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: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
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.
The Program Support Services contract will provide substantive support with qualitative, quantitative, and analytical information to assist in continually assessing and evaluating project/program portfolios. Evaluations performed under this mechanism will contribute to the re-design of new, evidence-based follow-on projects and programs. The mechanism is being implemented in conjunction with various stakeholders –the host government, local organizations, academia and the private sector - to conduct surveys, collect data, and otherwise contribute to M&E tasks will directly contribute to the capacity building of local institutions. The mechanism will conduct strategic analyses and assessments of proposed programs, changes in the development environment, as well as sector-specific, cross-sectorial, gender, disability and environmental assessments. The Contractor will plan and conduct routine data quality audits (DQAs) for OPH on all required and reported performance indicators across all program areas using host government Ministry of Health approved data quality audit protocols and/or other internationally recognized DQA tools. This would include working with implementing partners and host government staff at the county level to plan, implement, analyze and report findings. The Contractor will support the implementing partners and host government staff to develop and implement data quality improvement plans. The Contactor will design and manage mid-term, performance and impact evaluations of individual projects and activities, and may also be asked to evaluate impact against intermediate results and/or overall assistance/development objectives.
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.
