Transcript Faith-Based and Secular Alliances in International Health

Faith-Based and Secular
Alliances in International Health
Partnerships for Health and Wholeness
CCIH Annual Conference
26 – 28 May 2007
C. Stecker, Senior Technical Advisor CRS
Objectives
• Personal experience/background
• CRS HIV and AIDS work
• Organizational Partnerships
• Elements of FBO / secular alliances
• CRS experience w/ USG
• Writing and winning proposals
• Consortia?
• Challenges and Future trends?
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Personal experience
• Cameroun / CAR
– 8 years tertiary care 130 bed
hospital, 12 satellite dispensaries,
HIV prevention 1985
– 12 years in CAR in PHC
• Kwa Ti So Azo
• ASSOMESCA (l’Association des Ouevres
Medicales pour la Sante en Centrafrique)
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CRS HIV and AIDS
• 1986 first stand-alone HIV project
• 2002: 75 projects in 20 countries 
2006: 250+ projects in 52 countries
• Prevention, care, treatment, and
support
• Cross-sectoral
• > $119 million/year
• Funding: private, USAID, PEPFAR,
GFATM
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Organizational Partnerships
• Field-based implementing partnerships
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Caritas Internationalis
AFNG (African Funding Network Group)
CCIH
Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA)
InterAction
Working Groups
Other sector memberships
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Elements of FBO / secular alliances
• Alliance: “Purpose – formal
(contractual) linkages between
different entities to achieve specific
objectives with accountability by all
parties concerned.”
• Funding Mechanisms
– Grants, CA, contracts
– RFP, RFA, IQC, Task Order
– CORE Initiative: first attempt to get
funding to FBOs for HIV funding
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PEPFAR Experience
• 5-YR ART award $335M 5-YR
– 5 member consortium, including three
FBOs (CRS, CMMB, I.M.A.), Institute of
Human Virology-University of Maryland,
and Constella Futures)
– Targets: 137,600 on ARVs, 9 PEPFAR
countries, w/ > 200 local partners
• 5-YR OVC award 5 countries for $10M
• 5-YR ABY award 3 countries for $12M
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Steps to winning
• Announcement of RFA/RFP
• Write proposal - follow guidelines
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Steps to winning
• Know funding Environment (Donor):
• What is donor known for/interested in funding?
• Grant? Cooperative agreement? Contract?
• How much (available, need)? What level
(central/in-country)?
• Unsolicited concept note (3-5 pages)?
• Requirements: finances, reporting
• Know yourself:
• Strengths/weaknesses, constraints/limitations
• Alone? Consortium?
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Consortium
• Start exploring potential consortium members:
– What expertise do they bring?
– risk/benefit analysis (philosophy, way of doing business)
• Start writing: “Boiler plates”
– Context (Historical, Statement of Problem)
– Capacity statement
– Certs & Regs
• Respond exactly to RFA/RFP follow guidelines:
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technical excellence
most up-to-date info/stats
follow guidelines to the letter
divide writing, but have an overall coordinator/editor
keep scoring in mind
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Challenges
• Graduation TZ
• change focus of project
• NPI – more directly-funded
partners
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