Project Summary:

The Inclusive Global Health Institutions Project (IGHIP) is seeking a consultant to support the Project to secure funding for its advocacy work that aims to secure the meaningful participation of communities and civil society in global health governance. 

The consultant will work closely with the co-lead organizations to identify and develop relationships with key donors and develop documents that will enable IGHIP to successfully secure short-medium term funding (ideally core and multi-year / 3 years (2024-2026)). This will include coordinating a fundraising plan among the four partners, researching possible funding opportunities, and working with the project team to advise on targeted and tailored outreach and applications. It will also include preparing the necessary funding applications/ paperwork and/or supporting documents to submit to active calls for applications and specific invitations of expressions of interest from potential funders. 

Project Background:

The Inclusive Global Health Institutions Project (IGHIP) is co-led by WACI Health, Global Fund Advocates Network (GFAN), Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) and STOPAIDS and aims to secure the meaningful participation of civil society and communities in global health governance. Despite the role of civil society and communities in the COVID-19 response, and broader global health responses, there is still a gap in the recognition, and support for their role in governance and decision-making processes. 

The global health architecture, reform of the broader multilateral system and inclusive global health governance, are at the forefront of global and regional discussions. Within these global and regional processes, the Inclusive Global Health Institutions Project aims to increase, and support, the meaningful participation of civil society and communities in decision-making and governance structures, and to link to broader work towards greater inclusivity and equity in governance models. 

We are seeking a fundraising consultant to work in close collaboration with the IGHIP co-lead organizations to develop a funding pipeline, relationships and proposals that will enable IGHIP to secure funding (ideally core and multi-year / 3 year period from 2024-2026) building on a number of key areas of our previous work including:

• The Platform for ACT-A Civil Society and Community Representatives 

  • The Platform, hosted by WACI Health, GFAN and STOPAIDS (between 2020-2023) provided systematic representation of civil society and communities across all pillars and working groups of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A), increased ACT-A’s accountability and effectiveness and provided a model for ensuring strong standards of meaningful involvement of civil society and communities in global health initiatives.

  • As different related initiatives such as the Global Fund’s C19RM mechanism and Wellcome Trust’s Future of Global Health Initiative started up, the Platform additionally advocated for inclusion of CSO and Communities representatives and coordinated open and transparent selection processes for these roles. The Platform also co-ordinated advocacy to secure civil society representation at the Board of the Pandemic Fund. Following the agreement to have two civil society representatives, the Platform worked with partners to run open selection processes for the Board representatives and to facilitate broader civil society engagement with the Pandemic Fund and, specifically, the civil society board members. 

  • Going forward, IGHIP will continue to support, as required, other initiatives and institutions who would like civil society and/or community representatives on their governance body or steering committee, to develop and run nomination processes to identify civil society and community representatives. 

• Principles for the Meaningful Involvement of Communities and Civil Society in Global Health Governance

  • The Principles of Meaningful Involvement of Communities and Civil Society in Global Health Governance have been developed by collating the experiences of communities and civil society in global health to suggest what lessons and principles we should take forward in global health governance. Drawing on years of established practice across the majority of the largest global health multilaterals, the principles have been developed through a taskforce of community and civil society representatives from the different global health initiatives

  • Launched in October 2023, the 5 principles (4 for global health institutions and 1 for CSOs and Communities) have been endorsed by the civil society and community delegations to Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Unitaid, Global Financing Facility, UNAIDS, Stop TB Partnership, Gavi and the Pandemic Fund. 

  • Going forward, IGHIP will focus on supporting global health institutions to implement these principles

• Convening the civil society and community delegations to the governing boards of global health institutions

  • On a bi-annual basis, WACI Health, GFAN, STOPAIDS and GNP+ host a meeting of all civil society and community delegations to global health institutions to discuss key strategic priorities across the global health architecture. These meetings have been held regularly for several years. There is no one body that can legitimately represent civil society and communities across global health but this group plays a significant role because each Board member or representative is selected by civil society and communities themselves, covering across all the global health institutions in the global health architecture.

Objectives:

The consultant will be expected to undertake the following activities to catalyze progress in fundraising efforts:

• Developed a fundraising plan with IGHIP partners that identifies key potential donors and upcoming funding opportunities, informed by desk research and existing contacts held by the consultant and partner organizations

• Identify and cultivate new (and existing) relationships with trusts and foundations, in collaboration with the co-lead organizations 

• Explore other non-traditional funding sources 

• Work with the project team to coordinate outreach to funders and develop and submit 1-2 funding applications 

• Develop a two-page document setting out the context, aims, objectives, activities and budget (additional page) of the project which can be adapted for different applications 

• Develop a standard text to use when reaching out to potential funders

The consultant will be expected to:

• Identify and assess potential funders and develop a short fundraising plan and pipeline, including opportunities for applications identified with deadlines up to Q4 2024 

• Develop a concept note(s) to meet the requirements of the priority funders identified 

• Connections established between the IGHIP team and key trusts, foundations and other potential funders and securing invitation to submit a concept note 

• Finalize a concept note or proposal (as appropriate) for at least one funder 

• The co-lead organizations will contribute contacts and support with outreach communications and initial meetings

• Access to a zoom platform can also be provided

The contract for this consultancy will be managed by GNP+ on behalf of IGHIP. The IGHIP Project Lead will manage the recruitment process and the work of the successful consultant for the duration of the contract.