The 52nd meeting of the Global Fund‘s Board took place on 19 – 22 November 2024 in Lilongwe, Malawi. A number of issues, critical for EECA region, were discussed at this meeting, and important decisions were taken, including on such issues as Allocation Methodology, Global Disease Split, Catalytic Investments, Sustainability Transition and Co-financing Policy etc.

The aim of the webinar – is to provide the civil society and communities representatives from EECA region with an opportunity to receive the first-hand information about these and other key topics being discussed during this Board meeting, the decisions being made and discuss how these decisions could impact HIV and TB responses as well as availability of the Global Fund’s support for countries in our region.

Also, participants will have an opportunity to address the representatives of at least three Delegations to the Global Fund Board with all the questions they might have.

When: 13th of December 2024, 12.00 Kiyv \ Vilnius time. Duration – up to 1.5 hours.

Language: Russian\English with simultaneous translation

To take part in the webinar please register at:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckfu2qrjMpG9Eu5koyvj0Q18wWs9m_gXrn

Speakers:

Developed Country NGO Delegation

Vitaly Djuma — Executive Director, ECOM – Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity, Board Member.

Developing Country NGO Delegation

Andriy Klepikov– Executive Director, Alliance for Public Health (Ukraine), Delegation member.

Ilimbek Sadykov (Kyrgyzstan) – Delegation member.

Communities Delegation

Denis Godlevsky, Regional Coordinator of ITPC EECA, Delegation member.

Valeriya Rachinskaya, Director of the Department of Human Rights, Gender, and Community Development at “100% Life” (Ukraine), Delegation member.

Lyubov Vorontsova – Eurasian Women’s Network on AIDS (EWNA), Community and Advocacy Adviser, Delegation member.

Facilitatation – EECA Regional Platform for Communication and Coordination

Discussion Topics:

Decision Points:

• Eligibility
• Allocation Methodology including Global Disease Split
• Catalytic Investments
• Sustainability Transition and Co-financing Policy 

Other Issues Discussed at the Board Meeting:

• Progress Update: HIV, TB, Malaria, RSSH
• Human Rights: Programmatic Perspectives
• Resource Mobilization

The webinar is organized by the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association as a host of the EECA Regional Platform in cooperation with Communities, Developing and Developed Country NGO Delegations to the Global Fund Board.

In case of questions regarding the registration for the webinar – please contact: eecaplatform@harmreductioneurasia.org