Update on Communities and Resources Working Group
September 2009
Washington
Members
Stuart Kean, World Vision International (Co-Facilitator)
Peter Laugharn, Firelight Foundation & CCABA (Co-Facilitator)
Christine Nare Kabore, UNICEF W & C Africa Region
Tom Fenn, UNICEF E & S Africa Region
Rachel Yates, UNICEF HQ
Patricia Lim Ah Ken, UNICEF HQ
Sally Smith(?) UNAIDS
Isabel de Bruin Cardoso, Focal Person, E & S Africa RIATT
Martha Newsome, WVI and Facilitator, E & S Africa RIATT
Increasing Effectiveness Working Group
Kate Harrison, Comic Relief & Co-chair European Funders Group
Kate Iorpenda, International HIV & AIDS Alliance
Gopa Kumar Nair, Save the Children – UK
Nigel Taylor, Consultant
Potential members
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World Bank Global HIV & AIDS Programme
(Evaluation of the Community Response): Rosalia
Rodriguez-Garcia
 European Funders Group
 Global Fund
 USG
Activities
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Co-facilitators met twice
Produced scope of work
Conference call to discuss scope of work
Mapping of member activities
Circulated proposal for potential joint activity
Scope of group’s work
1. Making the case for community based organisations
– Produce an inventory of roles, functions and effectiveness
– Comparative advantage vis-à-vis the state providing
services to vulnerable children
– CBO sustainability
Members interested: Firelight Foundation ‘Learning Agenda’,
World Bank (Evaluation of the Community Response), CCABA
Cohort study
2. Resource flows
– Document and share good practices for sub-granting
resources to CBOs
– Donor principles for sub-granting
Members interested: Save the Children UK, World Vision UK,
Firelight Foundation, Comic Relief, European Funders Group,
RIATT (Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund)
Scope of group’s work
3. Resource tracking
– Tracking resources to CBOs for vulnerable children
– Donors and civil society involvement in tracking
mechanisms, strengthening 3 ones
Members interested: World Vision International, UNICEF, RIATT,
European Funders Group, Firelight Foundation, CCABA (GF &
PEPFAR)
4. Alignment & coordination
– Document effective mechanisms for improving
harmonisation & coordination of vulnerable children
programmes: donors, NGOs & government departments
Members interested: RIATT
Expectations of group activities
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Will create a strong evidence base, consensus statements
and guidance for implementers
Not only include research but dissemination which will
encourage the implementation of emerging good practices
Should not be constrained by timing of next Global
Partners Forum
Link closely with RIATTs to improve implementation
Use action research when possible to increase scale-up
Proposed area for group activity:
Document sub-granting good practice
Background:
– Save the Children UK & World Vision UK Research proposal
– Originally action research in 3 countries in southern African
countries to document sub-granting best practice (2-3 years)
– Three phases:
1. Collection and documentation
2. Implementation and monitoring
3. Dissemination and advocacy
– Key outputs:
1.Best practice guidelines
2.Action plans
3.Monitoring reports of implementation of action plans
4. Enhanced mechanisms for fund disbursement at
community level
Proposed area for group activity:
Document sub-granting good practice
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Conduct research to document sub-granting good
practice in 3 countries in eastern, southern and
western Africa (3-4 months)
 Hold dissemination workshop organised by RIATT and
potential follow-up activities with sub-granters
 Potential link to review of donors’ good practice and
identification of development of principles of good
practice
Proposed area for group activity:
Document sub-granting good practice
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Purpose: Identify, document and disseminate good
practice models in developing sustainable resource
disbursal mechanisms to community groups providing
support to children affected by HIV and AIDS
 Outputs:
– Good practice guidelines and tools documenting effective
resource disbursal to community groups providing support
for children affected by HIV and AIDS
– Possible - Action plans detailing how existing initiatives to
disburse funding will be enhanced and expanded based on
initial findings