ENGAGING CIVIL SOCIETY FOR RESOURCE MOBILIZATION

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ENGAGING CIVIL SOCIETY FOR RESOURCE MOBILIZATION

• Sue Perez
• STP ACSM Meeting
• 5 November 2007

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TARGET SOURCES OF FUNDING

• World Bank
• Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and
  Malaria
• US Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
  (PEPFAR)

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WORLD BANK

• Bank has supported successful, large scale up
  efforts India and China should be adapted for
  Africa.
• Dedicated programs for HIV/AIDS and malaria
  needs same level of attention for TB.
• 2006 RESULTS International report found that in
  2005, just US3.5 million (lt1) was spent on TB
  in Africa compared to US585 million for health
  in the region overall.

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USING WB REPORT FOR ADVOCACY

• MEDIA
• REF hosted media conf call w/journalists
  featuring Stephen Lewis, Joia Mukherjee and
  Richard Bumgarner. Media pieces generated in The
  New York Times , The Boston Globe and articles
  published in over 90 outlets worldwide.
• PARTNERSHIP W/AFRICAN CIVIL SOCIETY
• REF worked with African civil society partners,
  esp the Africa Civil Society Coalition on HIV
  AIDS to draft/gather signatures for a letter to
  Bank President Paul Wolfowitz calling for
  increased investment in TB in Africa
• Letter was adapted urging African Ministers of
  Finance to finance TB emergency and demand
  greater investment by Bank letter distributed at
  spring 2007 UN Economic Commission for Africa mtg
• US CONGRESSIONAL OUTREACH
• Grassroots outreach to US MOCs to educate/inform
  on inadequate investment by the Bank
• Recent meeting in early Oct with US MOCs and
  Zoellick to raise concerns about Banks
  underinvestment
• UK AND CANADIAN MP ACTIONS
• Grassroots mobilization from RESULTS UK RESULTS
  Canada to send letters
• UK/Canadian MPs during trips to Kenya met with
  in-country Bank representative

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WHATS NEEDED FROM CS?

• Continue pressure on Zoellick
• Outreach to Executive Directors to the Board of
  the World Bank to increase voice and demand
• Take action now at the ACTION booth
• Postcard campaign to Zoellick and 2 African EDs
  urging greater role and investment by the Bank on
  TB in Africa

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GLOBAL FUND

• Largest external financer for TB providing 2/3
• Coordinated global CS advocacy resulted in
  adoption by the GFATM Board of resource size of
  US6-8B by 2010 (GF resource share to reach the
  MDGs)

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WHATS NEEDED FROM CS?

• Advocacy to ensure bold/sustained commitment by
  donors
• Greater TB representation on CCMs
• Developing process for greater accessibility by
  smaller NGOs to GFATM resources
• Monitoring to ensure monies flowing

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US PEPFAR

• Largest HIV/AIDS initiative to date US15
  billion over five years 2004-2008
• Discussions underway in the US on reauthorization
  of PEPFAR for the next five years 2009-2013
  (US30-50 billion)
• TB-HIV funding by PEFAR is about US120 million
  in 2007 US150 million in 2008

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WHATS NEEDED FROM CS?

• Advocacy for support of US50 billion for PEPFAR
  II (in line w/UNAIDS estimates although lowest
  scenario)
• Advocacy to increase demand and ensure TB-HIV is
  a top priority for PEPFAR
• Advocacy urging collaboration with scientists and
  researchers on what are findings from operational
  research to bring to implementers (overall need
  for greater dissemination of lessons learned in
  implementing TB-HIV coordinated activities)

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WHAT ELSE?

• Ensure CS involvement in global policy
  decisionmaking processes
• Advocate for meaningful plans and strategies
• Advocacy around financing in-country
  plans/strategies