To prepare for the Global Fund’s Grant Cycle 7 (GC7) funding request submissions, the RBM Partnership to End Malaria Country Regional Support Partner Committee organized a mock Technical Review Panel (TRP) in Nairobi, Kenya from February 21–23, 2023. Participants included representatives from 18 malaria-endemic countries in Africa and the Asia Pacific, such as Malaria Programme Managers, M&E Officers, Global Fund focal personnel, CCM's, and local partners. Additionally, the workshop was attended by RBM Secretariat, Global Fund Secretariat, RBM consultants, WHO, and other partners. The event was held in a hybrid format, with 200 participants attending in-person and 36 participating virtually. UN agencies, NGOs, academia, parliamentarians, private sector, and Civil Societies were also represented.
The main goal of the meeting was to provide an opportunity for countries to conduct a comprehensive peer review of their GF malaria funding applications, with support from recognized experts, to ensure the finalization of the application prior to submission to the Global Fund. The workshop was aimed at countries that will submit their malaria funding applications to the Global Fund by 20 March 2023.
The post-meeting evaluation revealed a high satisfaction rate among all participants and partners, indicating that the workshop will significantly improve their GF funding requests.
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