ABSTRACT
Peers in partnership brokering will have faced similar dilemmas – and no doubt we will continue to do so. The partnership was established with a very clear agreement that was signed between the Government and the United Nations (UN). The Government of Nepal requested the UN system (all UN agencies in Nepal) to support implementation of their Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) grant between 2006 and 2009. It spelled out the role of the UN and basically summarised that the UN was to implement the Government's agreement with the GFATM on its behalf. The projects were broken down into smaller proportions of the deliverables around the country, and the results reported were managed in a database designed solely for project monitoring and evaluation. Strengthened partnerships will be central to maximising the effectiveness of the limited resources available in aid, and ethics around partnerships will be central in determining access to funds.
