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Global Fund Observer<\/a> (Nairobi)<\/p>\n

8 June 2011<\/p>\n

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analysis<\/p>\n

Global Fund stakeholders “have a duty” to inform the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) when they see what they believe to be evidence not only of theft and fraud, but also mismanagement and “inappropriate use of program assets” – according to a new policy on whistle-blowing adopted by the Board at its meeting in Geneva.<\/p>\n

The new policy applies to all of the entities involved in Global Fund operations, including the Secretariat, and in-country players such as grant implementers, local fund agents (LFAs) and country coordinating mechanisms (CCMs).<\/p>\n

Previously, there were two separate policies covering different parts of the above. For the most part, the new policy simply merges the two previous policies and updates some information. However, the types of “reportable conduct” were significantly expanded. Below is the list of types of reportable conduct in the new policy, with underscoring used to identify those types of reportable conduct that have been added – i.e., that were not present in the previous policies:<\/p>\n