1. Elements of Successful Global Fund Proposals Mazuwa Banda Department of HIV

2. 2 Successful proposal is … ●Appropriate ●Convincing ●Coherent ●Clear

3. 3 Common weaknesses in Round 10 Category 3 and 4 proposals

4. 4 Situation Analysis ●What is the scale? ●What is driving the epidemic? ●Who is affected? ●What are the current policies/strategies? ●What has been achieved so far? ●What are the constraints?

5. 5 Gap Analysis ●What is in the national plan? ●What are the targets? ●What is covered by existing resources? ●What is the gap? ●How much of the gap should this proposal cover?

6. 6 GAP analysis Gap Unmet need 05101520 Available resources National targets Need Gap

7. 7 Proposal Strategy ●Goals ●Objectives ●Service Delivery Areas ●Activities ●Budget ●Workplan

8. 8 Proposal logframe

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10. 10 Contribution by Sub-Recipients ●Be familiar with the basics of the proposal ●Align activities, targets and costs with those in the proposal (an national plan) ●Demonstrate implementation track record ●Identify capacity issues to be addressed

11. 11 Some tips … ●The process is as important as the content ●Start early. Constitute a good proposal team ●Aim to have complete draft at least 1 month in advance of submission deadline ●Important preliminary steps: Situation analysis, gap analysis – strategic planning

12. 12 HIV proposal writing resources