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.
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 goal of the Governance for Inclusive Growth (GIG) program is to build sustainable advocacy capacity of key populations (KP) and civil society organizations (CSOs). This goal will be achieved by: 1) strengthening the capacity of a local partner to serve as a future capacity builder; and 2) strengthening the advocacy capacity for CSOs to influence HIV policies and programming.
The activity will be implemented in 9 PEPFAR provinces of An Giang, Can Tho, Dien Bien, Hai Phong, Hanoi, HCMC, Lao Cai, Nghe An and Quang Ninh and serves KPs including people who inject drugs (PWID), female sex workers (FSW), men who have sex with men (MSM), people living with HIV (PLHIV) and their sex partners.
The PEPFAR transition from direct service delivery to technical assistance requires strengthening the role of community based organizations. Due to their unique ability to address the needs of KP, CSOs are well placed to provide efficient and effective HIV services. With improved advocacy capacity, CSOs will work to address issues of concern to PLHIV and KP, secure opportunities for participation in government decision-making processes, and gain greater recognition.
Cost efficiency is a priority. The program will focus on strengthening the capacity of select local CSOs so that in the future they can develop replicable and effective community-based services. The project M&E team will collect, analyze and disseminate strategic information to strengthen informed decision making for resource allocation, advocacy and policy. Baseline, midterm and end-of-project assessments will ensure accountability and inform decision-making.
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.
