27th Regular Meeting of the CCM/E Oversight Committee November 13th 2025
The Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM/E) Oversight Committee (OC) held its 27th regular meeting for a full day on Thursday, November 13, 2025, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The session was chaired by Mrs. Tina Boonto, Vice Chairperson of the OC, following an official welcome remark by Mr. Hayelom Aseffa, Engagement coordinator CCM/E secretariat. The primary focus of the meeting was to thoroughly review the progress and performance of the Global Fund grants, including activities related to HIV, Tuberculosis (TB), Malaria, Resilience and Sustainable Systems for Health (RSSH), and the COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C-19RM), specifically covering Grant Period 5 (July – September 2025) based on Principal Recipient (PR) dashboards. Key objectives included discussing the performance of the Global Fund GC7 Grant, assessing the status of agreed action items, and identifying new bottlenecks and challenges affecting grant implementation and performance, ultimately aiming to suggest essential solutions and recommendations for CCM/E decisions.
Participants included OC members, PRs’ Program, M&E, PSM, and Finance Focal points, and representatives from Federal Level Implementing Entities such as EPSS, EFDA, EPHI, NEP+, CCRDA, HDAMA, OSSHD, ISHDO, Love in Action Ethiopia, and CHAI.
The meeting included detailed presentations: Mr. Abayneh Admas, Oversight and Compliance Officer, presented the summary of all grant performances for Period 5, detailing programmatic indicators, cumulative disbursement, allocated GC7 budget, absorption rates, and identified gaps.
Following this, Mr. Fekede Shiferaw, Senior Supply Chain Manager at Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals and Supply service (EPSS), provided an update on commodity procurement status and current stock levels for each grant. Finally, Dr. Dereje Muluneh, Health Specialist from UNICEF, presented on the Global Fund emergency fund utilized for malaria prevention and control in the Afar, Amhara, and Tigray regions. A detailed analytical review and structured discussion followed the presentations, with members and participants thoroughly reviewing the programmatic performance, examining the performance variances among Sub-Recipients (SRs) and Sub-Sub-Recipients (SSRs), and critically assessing the impact of delays on essential commodity stock status. The Oversight Committee drafted focused action points for the PR grant focal point, and these will be shared with the CCM/E for approval. The meeting concluded with the election of new Chairpersons for the Oversight Committee for the coming term.
