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The German BACKUP Initiative

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ)

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BMZ, GIZ and BACKUP

is the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development

operates worldwide with some 17,000 staff in more than 130 countries

is federally owned by the German Government and implements on behalf of BMZ and other Federal Ministries

German BACKUP Initiative

is a programme managed by GIZ and commissioned by BMZ (set up in 2002)

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• Goal: supporting capacity development of civil society and governmental organizations to access and effectively implement Global Fund grants in response to AIDS, TB and malaria.

• Bilateral Partners: organizations applying for or receiving Global Fund Grants (e.g. PR, SR, SSR, CCM)

• Intern. Partners: IPPF, IHAA, Aidspan, WHO (a.o. Knowledge Hubs), UNAIDS, ICASO/CSAT

• Project duration: 09/2002 – 09/2015

• Financial volume: 75,550,000 EUR

• Operating worldwide: 458 measures in 74 countries*

The German BACKUP Initiative

Provision of technical support to countries: upon demand, goal-oriented, flexible, timely

* Countries in red are on the official BMZ partner country list and countries in blue are outside that list.

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• Needs-based

• Evidence-informed

• Rights-based

• Results-oriented

• Country ownership

• Aligned with national health strategies

• Linked to Global Fund processes

• Equity and solidarity (e.g. gender inequalities are addressed)

• Positive effects on strengthening health systems and civil society

Our core principles and BACKUP eligibility criteria

Health System

Strengthening

Strengthening Civil

Society

Gender equality

Keypopulations

Capacity Development

Cross-cutting areas considered in BACKUP support:

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Modes of BACKUP Technical Support (09/2006 – 11/2012)

Fast Access Modefor small, one-off activities

up to 10,000 €

Consultancy Mode

funding of consultancy work

up to 40,000 €

Project Modeimplementation of

sets of activities50,000 up to 150,000 €

32%

38%

30%

Fast Access Consultancy Mode

Project Mode

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Areas of technical support for bilateral partners10.4 million € (09/2006 – 11/2012 total budget €44,550,000)

Organisational / institutional dev.

Advocacy

Knowledge management

Human resources dev.

M&E

Proposal development

Policy / strategy / guidelines dev.

Quality management

TS needs assessment

2,711,823

1,873,936

1,263,564

1,163,542

1,095,145

1,081,583

740,277

297,021

182,906

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1• Identify technical support needs in line with BACKUP

objectives, principles, and criteria.

2• Choose application mode: Fast Access, Consultancy or Project

Mode.

3• Complete application form (download from BACKUP website).

4• Submit to BACKUP team for technical review.

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• Sign finalised application and get endorsement from CCM Chair to ensure coordination and alignment of technical support request.

BACKUP application process

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Key strategic partnerships (1)

Policy dialogue with the GF Secretariat re provision of TA for proposal development and grant implementation; Informal exchange on focus areas (e.g. gender, HSS, CS, key populations); Coordination with FPMs

• Capacity development of civil society PRs and SRs• Risk management capacities• Quality assurance of TA, • Training of consultants (TBC)

• Increased transparency of GF grant implementation through ‚watchdog project‘

• Development and adapation of guides to support in-country partners & Global Fund implementers

Capacity development addressing SRH – HIV needs of neglegted key populations (focus countries and groups: Cameroon – MSM, India – transgender, Kenya – IDU, Uganda – SW)

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Key strategic partnerships (2)

Exchange and coordination of technical assistance with USAID/GMS, Initiative 5% and TSFs

Prevention, HIV Capacity Development, Knowledge Hubs, MARPs, Gender and HSS

Hubs Integration and advocacy of CS issues at policy level. Brokering TA between the providers and usersProviding CSOs with strategic information from GFATMProviding GFATM with feedback on bottlenecks and challenges from CSOs

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http://www.giz.de/backup

email: backup@giz.de