Applications open for Global Fund Small Grant Program in South Africa

Deadline: 22-Oct-2024

Applications are now open for the Global Fund Small Grant Program, focuses on strengthening community systems for scaled-up, good-quality, sustainable community-based responses.

This includes strengthening community groups, organizations and networks, and supporting collaboration with other actors and addresses the key importance of capacity building to enable delivery of effective, sustainable community responses.

The Call will advertise funding for projects which support stigma and discrimination reduction activities and human rights activities; TB awareness raising support activities, advocacy and demand creation for AYP activities and sensitisation and demand creation for Sex Work and other KVPs.

Components

• Within the CSS Framework, six core components are identified, all of which are considered essential for creating functional, effective community systems and for enabling community organizations and actors to fulfill their role of contributing to health outcomes. These components are:
  • Enabling environments and advocacy.
  • Community networks, linkages and partnerships.
  • Resources and capacity building.
  • Community activities and service.
  • Organisational and leadership strengthening.
  • Monitoring, evaluation and planning.
• Aligning to these six core components the Community Systems Strengthening (CSS) Programme as implemented by AFSA contributes to:
  • Creating enabling environments and strengthening of community networks, linkages and partnerships by strengthening the social mobilisation and co-ordination between implementers funded through the Global Fund grant and other stakeholders, at a national, provincial and local level. An important aspect of this coordination is the quarterly reporting mechanism to the Provincial Councils on AIDS (PCAs), District AIDS Councils (DACs) and Local AIDS Councils (LACs) that support improved accountability through enhanced monitoring, evaluation and planning.
  • Capacity building of organisations and organisational and leadership strengthening in the districts/provinces where the funded services are being delivered. The focus is on civil society organisations that are led by or provide services for people with TB, people living with HIV (PLHIV), key populations (KVP) who are at increased risk of HIV such as People Who Use Drugs (PWUD), Men who have Sex with Men (MSM), Transgender people (TG) as well as vulnerable groups, i.e., Adolescent and Young People (AYP), people with disability, and women. Capacity building has a strong emphasis on both institutional capacity building and enhancing uptake of services through strategic and quality technical training on HIV testing services (HTS), HIV and TB Prevention, TB screening and Stigma and Discrimination Reduction.

Eligibility Criteria

• To serve as a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) also known as Implementing Partner Organisation (IPO), organisations must adhere to the following minimum requirements:
  • Sound leadership and governance frameworks, demonstrated by, inter alia, by a diversified board and management team, and at least one year audited financial statements.
  • Appropriate staffing in key areas (programme and financial management, human resources, programme implementation and management, monitoring and evaluation and procurement management).
  • A track record of effective and efficient implementation of similar activities, preferably in the target district.
  • A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Department of Health (DoH) is advantageous.
  • A sound system of management and financial controls
• Minimum Requirements for Civil Society Organization:
  • A potential CSO must have proven ability to manage programmes in the specific programme areas in the RFP and must also be capable of performing the functions of an SR which includes the following:
    • Leadership and governance structures:
      • Legal status such as voluntary association, trust, non-profit company (NPC) etc. to enter into contracts.
      • Have a properly constituted board that provides oversight over organisational matters.
      • Effective organisational leadership using transparent decision-making processes.
      • Adequate skilled and experienced staff to manage implementation of the programme areas, including procurement, monitoring and evaluation, and finance.
    • Financial management system
      • Accounting system that can correctly record all transactions and balances by source of funds with clear references to budgets and work plans.
      • Ability to monitor actual spending in comparison to budgets and work plans.
      • Ability to manage disbursement of funds to SSRs and suppliers in a timely, transparent and accountable manner.
      • Ability to produce timely and accurate financial reports

For more information, visit Aids Foundation South Africa.