Ashish, Respectfullly, thank you for your well thought off contributions. You describe the ideal and make sound recommendations, but I feel no human finishing touch to it. I would like to add that when we write we must link to the worldview of the e-forum members and their educational levels. I know what I am talking about and can assess someone's understanding of me by the way they respond in subsequent correspondence. By the way, as the global expert in my field and a visiting scholar I teach professors and anyone in that spectrum. On this forum I want to reach the members and encourage all of them to speak out. However, when I read your submissions truthfully, you don't fly over my head, but over the head of many others because it sounds so mechanical without a human face. Many public and personal letters come into my box because I address the e-forum not just according to my level of intellectuality/education, but I must put a human face to all I write and not use the policy/procedure face. If I use the later I will definately alienate the spectrum of e-forum members who may not be on my level resulting in me missing out on very interesting human responses of the picture on the ground. That is what we all are interested in to make the process work from the CCM to the endusers on the ground. My assessment based on observations on the ground in some countries is one of dismal failure. Language barrier, being within the marginals of lack of functional literacy skills and competencies, computer illiteracy and lack of understanding of the entire GF process and not having access to complain, many not even having access to a cellphone to voice their their problems, has effectively marginalized them from the entire process. This is exactly what my disagreement is with the facilitators of this e-forum and I am not afraid to tell you that my assessment of the problem is not erroneous and not personally directed to you. I hope you understand that you are part of a body of people and are the one writing...but those you serve on all the other levels are no where represented on the e-forum. Sofar, the picture you present versus the realities on the ground spanning from many African countries to India and Indoniesia is vastly incongruent. You are dealing with real people on this forum with real problems and you seem to be so separated from it all. I'm afraid I have read every members response and they are severe complaints against CCMs and others around the world. No one spoke in favor of CCM's performance and program relations and handling. Our perception of CCM's isn't encouraging at this point. They see things through the eyes of the CCM and not what happens from that point all the way to the end user. That is what this e-forum is genuineley interested in. If CCMs paint a rosy picture they fail to see that there is so much hell with the endusers that complain about being disenfranchized and marginalized in the entire process. How many CCM's are on the e-forum? And if there are a few, they attempt to converse on the level where all partipants feel comfortable relating. How many members of the India e-forum have been publicly conversing with you on this e-forum? Please see this as a constructive observation and not one to make you feel that you are not valued. I can see from your eyes as a CEO and President but on this forum I am just a person that works with those on the ground where you don't seem to operate. India hasn't spoken favorable on CCMs. There is no way on earth with the current going's on in the GF structure that MDG# 6 will be achieved by 2015. They are so far and remote from the halfway mark. You are a CCM in leadership in India. Explain to this e-forum how have you linked your country priorities to MDG # 6's and how do you intend to achieve the half way mark of MDG # 6 this year 2008? MDG # 6. combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases • Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases • Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS • Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it The African worldview versus the Indian Worldview are vastly different. Doing business in Africa takes on a whole new dimension just ask Mr Dieter Mieppel who is a foreigner as myself that has worked in all of these jurisdictions...the differences are as much as night and day. All your discussions submitted sound good in theory, but excuse my ignorance ....I have not seen anywhere that you have linked them to the realities on the ground. It appears that you are separated from those voices we need to hear on the e-forum. Why is India so under represented as a country? Where are all your grassroot CBOs/NGO's and why are all of them so silent? FENNA E. BACCHUS

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Alastair
e-Forum Facilitator

Clearconscience has precisely captured my point. All that glitters is not gold. Some institutions are good at project drafting and report formulation, which is the right thing to do, yet, there is no proper implementation on the ground. There is need to match excellence in project drafting and report formulation with project implementation. We are saying this so that the Global Fund can be on the look out. Monitoring should be done at all levels to deter would-be corrupt individuals and institutions. I still believe that the world today could have been much better and moving towards achieving MDGs, if we had removed corruption from our midst.

I wish my sister someone can interpret for us. We want to include you and hear what you are saying. Fenna

Br. Saka from Nigeria, Welcome again and I applaud your submission and support it 100%...There are three of you from Namibia, one of you from the Southern Asian region that have brought more colour, fragrance and zest to this discussion, putting the endusers of services in the drivers seat to give us their opinions how well they are served. Thanks you are the greatest

BEST ANSWER OBERT ...Namibia is making an excellent case of the beneficiaries not being respresented on the forum and ofcourse I hope the GF is listening