PEPFAR Botswana Community-Led Monitoring Program

Deadline: 8-Jul-22

The U.S. Embassy Gaborone through the PEPFAR Botswana Coordination Office (PEPFAR/PCO) is pleased to announce an open competition for local key population (KP)-led civil society organizations (CSOs) and KP-led non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to submit applications to carry out a Community-Led Monitoring (CLM) program.

The overall goal of the CLM program is to ensure the availability, access to, and delivery of quality health and HIV services. The CLM program’s main objective is to provide a direct feedback mechanism to clients and beneficiaries of these services throughout the health service delivery experience to diagnose persistent issues and barriers to service uptake. The expectation is that this feedback loop will help identify gaps and workable solutions that are driven by the community to overcome them.

The CLM program is funded through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in Botswana (PEPFAR/Botswana) in support of the Government of Botswana’s (GoB) effort to achieve HIV epidemic control through the implementation of evidence-based and client-centered interventions to accelerate progress in HIV prevention, care and treatment and ultimately, save lives.

The CLM program findings are analyzed and discussed collaboratively between community representatives, service providers and facility managers to ensure dialogue and help all participating sides identify, implement and monitor follow up actions.

Funding Information

Length of Performance Period:1 August 2022- 31 August 2023 (13 months)
Number of Awards Anticipated: 1 to 2 awards
Award Amounts: Awards may range from $80,000 up to the maximum of $180,000
Total Available Funding: Up to $180,000 for all awards
Type of Funding: FY2022/COP21 and FY2023/COP22 Allocated Funds
Anticipated Program Start Date: 1 August 2022
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Program Performance Period: Proposed activities should be completed no later than 31 August 2023.

Deliverables

Formation and training of monitoring groups for selected districts; groups must be diverse and inclusive of all constituencies that access health and HIV services.
Data collection, consolidation, and analyses.
Formulation, implementation, and monitoring of follow up actions to improve service uptake at the local and district levels.
Quarterly financial and activity reports.
Participation in quarterly meetings with the PEPFAR CLM Community Consultation Group (CCG), comprised of PEPFAR, government, PLWHA CSO representatives and other stakeholders, to provide in-depth discussion of work and results at the local, district and national levels.
Participation in national level advocacy activities when/where relevant.

Eligibility Criteria

Not-for-profit organizations led by KP community members themselves or organizations who are KP-competent, including think tanks, civil society or non-governmental organizations, and community-based organizations, that are currently not receiving PEPFAR funding to deliver health services are eligible to apply.
Organizations currently funded by PEPFAR to deliver health services either in the community or at the health facility are excluded from this funding opportunity.
Eligible organizations should also meet the following criteria:
- Be registered as a not-for-profit organization with the Government of Botswana (proof is required).
- Must have experience of successfully implementing programs with funding of a minimum of $40,000.
- Must apply for only one CLM award, which can cover multiple districts; only one proposal per organization is allowed.
- Must either have:
  - a majority of board/senior staff who are representatives from KP communities (KP-led)
  - articulated how the organization meets the standards set by PEPFAR to KP-competent