About the CFCS

CFCS Objectives

In order to deliver on its mission, the CFCS has the following 2 objectives:

(1) Assist community-based civil society organizations by:


(a) Providing small grants for projects that

(i) Increase awareness and active participation of local communities in the fight against TB
(ii) Build capabilities of members of local communities, empowering individuals to express their rights and assume their responsibilities


(b) Providing support to grant recipients to address challenges in project implementation

(c) Strengthening links between grant recipients and local authorities (e.g., health services), to ensure ongoing governmental support of civil society contributions to the fight against TB

(d) Bringing together different organizations and grant holders to exchange best practices in mobilizing communities and managing projects



(2) Efficiently manage CFCS resources by:


(a) Identifying and stimulating the submission of high quality and competitive applications

(b) Developing selection criteria that

(i) Promote the collaboration with local health services / TB programs
(ii) Strengthen the autonomy and responsibility of local people in preventing and treating TB
(iii) Demonstrate the greatest promise of project sustainability


(c) Holding grantees accountable to abide by project milestones, e.g., only grantees whose project review demonstrates distinctive impact are eligible to get a second (and last) grant

(d) Using simple project evaluation processes and criteria that

(i) Assess project results
(ii) Extract lessons learned
(iii) Integrate lessons learned in the following year’s selection and evaluation process

The Stop TB Partnership's Challenge Facility for Civil Society (CFCS) targets grass-roots civil society organizations that seek to help shape policy at local levels by giving a voice to people living with TB and those involved in its prevention, treatment and care. Proposals are selected by an independent selection committee composed of a maximum of 8 representatives from the community affected by TB, NGOs from developing and developed countries, NTP managers, multilateral or technical agencies.

Grantee´s Objectives