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.
THIS IS A NEW ACTIVITY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE FUNDED AS PER PENDING AS IN-COUNTRY AND
HEADQUARTER DISCUSSIONS.
Title: M&E Systems Development and Implementation and DQA Support
PEPFAR Tanzania is implementing a comprehensive performance management, monitoring, and reporting
system for PEPFAR partner activities. The goal of this activity is to provide high quality data to program
managers at the partner, USG and GoT level needed to allow them to use better data to drive strategic
decisions. Sustained support in these areas is expected to lead to generation of quality data that USG and
the country can use for improved decision making and for reporting program plans and accomplishment.
This activity is designed to build and strengthen skills in the integrated programming cycle (assessment,
planning, design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation), and more specifically, for the use of
comprehensive performance management, monitoring, and reporting systems for decision support.
Need and comparative advantage: The ability of PEPFAR partners to collect, utilize, and report on required
program measurement indicators varies widely, but the process is neither as systematic nor as
standardized as it should be to promote the efficient collection of high quality data. Given the central
implementation role PEPFAR partners play the in program implementation, the process is neither as routine
nor as automated as required to provide both USG and partner program managers with the timely and
accurate strategic information resource they require to ensure the accomplishment of critical program goals.
Accomplishments: To date, PEPFAR Tanzania has made great strides in the quality and level of detail of
the data collected by partners. This data is currently being used to report program accomplishments and to
guide strategic decision making. The looming need now is to fully automate the collection, dissemination,
and utilization of that data.
Under this activity the contractor implements, maintains, and supports a partner reporting system (PRS).
The system is used to collect, store, aggregate, and share data for the Emergency Plan Team and other
USG-funded partners. This system is designed to meet OGAC requirements for mandatory PEPFAR
indicators as well as additional information deemed necessary to manage the programs in Tanzania. It will
assist in reporting to both the Emergency Plan Team and the Government of Tanzania. Data from this
system will be able to be easily tracked and used by partners, as well as by USG PEPFAR and the
government of Tanzania. The system will enable these key stakeholders to better collect, validate and
ultimately use the data. The new system will also connect targets to results for the information being
collected in a manner that is real time and useful for partners and USG.
The system be based upon a data-drive design extensible enough to allow for easy inclusion of PEPFAR II
indicators as well as country-specific indicators. In 2009, the system will be expanded from the core
APR/SAPR collection and reporting modules to include a range of additional services including budgeting
interface, reprogramming interface, and a narrative interface - all for USG use. Additional features will
include a link to project management tools.
Main Activities
oCoordinate closely with USG SI inter-agency team on SI activities
oBuild M&E capacity among USG partners and GoT to improve the quality of data collection, analysis and
use.
oTrain USG partners on the new system and on using reports for the system (including results to targets,
regional and district comparisons and overall mapping)
oGenerate specific program results documents and reports as identified by the Interagency Technical
Teams.
oIdentify partners in need of special monitoring help, including the sharing of effective practices among the
diverse array of Emergency Plan partners.
oCollect data required for OGAC reporting and for additional information deemed important for PEPFAR
Tanzania.
The contractor will also develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of related national systems
being developed and used by the Ministry of Health, TACAIDS, and other key players in the national AIDS
response. While it is anticipated that the Partner Reporting System initially will be somewhat duplicative of
some of these in-place systems, every reasonable effort shall be made to minimize this duplication and to
achieve the ultimate goal of one unified system supporting USG and GoT programmatic information needs.
Primary emphasis will be on delivering high quality and fully validated information regarding partner
PEPFAR activities that can be used for any and all of the following purposes:
•Report targets and accomplishments to OGAC
•Determine the extent of PEPFAR program coverage vs. projected need by program activity, geographic
location, prevalence, etc.
•Integrate indicator information with narrative data to fully describe program activities
•Extend narrative and financial data collection to include incorporation of regular status updates (i.e. partner
quarterly reports)
•Allow for ‘early warning' of partner performance and support necessary interventions to ensure
achievement of programmatic results.
Activity Narrative: Linkages: This activity is tightly linked the Measure DQA activity (3512.08) as well as to all of the national
systems activities (3379, 16540, 16379, 4910) and phones for health (8221)
Target Population: Key target populations include Implementing Partners M&E specialists as well as
USG/GoT project and program managers.
M&E: The contractor will maintain a detailed record of the numbers and types of contacts they have with
the partners they support sufficient to - but not limited to - enable the reporting of the required PEPFAR
indicators.
Sustainability: The long-term sustainability of this project is directly related to the contractor's ability to meet
the ultimate goal of one unified system supporting USG and GoT programmatic information needs.
Progress towards this criterion will be a key factor in determination of award fee.
New/Continuing Activity: New Activity
Continuing Activity:
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