GIZ Backup Health Program: Implementing Disease Control Programs focusing HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Deadline: 31 December 2016

The GIZ Backup Health Program is seeking applicants to support Global Fund process to implement disease control programmes focusing on HIV, tuberculosis and malaria at the country level.

The GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. Most of GIZ’s activities are commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

BACKUP’s aim is to enable government and civil society partners to apply for and use Global Fund money, and to implement measures for controlling HIV, tuberculosis and malaria more effectively and sustainably. In its support measures, BACKUP seeks to increase the integration into the wider health system of the country-level governance, management and implementation of programmes financed by the Global Fund

Budget: Up to EUR 80,000 per Consultancy Mode application

Focus Areas

coordinate the development and submission of national proposals;
nominate the Principal Recipient;
oversee implementation of the approved grant and submit requests for continued funding;
approve any reprogramming and submit requests for continued funding;
ensure linkages and consistency between Global Fund grants and other national health and development programmes.

Eligibility Criteria

To be able to apply for Global Fund grants, CCMs must comply with six eligibility requirements (ER)1 related to good governance:
- A transparent and inclusive concept-note development process
- An open and transparent principal recipient selection process
- Oversight of planning and implementation
- A CCM membership that includes affected communities (particularly those representing people living with the diseases and from key affected populations)
- Processes for electing non-governmental CCM members
- Management of conflicts of interest in CCMs
The following stakeholders in the Global Fund’s funding processes are eligible for BACKUP support:
- national or regional coordinating mechanisms;
- governments (e.g. ministries of health or national HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria programmes);
- national civil society organisations and in-country branches of international civil society organisations;
- private sector organisations.