Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Details for Mechanism ID: 11369
Country/Region: Indonesia
Year: 2009
Main Partner: To Be Determined
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Implementing Agency
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $0

Funding for Health Systems Strengthening (OHSS): $0

N/A

New/Continuing Activity: New Activity

Continuing Activity:

Program Budget Code: 19 - HVMS Management and Staffing

Total Planned Funding for Program Budget Code: $1,550,500

Total Planned Funding for Program Budget Code: $0

Program Area Narrative:

Under the leadership of the Ambassador, USG agencies maintain a core team of highly-skilled and dedicated national and

expatriate staff to effectively manage the implementation of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in Indonesia. With

limited budget and staff, the USG focus is on integrating with and supporting the GOI 2007-2010 National HIV/AIDS Strategic

Plan.

Current USG PEPFAR presence is comprised of STATE, USAID, and DOD managed by the Center of Excellence in Disaster

Management and Humanitarian Assistance. Each of these agencies maintains strong in-country relationships on HIV/AIDS.

HHS/CDC currently has full-time staff working on influenza and the HHS/CDC/GAP regional office in Bangkok provides support to

several countries in the region. Peace Corps is considering opening a program in Indonesia in 2009 contingent on funding and

could offer a unique opportunity at the community level.

Staffing for Results (SFR) is focused on assuring the comprehensive integration and support of the Government of Indonesia's

2007-2010 National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan. The positions and functions included in the management and staffing budget are

essential to effective planning, implementation and monitoring of the Emergency Plan. STATE, through its ECON section, is

engaged with the PEPFAR process throughout the annual planning cycle. DOD activities and programs are managed by staff

located in PACOM/Hawaii, while in-country liaison is provided by the Office of Defense Cooperation. USAID coordinates the

Indonesia PEPFAR response and a collaborative interagency process is maintained through regular communications and field

visits.

At the $8 million base level for Indonesia, USAID will maintain 6 staff members working on PEPFAR for a total of 3.8 FTE. Two

FTE manage the program in entirety including all coordination aspects with OGAC and the individual agencies. This includes one

USPSC working 1.00 FTE and one FSN working 1.0 FTE. Other personnel include an FSN at 0.5 FTE and two FSNs at .15 FTE.

An additional 1.0 FTE FSN will be added in FY09 to assume a 50% level of effort on TBD implementing partner grant/contract

management and 50% level of effort on program monitoring, evaluation, data analysis, and PEPFAR reporting requirements, as

well as share increased coordination responsibilities with the GFATM.

USG staff provides critical technical assistance to the GOI MOH and National AIDS Commission (KPA) and are active members

of national level Technical Working Groups for HIV/AIDS. Additionally, USG representatives sit on the GFATM CCM and are

responsible for grant/contract management of our implementing partners. USG Indonesia will continue to rely on staff technical

expertise from USG personnel based in the United States to provide backstop support.

USAID has allocated $512,072 for management and staffing costs. ICASS costs are estimated at $14,004 and $6924 is being

levied for the IRM tax. The mission is not contributing to Capital Security Cost Sharing. DOD is allocating $17,500 of GHAI funds

to program management support for USPACOM/COE.

PEPFAR requirements create a significant management burden on posts, especially in non-focus countries with few PEPFAR

resources. This burden results in significant staff time managing interagency processes and reporting and reduces time managing

programs. This has potential to exacerbate vulnerabilities over time, particularly in an environment like Indonesia where corruption

is still a major issue. Further attempts to simplify, streamline and reconsider the administrative burdens imposed by these

processes would be greatly appreciated. While a differentiation of reporting requirements does exist between focus and non-

focus countries, this should be re-visited to better define the balance of reporting needed from other bilateral countries on the

basis of funding levels.

The Government of Indonesia (GOI) is pleased to work with USG on these and other issues, but they have expressed a desire for

increased partnership. They do not believe that US bilateral assistance investments, including PEPFAR, are consistent with the

principles of the Paris Declaration. To a great extent, GOI perceives the process and investment decisions are driven by

Washington and not by the development needs and priorities of Indonesia.

The proposed Partnership Compact presents an opportunity to offset this dynamic. In FY 2009, pending approval for a PEPFAR

Partnership Compact agreement in Indonesia, the USG will propose to hire additional staff to support development,

implementation and in-country coordination. The configuration of USG agencies would also be negotiated internally and with the

GOI to assure the best level of support. At minimum, a "Partnership Compact Liaison" position is envisioned as a 1.00 FTE. This

new position would assume the primary role and responsibility of coordinating the USG and coordinating with the GOI to ensure a

smooth and effective negotiation of the Partnership Compact as well as the subsequent implementation of related compact

activities. The Partnership Compact Liaison, along with all USG staff, will work with other donors, particularly the GFATM and UN

agencies, Indonesia Partnership Fund, AusAID, and the World Bank to ensure that overall PEPFAR efforts are most effective, are

not duplicative of current efforts, are aligned with the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, and support the GOI's priorities in HIV/AIDS.

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