Faith-Based and Secular Alliances in International Health

Partnerships for Health and WholenessCCIH Annual Conference

26 – 28 May 2007

C. Stecker, Senior Technical Advisor CRS

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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

• 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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• Announcement of RFA/RFP • Write proposal - follow guidelines

Steps to winning

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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:– 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