HIV and AIDS Capacity Building and Technical Assistance Project

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The HIV/AIDS Capacity Building and Technical Assistance Project, aims to increase the capacity of government and non-governmental institutions accountable for the national responsiveness to HIV and AIDS, and to utilize and assess the impact of funds received for HIV/AIDS. The first component will support the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP) discharge its fiduciary, and program management responsibilities as principal recipient of the HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis grants. The project will finance technical assistance (TA) to strengthen the capacity of the Coordination Office in the MFDP to appropriately perform its oversight role under the grant agreement. Long term TA will be contracted to coordinate and ensure timely submissions, and approval of annual work programs, facilitate disbursement of funds, ensure adequacy of financial controls and audits, and ensure timely reporting on agreed monitoring and evaluation indicators. Support to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) is the second component, and involves two sub-components: TA to establish the new HIV/AIDS Directorate, provision of equipment and training to the Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, and, TA to the Procurement Unit; and, medium term TA to enable the National Drugs and Supplies Organization (NDSO) conduct procurement, using international competitive bidding. The third component will finance Consultants to manage proposals submitted for funding, strengthen the District AIDS Coordinators and Task Forces, through training activities, and implement monitoring and evaluation activities. Finally, the fourth component will support capacity building to enable civil society and other organizations develop proposals, implement and fulfill the reporting requirements for disbursements under the grants agreement. Formal and informal private sector will also be supported to increase their capacity to implement HIV/AIDS activities.