Evaluation of community engagement in the Global Fund grant cycle

Contributed to a multi-country evaluation of community engagement across the Global Fund grant cycle, working as a Cluster Lead within Itad’s evaluation team. The evaluation examined how and under what conditions community engagement is most meaningful, generating learning and recommendations to strengthen engagement in future grant cycles.

Client: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Location: Global

Duration: October 2024 - March 2025

Services

Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning • Research

Overview

The Global Fund commissioned Itad to conduct an independent evaluation to assess the effectiveness and adequacy of community engagement across its grant cycle and identify the factors that enable or constrain meaningful participation. The evaluation used an outcome-focused, theory-based and realist-inspired approach, drawing on evidence across multiple countries to identify learning and recommendations for strengthening community engagement in future grant cycles.

My Role

As a Cluster Lead within Itad’s evaluation team, I led cross-country analysis for a group of participating countries. My responsibilities included:

• reviewing and validating the categorisation of countries based on evaluation evidence;

• conducting cross-country analysis to identify common themes, differences and contextual factors;

• synthesising evidence to develop preliminary findings, learning and recommendations;

• identifying priority areas for further investigation through country deep dives;

• contributing to analysis of community engagement across different stages of the Global Fund grant cycle; and

• producing written analysis and contributing to evaluation deliverables, team discussions and client workshops.