TERMS OF REFERENCE AND BUDGETTERMS OF REFERENCE AND BUDGETI. I. B A C K G R O U N DB A C K G R O U N D

1. Background In the past decade, a surge of commitment and funding has enabled countries to boost their HIV responses. Many of the gains remain fragile and country capacities must be developed in a range of core areas to ensure a sustained response. The UNAIDS vision of zero infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related death includes a strategic focus on capacity development and comes at a time when the AIDS response is shifting “from a sprint to a marathon”. As efforts evolve from an emergency to a sustained response, country ownership and capacity development will play a more central role in the way forward.

Long term technical support and capacity development will have a greater role and countries will need to be able to effectively plan, implement and integrate capacity building into national programs. Among the major capacity gaps, programme implementation limitations have emerged as a major constraint, alongside poor governance systems, leadership, human resources, and uneven financial and management capacities. The Global Fund recognizes the importance of capacity development and is encouraging countries to incorporate capacity development activities in their Round 10 negotiations, Round 11 proposal development, and within their overall technical support planning.

To help respond to these issues, the Joint UN Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) and the Country Capacity & Strengthening Team (CST) focuses on strengthening countries’ capacity to manage their epidemics and help countries build capacity in strategic areas, and capacity development leadership and practice. One if the key areas of work include technical support and capacity development for Global Fund development and grant implementation. The team works to strengthen institutional and health system capacities within countries for effective programme and grant implementation.

With the support of the European Commission (EC), UNAIDS is implementing a project intended to improve the quality and effectiveness of technical support by assisting countries to plan, deliver and monitor technical support for better results. The project will strengthen the capacities of the participating countries to be able to scale up the response to their epidemic including implementation of the national responses to AIDS including the implementation of grants from the Global Fund and other funding mechanisms, through improved planning and management of technical support and the identification of capacity development needs. The project is being implemented in six sub-Saharan African countries: Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria and Swaziland.

UNAIDS has developed a guidance note on capacity development planning within the Global Fund and broader technical support planning processes and will be rolling out the guidance across countries in 2011. As a first step of this larger effort, the six EC-funded countries will be orientated and supported in capacity development planning is an effort to ensure robust country capacity development implementation and processes. It will be important to determine what opportunities for linkages to other TS/CD efforts exist and what related efforts and partnerships can be leveraged in country. Further, the lessons learned from this workshop will inform the dissemination and roll-out of this capacity development guidance more broadly.

2. Aim and ObjectivesThe purpose of this workshop held June 28-30th, 2011 in Dar es Salaam is to (i) define and promote a common understanding of capacity development planning and it’s application among six EC-funded countries, (ii) to present and share current status technical support and capacity development efforts including challenges, successes and gaps; (iii) reorient six EC-funded technical support plans towards capacity development discussing how to address implementation bottlenecks and challenges ; (iv) Gather country inputs in the finalization of the capacity development guidance note for countries.

The specific objectives of the meeting are:

To promote a common understanding of capacity development in the context of technical support planning and national HIV programs;

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To share country experiences and receive a status update of current TS and CD planning among the six EC-funded countries indentifying successes, challenges, bottlenecks and gaps;

To discuss ‘how to’ undertake capacity development planning using the draft UNAIDS Capacity Development Guidance Note and obtain feedback on the Guidance from countries;

To develop and strengthen six EC-funded countries draft CD/TS plans discussing implementation strategies, operationalization of the plans, overcoming obstacles, and linkages with other national strategic planning and other efforts.

I I .I I . P U RP O S EP U RP O S E

UNAIDS would like to engage the services of a consultant to act as a rapporteur and report writer for the meeting.

I I I .I I I . S C O P E O F W O R KS C O P E O F W O R K

Working in a team of two report writers (French and English), the report writers will be responsible for:

Drafting a report meeting template while in attendance of the meeting 28-30 June 2011. Compiling daily meeting notes for the workshop Preparing a daily synthesis of meeting issues in PowerPoint format for daily viewing Preparing a 3 page synthesis report Preparing a draft report of 15-20 pages with clear actionable recommendations Preparing a final report Preparing 1 page ‘human interest’ summary with quotes and highlights from the participants.

I V .I V . T I M E F R A M ET I M E F R A M E

1 days preparation, review of documentation, preparation of report template, and meeting with the workshop team

3 days note taking during meeting 1 day for the preparation of the 3 page synthesis report (deadline: 1 July 2011) 1 page ‘human interest’ summary ( deadline 1 July 2011) 3 days for the preparation of the draft report (deadline: 8 July 2011) 1 days for the finalization of the report, based on comments from the team (deadline 15 July 2011)

V .V . D E L I V E R A B L E SD E L I V E R A B L E S

The report writer will be required to produce the following deliverables:

1. A report template2. Daily synthesis of key issues in PowerPoint format3. A three page synthesis report4. A final synthesized report of 15-20 pages with clear, actionable recommendations5. 1 page ‘human interest’ summary with quotes and highlights from the participants.

V I I .V I I . P R O F I L E O F T H E C O N S U L T A N TP R O F I L E O F T H E C O N S U L T A N T

Good understanding of HIV epidemic At least 10 year experience in areas of development, organizational management, technical assistance,

institutional development Understanding of Global Fund processes Post-graduate Strong ability to organize, analyze and synthesize; Excellent report writing skills Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a team, with tight deadlines, prioritize and under pressure.

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I .I . G U I D A N C E & M O N I T O R I N GG U I D A N C E & M O N I T O R I N G

The consultants will work in close collaboration with Fodé Simaga, Institutional Development Adviser, Program Effectiveness and Country Support Unit

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