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
The goal of the Ukrainian NGO-SI project is to generate strategic information on the HIV epidemic and to increase national and regional capacity to collect and use these data.
Significant SI data needs and capacity needs remain in Ukraine. The GOU does not support MARPs surveys; while GFRd10 grant supports basic MARPs surveys, the research plan does not cover all data needed to track the epidemic and target interventions. In recent years, national and regional HIV M&E centers have been set up; however, capacity gaps of national/regional GOU staff in multiple M&E areas were found in a 2011 assessment; existing mechanisms will cover only some needs.
The new NGO-SI project will focus on strengthening MARPS SI data and capacity, especially in GoU, operationalizing developed M&E approaches at the regional level by:
developing a coordinated HIV data needs plan and carrying out epidemiological and operational surveys/studies and increasing capacity of GOU institutions to lead MARPs SI data activities
training personnel of organizations, especially GOU, involved in data collection on data quality control and data management
facilitating collaboration between national and regional M&E bodies and decision-makers and increase the capacity of regional M&E centers and HIV coordination councils. capacity to generate, understand and use data
The NGO-SI project was first programmed funds in late FY11 when PF funds were confirmed; CoAg to be awarded FY12. Survey and training activities will be coordinated through the national M&E working group (which oversees GF Rd10 activities) to ensure coherence and avoid overlap with efforts of other stakeholders. These activities leverage GF funding in SI and are designed to build capacity of GOU for sustainability.
The activities under this project will be coordinated through the M&E working group chaired by the Ukrainian AIDS Center. The new NGO-SI project will focus on strengthening MARPS SI data and capacity, especially in GoU, and operationalizing developed M&E approaches at the regional level by:
1. Strengthening MARPS SI data and increasing capacity of GOU institutions in MARPs SI data activities: the project will support the national M&E plan through supporting and coordinating additional data collection activities, such as bridge group surveys, and through performing program evaluations in the highest priority areas. To ensure complementariness of data collection proposed under this project, a series of consultations among stakeholders will be carried out at the initial phase to develop the combined research plan and identify gaps to be covered by PEPFAR funds.
2. improving data quality control and data management: the project activities will provide support to national capacity building to collect, manage, analyze and use data. Under Objective 2, the project will will support the broader technical program areas for monitoring, evaluation and surveys. Since quality control procedures are not part of the existing GF Rd10 research plan, activities planned for FY12 include trainings on quality control for staff involved in data collection in behavioral studies and routine surveillance and treatment monitoring
3. linking and increasing capacity of national and regional M&E bodies/decision-makers and increase their capacity to generate, understand and use data. These will also include trainings for regional M&E specialists and HIV coordination councils on population size estimation for high-risk groups and extrapolation of the national estimates. This would allow for more evidence-based planning of coverage and scope of prevention or treatment activities, including harm reduction, ART, and MAT.
The new NGO-SI mechanism will contribute to the achievement of all three of the goals of Ukraines Partnership Framework goals: directly to goals 3 (strengthened national and local ability to achieve National AIDS Program objectives); and indirectly to goals 2 (improved quality and cost effectiveness of HIV prevention, care, and treatment services for MARPs) and 1 of (reduction of HIV transmission among MARPs).
