At present the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GF) developing a strategy for their work on the 2017-2021. One of the stages of this discussion was to conduct a Forum of the Community (FC) on July 12-13, 2015 in Chisinau, with the support COMMUNITIES DELEGATION & EURASIAN HARM REDUCTION NETWOK (EHRN) and with the participation of representatives of civil society. The representative of the NGO “Gay-alliance” Roman Marchenko took part in the FC in the delegation ECOM (Eurasian Coalition of Male Health).
The main discussion points at the forum were the issues of the further strategy of the Global Fund in the EECA region (Eastern Europe and Central Asia) – namely, the further plan of action of civil society advocacy for the interests of vulnerable groups in the region; the main problems in the current projects and the reluctance of states in the region to take on their responsibility programs to prevent and reduce harm to the most vulnerable groups; the role of the Global Fund in the region; a transitional period for the formation of the sustainability of services.
During the forum, the NGO “Gay-alliance” fully supports the position of the ECOM – with the text of the position can be found on the website link http://ecom.ngo/ecom-position-global-fund-new-strategy/
The result of the discussions and developed a position document about the position of vulnerable groups and civil society, which will take into account proposals for further work with the Global Fund in the 2017-2021 year. The document is addressed to the board takes into account the proposals for the Global Fund EECA.
