Oversight visit to the South-Kazakhstan region

Due to the CMM Secretariat work plan for May-July 2011 and the GFATM project on CMM activity support in the frame of basic funding, CMM appointed members of the Oversight committee and their alternates on May 25, 2011, in Almaty for conducting the oversight visit to the South-Kazakhstan region (Shymkent) (Minutes of May 25, 2011). The first oversight visit was conducted by 3 Oversight Committee members with the participation of the CCM Secretariat:

1. Gailevich Roman - UNAIDS Coordinator in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan - Chairman of the Oversight Committee, CMM Deputy Chairman;

2. Amanzholov Nurali - President of the PF "Kazakhstan Union of People Living with HIV/AIDS", CMM Deputy Chairman;

3. Katrenova Aigul - Expert of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan, CCM member;

4. Demeuova Ryssaldy - Coordinator of CCM Secretariat.

The oversight of grant implementation is one of the important functions of the CCM to ensure that grants are being implemented as planned and reach beneficiaries. The basic principle of oversight is to ensure efficient and effective use of resources. Oversight visits involve obtaining an overview of the grant implementation, grant management, partnership in the framework of grants and grants results. The recommendations of the oversight committee should contribute to solving the problems that block the progress of grant implementation and hamper successful realization.

During the oversight visit the Oversight Committee members will meet with the GFATM grants sub-recipients according to the schedule of meetings, review the sub-recipients reports, conduct discussions with the GFATM projects performers, identify problems arised during the implementation of GFATM grant and develop proposals to improve the quality of services provided, as well as issues on the coordination with the principal recipients of GFATM grants.

Report on the results of the oversight visit to Shymkent, the South-Kazakhstan region, June 13-17, 2011.