PEPFAR's annual planning process is done either at the country (COP) or regional level (ROP).
PEPFAR's programs are implemented through implementing partners who apply for funding based on PEPFAR's published Requests for Applications.
Since 2010, PEPFAR COPs have grouped implementing partners according to an organizational type. We have retroactively applied these classifications to earlier years in the database as well.
Also called "Strategic Areas", these are general areas of HIV programming. Each program area has several corresponding budget codes.
Specific areas of HIV programming. Budget Codes are the lowest level of spending data available.
Expenditure Program Areas track general areas of PEPFAR expenditure.
Expenditure Sub-Program Areas track more specific PEPFAR expenditures.
Object classes provide highly specific ways that implementing partners are spending PEPFAR funds on programming.
Cross-cutting attributions are areas of PEPFAR programming that contribute across several program areas. They contain limited indicative information related to aspects such as human resources, health infrastructure, or key populations programming. However, they represent only a small proportion of the total funds that PEPFAR allocates through the COP process. Additionally, they have changed significantly over the years. As such, analysis and interpretation of these data should be approached carefully. Learn more
Beneficiary Expenditure data identify how PEPFAR programming is targeted at reaching different populations.
Sub-Beneficiary Expenditure data highlight more specific populations targeted for HIV prevention and treatment interventions.
PEPFAR sets targets using the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) System - documentation for which can be found on PEPFAR's website at https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. As with most data on this website, the targets here have been extracted from the COP documents. Targets are for the fiscal year following each COP year, such that selecting 2016 will access targets for FY2017. This feature is currently experimental and should be used for exploratory purposes only at present.
Years of mechanism: 2012 2013 2014
NOTE: The following is taken from summaries released by PEPFAR on the PEPFAR Data Dashboard. They are incomplete summary paragraphs only and do not contain the full mechanism details. When the full narratives are released, we will update the mechanism pages accordingly.
In COP 14, State will continue to advance its focus on the transition of direct services to the host country and support sustainability and country ownership through targeted technical assistance and capacity building. State will support the country team in moving forward the recently revised Transition Plan and will continue to engage the government, civil society, private sector, donors and other stakeholders in the HIV response.
Strategic information will continue to be a priority for State. State will coordinate and support the implementation of the new PEPFAR Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Strategy, aligning its M&E framework with the new guidance and support the partners in understanding and incorporating the new guidance into their existing systems. State will also support the development of a PEPFAR facility list and engage the relevant stakeholders in developing a Master Facility List.
To accompany the revised Transition Plan, State will work with the interagency team to develop a monitoring plan for the Transition. The framework will focus on monitoring various elements of the transition:
• Continued monitoring and reporting on indicators for PEPFAR supported activities
• Monitoring of specific transition processes
• Monitoring of country ownership
• Monitoring the maintenance of quality service delivery during and after transition
To ensure that essential data remains available to PEPFAR as we transition from direct services, State along with the interagency team will continue to build its partnership with the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders to support and work towards one National M&E system. State will also continue to collaborate with the Ministry of Health on all relevant national activities e.g. strategic plans, World AIDS Day etc.
Since COP2014, PEPFAR no longer produces narratives for every mechanism it funds. However, PEPFAR has now included performance targets or indicator information for each mechanism based on the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) system. The MER guidance is available on PEPFAR's website https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. Note that COP years 2014-2015 were under a previous version of the MER system and the indicators and definitions may have changed as of the new 2.0 guidance.
This mechanism has no published performance targets or indicators.
