How We Began

A few examples are as follows:

• Between 2002 and 2008 the delegation was represented by only a few members from a few countries/regions. At that time the delegation had membership in the POC (Portfolio and Optimization Committee) and PSC (Partnership and Strategy Committee).
• In 2008, members lobbied successfully for the hiring of civil society officers to join the Global Fund Secretariat, a step which, along with dual track financing and the NGO rule, increased the Global Fund’s capacity to support civil society engagement in governance and implementation.
• In 2010 the Delegation proposed the establishment of the Implementer’s Group (IMG) which has been very successful in building the effectiveness of implementers on the Global Fund governance issues. Delegation has chaired, and co-chaired the IMG four times.
• In 2011 delegation played an active role in overcoming Global Fund challenges where Global Fund switched from round-based funding to new funding model with the windows which offered countries more flexibility in the  funding cycle.
  In 2012 the Delegation conducted an in-depth survey of the challenges experienced by civil society as implementers of the Global Fund grants. The report was helpful as the Global Fund undertook a major reorientation of its processes and introduced a new funding model.
• Since 2014 (32nd Global Fund Board Meeting), the DCNGO Delegation requested comprehensive reports from the Global Fund Secretariat outlining work undertaken in relation to the Global Fund’s strategic objective on human rights and gender. The Delegation specifically requested that the report should “outline key activities and budgetary allocations, activities undertaken with partners to realize the strategic objective, an analysis of relevant approved grants, and an update on the status of enforcement of the Technical Review Panel’s (TRP) recommendations on human rights, gender and key populations.
• In 2015, the Delegation worked closely with the Global Fund Secretariat, the Office of Inspector General (OIG), 5% French Initiative and other international and local partners to host a series of risk management workshops in four regions. Over 50 regional organizations participated in the fora to learn about risk management tools and techniques.
• In 2016, the Delegation led an advocacy campaign urging the World Bank to amend the country classification system because of its negative impact on the ability of many countries to access funding from the Global Fund. A petition with over 300 signatures was delivered to the President of the World Bank in October 2016.
• Since 2016, DCNGO members have held membership roles in the Global Fund’s committees including in the Financial Oversight and Policy Committee (FOPC), the Audit and Finance Committee (currently represented by Andriy Klepikov), the Strategy Committee  (SC) (Currently the Vice-chair of the SC is Carolyn Gomes), and the Ethics and Governance Committee.
• In 2015 and 2016 the Delegation has strongly advocated for development of Sustainable, Transition and Co-financing (STC) policy, to enable transition preparedness and allocation of transition grants.
• In 2017 and 2018, the DCNGO along with other Delegations advocated for the decision on Potential Engagement with non-eligible countries in crisis, in exceptional circumstances, which resulted with the Board decision at the 39th Board Meeting, and approved funding to address the health crisis in Venezuela.
• Since 2018, our delegation has strongly advocated for the policy on Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment (PSEAH) and Policy to Combat Fraud and Corruption (PCFC) and its integration into the Global Fund operational framework and code of conduct at all levels of engagement with the Global Fund.
• We have also as a delegation worked hard to maintain access to multicounty grants within catalytic investments.