MONITORING AND EVALUATION PLAN - TBC India

10. M&E COORDINATION
The GF Rd 9 proposal has three Principal Recipients viz Central TB Division (CTD) (Government of
India - GoI), and a partnership of 16 NGOs organized under 2 civil society PRs (the International Union
against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, or ‘The Union’, and World Vision India). The civil society
partners will undertake intensified Advocacy Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM),
community based support and care, increasing participation of traditional healers, and sensitization of
private practitioners and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) for involvement in RNTCP schemes.
Advocacy by civil society is expected to strengthen political commitment and increased allocation of
Resources for TB programme specifically at state level. Although civil society activities are independent
of the programme activities for the purpose of the project, they integrate within the overall context of
the national programme and hence close coordination between civil society PRs with the Programme is
essential at all levels.
Diagram 4 below illustrates the coordination for M&E at all levels.
Coordination between all stakeholders
National Coordination Committee: A national coordination committee has been established and
will be chaired by the national programme manager. It includes representation from all program
stakeholders including state level programme officers, technical partners to the program and experts in
ACSM. This committee will meet regularly and will be the one platform to exchange project related
information between civil society PRs and RNTCP. There will be active sharing of data at District and
State level between civil society partners and programme staff, while regular and active sharing of
information at national level will takes place in the National Coordination Committee meetings. These
meetings will review progress of the project and make course corrections.
The first meeting of the National Coordination Committee is scheduled for October 19, 2010. The
Union and World Vision India have already entered into a good harmonious relationship and have met
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