APCASO serves the role of Asia Pacific Regional Platform on Communities, Rights and Gender (APCRG) for the Global Fund. Our primary aim is to deliver timely and relevant information and tools, including information on technical assistance opportunities, to promote effective inclusion of CRG interventions in the Global Fund country grants on HIV, TB and malaria.
In particular, the Platform has three objectives, which define its work in the region:
- To enhance community knowledge of the Global Fund and its processes, through the regular bi-directional sharing of tailored and targeted information to a diverse audience;
- To strengthen the capacity and coordination of communities to engage in national and regional Global Fund grants and related processes; and
- To improve community access to technical assistance through information-sharing, linkage to appropriate providers, support developing requests, and strengthening TA provider capacity and coordination
The APCRG 2022 Partners Meeting took place from 4th to 7th October in Hanoi, Viet Nam. This meeting aims to gather our civil society and community partners, technical experts, and development partner and their representatives to the following objectives:
- Facilitate information-sharing between and among country and regional civil society partners, Global Fund, and technical partners about the upcoming Global Fund NFM4 Funding Request processes with a focus on the critical need and opportunities for community and civil society engagements
- Develop a regional community and civil society roadmap and facilitate a discussion among civil society and community-led organisation partners to identify engagement opportunities and technical assistance; and
- Explore and jointly strategise on key and emerging priority issues in the region i.e. community-led monitoring (CLM), gender and sexual and reproductive health and rights, and mental health, especially in the context of Global Fund NFM4
Expected outcomes:
- Participants will have a clearer understanding of the NFM4 and entry points for effective community and civil society engagements and influences in the upcoming new funding request development process.
- A regional roadmap for Asia-Pacific that will guide communities and civil society to identify ways to engage in NFM4 at the regional and country level, and are able to leverage opportunities as part of their engagement in the NFM4 processes.
- An agreed set of priorities and needs around CLM, gender and sexual and reproductive health and rights, and mental health in the context of the Global Fund NFM4, with a focus on vulnerable and marginalised populations.
ABOUT APCRG:
APCASO serves the role of Asia Pacific Regional Platform on Communities, Rights and Gender (APCRG) for the Global Fund. Our primary aim is to deliver timely and relevant information and tools, including information on technical assistance opportunities, to promote effective inclusion of CRG interventions in the Global Fund country grants on HIV, TB and malaria.
In particular, the Platform has three objectives, which define its work in the region:
- To enhance community knowledge of the Global Fund and its processes, through the regular bi-directional sharing of tailored and targeted information to a diverse audience;
- To strengthen the capacity and coordination of communities to engage in national and regional Global Fund grants and related processes; and
- To improve community access to technical assistance through information-sharing, linkage to appropriate providers, support developing requests, and strengthening TA provider capacity and coordination
About APCASO
APCASO is an Asia-Pacific regional civil society network organisation that serves as a catalytic platform for supporting community health and community systems for health, with a focus on key, vulnerable, and marginalised communities in Asia and the Pacific. We have active partnerships with civil society and community-led organisational partners in Viet Nam, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, India, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, and Thailand – many of these organisations also serve as APCASO’s country focal points. In Vietnam, APCASO’s focal point is Supporting Community Development Initiatives (SCDI).
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