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A Strategic Approach to Capacity Development

When acting as interim Principal Recipient (PR) UNDP must; i) achieve results; ii) meet the operational requirements of the Global Fund; and iii) achieve high levels of performance. In July 2024, UNDP was managing 28 grants in 20 countries, as well as one regional grant covering 3 countries in Asia Pacific and two multicountry grants covering an additional 11 countries. UNDP consistently achieves high performance with ninety six percent of UNDP grants in 2023 rated positively: Excellent (A), Good (B) or Moderate (C) by the Global Fund.

At the same time the approach to capacity development is central to all UNDP programmes. This starts with identifying a baseline of current capacity to inform the design of health programmes and Global Fund grants. All effective decisions during the design, approval and implementation of health programmes and Global Fund grants contribute to capacity development by: strengthening systems; enhancing knowledge; building ownership and by ensuring alignment with national policies to increase sustainability. Capacity development is also achieved through the programme or grant implementation arrangements ensuring national systems for health are strengthened and used where possible for key functions such as programme, monitoring & evaluation (M&E), financial management, forecasting and supply chain management. These incremental improvements help reduce the barriers to accessing essential care and the strengthening of systems for health enable health workers to improve the quality and delivery of services.

The actual implementation of health projects and Global Fund grants is aligned with national strategies and national disease responses to ensure that any capacity development interventions contribute to the results of national programmes. Greater ownership and leverage is achieved by ensuring the project and grant performance indicators and capacity development results are aligned to national strategies.

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