 

 

 

Questions and brief comments

 

 

11:15

Break

 

 

11:45

Sexual Minorities: The Global Fund's commitment

 

 

 

David Winters, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

 

 

 

Objective: To review the Global Fund's development of an improved response related to sexual minorities and HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, as a part of the gender equality strategy.

 

 

 

Questions and brief comments

 

 

13:00

Lunch

 

 

14:00

Taking Stock: Contexts, Communities, Needs and Gaps

 

 

 

Vasu Reddy, Human Sciences Research Council and Theo Sandfort, HIV Center for Clinical & Behavioural Studies, Columbia University

 

 

 

Objective: To identify common and country-specific needs for support regarding HIV prevention, treatment, and care for LGBT populations and to develop a rationale for the need for a regional proposal

 

 

15:30

Break

 

 

15:45

Taking Stock: Contexts, Communities, Gaps

 

 

 

(Continued)

 

 

17:00

Group discussion: Barriers to LGBT engagement with the Global Fund and what would it mean for us to engage with the Global Fund on LGBTI Issues in Southern Africa?

 

 

 

Sam Avrett

 

 

17:30

Meeting Wrap-up

 

 

19:00

Group Dinner - Gold's Restaurant

 

 

Wednesday, 25- March

 

 

9:00

Welcome, Announcements and Recap of First Day

 

 

9:15

Overcoming barriers to accessing and realizing benefits from the Global Fund

 

 

 

Shivaji Bhattacharya, UNDP

 

 

 

Objectives: To discuss strategies for improving access and support for LGBT

 

 

 

Panel (20 minutes)

 

 

 

Securing support from Principal Recipients and Sub-Recipients (Malawi: TBC)

 

 

 

Improving CCM member experience, expertise, and capacity (Namibia: Ian Swartz)

 

 

 

Discussion (40 minutes)

 

 

 

Panel (20 minutes)

 

 

 

Developing and submitting regional proposals – South Asia example (Aditya Bondyopadhyay)

 

 

 

Developing and submitting regional proposals – Caribbean example (Sam Avrett)

 

 

 

Discussion (40 minutes)

 

 

11:15

Break

 

 

11:30

Thinking through Global Fund proposal development

 

 

 

Objectives: To review major barriers to successful LGBT proposals and develop strategies to overcome them

 

 

 

Panel (each panelist to simply raise questions and observations):

 

 

 

Defining evidence-based needs (Stefan Baral)

 

 

 

Designing technically-sound programs (Rajiv Dua)

 

 

 

Maintaining coherence (i.e. how to combine 10+ SR budgets, structures, and institutional interests, and maintain one streamlined vision and programme?) (Emily Craven)

 

 

 

LGBT leadership (i.e. who convenes? who coordinates? who leads?) (Joel Nana)

 

 

13:00

Lunch

 

 

14:00

Discussion: Current realities: What is/isn't supported, and what is needed?

 

 

 

Sam Avrett

 

 

 

Objective: To review priority needs for potential Global Fund funding.

 

 

 

Working Groups to be defined based on needs identified on day one

 

 

15:00

Check-in

 

 

 

Sam Avrett

 

 

15:30

Break

 

 

15:50

Working Groups Continued

 

 

17:00

Report Back: What could be better supported by the Global Fund?

 

 

17:30

Meeting wrap-up

 

 

Thursday, 26- March

 

 

9:00

Welcome, Announcements and Recap of Day Two

 

 

 

Sam Avrett

 

 

9:15

Thinking through program implementation

 

 

 

Shannon Kowalski

 

 

 

Objective: To review what it will take to implement a Regional Global Fund proposal

 

 

 

What is required of Global Fund principal recipients?

 

 

 

What is required of sub-recipients?

 

 

 

What are the implications of receiving Global Fund resources?

 

 

10:00

What does it take to write a Global Fund proposal?

 

 

 

Sam Avrett

 

 

10:45

Break

 

 

11:15

Next steps: Deciding on a process for moving forward

 

 

 

Rajiv Dua, Oxfam

 

 

 

Objective: Assess next steps for:

 

 

 

Developing a regional Global Fund proposal

 

 

 

Convening

 

 

 

Principal Recipients and Sub-recipients

 

 

 

Working with governments

 

 

13:00

Lunch

 

 

14:00

Wrap-up and next steps

 

 

 

Tilly Sellers, UNDP

 

 

15:00

Meeting close