PHM-Exch> Fwd: Health Policy Action Fund: Call for Proposals

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Cheryl Jacob <CJacob at oxfam.org.uk>



Find herebelow the advert for the Health Policy Action Fund's Call for
Proposals Round II.

Please circulate among your health CSOs, Networks and Coalitions.

 *Health Policy Action Fund (HPAF) - Call for Proposals *

*The Health Policy Action Fund (HPAF) invites Civil Society Organisations
from 30 IHP+ countries to submit proposals for funding of health policy
work at national level. The grants will fund work over an 18-month period
starting in April 2012, and have a maximum of US$ 30,000 per grantee.
Interested applicants are requested to visit the HPAF website at
www.healthpolicyactionfund.org for the detailed Criteria for Selection and
the proposal application forms. *

*The call for proposals opens 25 January 2012. The closing date for
receiving applications is 17h00 (Pretoria Time) on 28 February 2012. Forms
can be downloaded from the HPAF website. Proposals can be sent to
cjacob at oxfam.org.uk. *

*We strongly encourage CSO Health Coalitions and Networks working on a
broad range of health policy issues at national level to apply. The HPAF
does not fund implementation of health interventions. *

*Background: IHP+ and Civil Society Engagement in Health Policy *

IHP+ is currently comprised of 55 partners, of which 30 are developing
countries, who have committed themselves to accelerate better health
results in low and middle income countries by putting the Paris principles
on aid effectiveness into practice in health. Partner signatories to the
Global Compact committed to achieve this through supporting strong and
comprehensive country and government-led national health plans in a
well-coordinated way. Civil society plays an important role in the IHP+ and
in the new Phase III workplan 2012-13.

IHP+ has funded a small grants scheme since in 2010, which has been managed
by Oxfam under the name Health Policy Action Fund (HPAF). The HPAF aims to
support southern civil society organizations, networks and coalitions to
become more effectively engaged in national health policy processes.
Supported by the grants, recipients engage in health policy and
implementation monitoring and analysis, policy dialogue with key national
health stakeholders, and hold governments and aid donors accountable to
work towards achieving universal and equitable access to health care and
the health-related Millennium Development Goals.

This fund is now open to support health organisations, networks and
coalitions for health policy work in 30 IHP+ countries, in 2012-13. The
IHP+ countries are: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape
Verde, Chad, DRC, Djibouti, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast,
Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, and
Zambia.

The Health Policy Action Fund (HPAF) will ensure a confidential, fair and
equitable assessment of all proposals. The assessment will be supported by
a Project Technical Committee including health policy experts from inside
and outside of Oxfam.

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*Proposal Guidelines and Application forms are available at: *

*www.healthpolicyactionfund.org*
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