February 2025
This report unpacking the Global Fund (GF) grant-making process is essential reading for all drug user-led communities. Learn about the various stages and how our networks can participate to ensure that our community’s critical needs and priorities are addressed and included in each final grant agreement.
There is a great deal of work to be fully involved in grant-making, from attending the relevant meetings and technical working groups, through gathering and presenting evidence, to learning how to cost a range of solutions. But not only does our thorough participation make sure our needs are heard and included, and that barriers to care are removed, it places us firmly in the consortium of harm reduction bodies that are essential to service planning and provision. Moreover, it empowers us to participate in high-level discussions and our raised profile creates further opportunities for the growth of our networks. Not least, our engagement in the entire process brings greater transparency, accountability and relevance to the grants process and the benefits to community that result.
This document will build confidence for all who want to be meaningful players in the Global Fund grant-making process, towards improving the lives of people who use drugs.