[aids-se] QUERY: Global Fund’s India-CCM Reconstitution and CSO Selection Process- Advice. Reply by 6 January 2009

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I am an independent consultant currently working on a strategic paper on the India Country Coordination Mechanism (I-CCM) reconstitution process. The I-CCM is a "national consensus group" which has been operational in response to the requirements and recommendations of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) as an overall guiding body for the use of Global Fund grants.

The Global Fund recognizes that through a country driven, coordinated and multi-sectoral approach involving all relevant partners, additional resources can have a significant impact on the reduction of infections, illness and death from the three diseases. The mandate of the I-CCM is to: 

1.       Solicit, evaluate and approve proposals to be included in the Comprehensive Country Proposal of the Global Fund;

2.       Provide planning and other support for implementation of the programmes funded by the Global Fund; and

3.       Monitor all the programmes funded by the Global Fund.

Central to the Global Fund's commitment to local ownership, multi-stakeholder representation, and participatory decision-making, is the I-CCM membership pattern. The Civil Society Organisation (CSO) Constituency in the I-CCM is a representation of the organisations working for people living with or affected by the three diseases, namely, HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The eligibility criteria developed by the CCM Sub-committee and adopted for the earlier round of elections may be found from http://www.solutionexchange-un.net.in/aids/resource/res191208-01.pdf (PDF Size: 96.0 KB)

The two-year term of the CSO members is ending early 2009 and the election of new Constituency Representatives to the I-CCM is to take place during March-April 2009.

Specifically, I request suggestions and recommendations from the members of Solution Exchange, on:

• What should be the selection process followed for the upcoming re-constitution of the I-CCM?
•  What methods would you suggest for increasing the participation levels of all relevant partners?
•  What are the ways by which we could increase the transparency and credibility of the processes followed by the I-CCM?

Your inputs will go into the strategic paper being prepared, which would be shared with the authorities and the community once it is finalised. More importantly, the deliberation will help to bring about a broader and inclusive participation in the CCM especially in the CSO constituency members’ selection process.

Thanks and Regards,

Maju Mathew,
Independent Consultant,
New Delhi.

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