The Global Fund Board established the Additional Safeguard Policy (ASP) in 2004 as an approach for alternative funding mechanisms where particular constraints about funding Principal Recipients (PRs) and sub-recipients (SRs) exist. Since its inception, the ASP has not been reviewed to determine its fit for purpose in an evolving environment. In 2023, the Global Fund…
The Global Fund’s Office of the Inspector General found that Burkina Faso was declared a Challenging Operating Environment two years late with non-compliance with the GF Secretariat-issued Operational Policy Note methodology. Since this led to the relevant analysis not being performed, this did not allow the country to be granted timely and appropriate flexibilities.
On December 2, 2016, Burundi joined the list of countries under the Global Fund’s Additional Safeguard Policy because of delays in grant implementation that had a marked impact on programmatic results and the absorption capacity of resources. This provision is a risk management strategy that is specific to its grant implementation context. Effective in 2004,…