Administration Agreement between the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association concerning the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for the Global Financing Facility (GFF) in Support of Every Woman Every Child (Trust Fund No. 072645 parallel to original Trust Fund No. 070955) 1. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association (collectively, the “Bank”) acknowledge that the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation (the “Donor”, and together with the Bank, the “Parties” and each a “Party”) agrees to provide the sum of seventy- five million United States Dollars (US$ 75,000,000) (the “Contribution”) for the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for the Global Financing Facility (GFF) in Support of Every Woman Every Child (Trust Fund No. 072645) (the “Trust Fund”) in accordance with the terms of this Administration Agreement. Other donors are also expected to contribute to the Trust Fund on the terms and conditions specified in the Annexes to this Administration Agreement. 2. The Contribution shall be used to finance the activities set forth in the “ Multi-Donor Trust Fund for the Global Financing Facility (GFF) in Support of Every Woman Every Child Description” attached hereto as Annex 1, and shall be administered by the Bank on behalf of the Donor in accordance with the terms of this Administration Agreement, including the “Standard Provisions” attached hereto as Annex 2 and the provisions on “Framework for Cooperation” attached hereto as Annex 3. 3. The Donor shall deposit the Contribution in accordance with the following schedule and in the currency specified in paragraph 1 above (“Contribution Currency”) into such bank account designated by the Bank (each amount deposited hereinafter referred to as an “Installment”) upon submission of a payment request by the Bank: (A) Promptly following countersignature – US$ 25,000,000 (B By June 30, 2019 – US$ 25,000,000 (C) By June 30, 2020 – US$ 25,000,000 4. The Contribution is being provided in Installments on the basis of financial needs of the Trust Fund. If the Bank determines, on the basis of the speed of the implementation of the activities and availability of funds in the Trust Fund, that it is necessary to either bring Installments forward or delay them, the Bank and the Donor will discuss and agree to revise the Installment schedule, as confirmed by the Bank to the Donor in writing. 5. When making any deposit, the Donor shall instruct its bank to include in its deposit details information (remittance advice) field of its SWIFT deposit message, information indicating: the amount deposited, that the deposit is made by the Donor for Trust Fund No. 072645 (the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for the Global Financing Facility (GFF) in Support of Every Woman Every Child), and the date of the deposit (the “Deposit Instructions”). In addition, the Donor shall provide a copy of the Deposit Instructions to the Bank’s Accounting Trust Funds Division by e-mail sent to tfremitadvice@worldbank.org or by fax sent to +1 (202) 614-1315. 6. Except with respect to the Deposit Instructions, any notice, request or other communication to be given or made under this Administration Agreement shall be in writing and delivered by mail, fax or e-mail to the respective Party’s address specified below or at such other address as such Party notifies in writing to the other Party from time to time: 1 For the Bank (the “Bank Contact”): Ms. Monique Vledder Program Manager GFF The World Bank 1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433 U.S.A. Tel: 1 202 473 1000 Email: GFF@worldbank.org For the Donor (the “Donor Contact”): Senait Fisseha, MD, JD Director of International Programs Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation 808 Conagra Drive, Suite 300 Omaha NE 68102 Tel: +1-402-763-5266 Email: sfisseha@stbfoundation.org 7. In the event any amounts are to be returned to the Donor under this Administration Agreement, the Bank shall transfer such amounts to the Donor, unless otherwise agreed with the Bank. When making any deposit, the Bank shall include in its deposit details information (remittance advice) field of its SWIFT deposit message, information indicating: the amount deposited, that the deposit is made by the Bank in relation to Trust Fund No. 072645 (the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for the Global Financing Facility (GFF) in Support of Every Woman Every Child), and the date of the deposit. The Bank shall provide a copy of such information to the Donor. 8. At the date of Bank’s signature of this Administration Agreement, the Indirect Rate (as defined in Annex 1 to this Administration Agreement) is 17%. 9. All annexes hereto constitute an integral part of this Administration Agreement, whose terms taken together shall constitute the entire agreement and understanding between the Donor and the Bank. Unless otherwise specified in an annex hereto, this Administration Agreement may be amended only by written amendment between the Bank and the Donor; provided, however, that any annexes to this Administration Agreement may be amended only by written amendment of all donors contributing to the Trust Fund. 2 10. Each of the Parties represents, by confirming its agreement below, that it is authorized to enter into this Administration Agreement and act in accordance with these terms and conditions. The Parties are requested to sign and date this Administration Agreement, and upon possession by the Bank of this fully signed Administration Agreement, this Administration Agreement shall become effective as of the date of the last signature. INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION By: ______________________________/s1/ Timothy Grant Evans/n1/ Senior Director /t1/ Health, Nutrition & Population Global Practice 18-Dec-2018 Date: ______________________________/d1/ SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION By: ______________________________/s2/ Allen Greenberg/n2/ President/t2/ 20-Dec-2018 Date: ______________________________/d2/ 3 ANNEX 1 Description of Activities and Expenditures under the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for the Global Financing Facility (GFF) in Support of Every Woman Every Child 1. Overview This Trust Fund's goal is to contribute to the global efforts to end preventable maternal, newborn, child and adolescent deaths, and improve the health and quality of life of women, adolescents and children through mobilizing and channeling additional international aid and domestic resources required to scale up and sustain efficient and equitable delivery of quality reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) services. 2. Program Description The Program to be funded by this Trust Fund is expected to cover a period of time up until 2022 and will support smart, scaled and sustainable financing mechanisms designed to achieve and measure RMNCAH results. The Trust Fund overall objective is to support results-focused financing for achieving RMNCAH results, including the systems – particularly civil registration and vital statistics – needed to monitor progress and measure results. The Trust Fund will finance activities to ensure access to basic health services using a variety of mechanisms, including results-based financing (RBF). Such mechanisms may include performance-based payments for health service delivery, capitation payments and other forms of cash transfers to beneficiaries to facilitate their access to such services, etc. Their use will be determined on a case by case basis in accordance with the particular design of the project and the capacity of the Recipient countries. To that end, Recipients of grants may need to develop "unit costs" associated with the packages of health services to be provided, in order to facilitate disbursements. Each country will develop an “Investment Case” and a health financing strategy to support the achievement of the RMNCAH goals. The Investment Case will include activities to improve RMNCAH, using a variety of mechanisms, including RBF, as well as building the necessary multi-sectoral civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems to record and track essential data. A special emphasis will be given to countries to develop longer-term financial strategies to increase the sustainability of RMNCAH financing and the Global Public Goods knowledge. The specific aims of the Trust Fund are: (i) to support financing of comprehensive country RMNCAH investment plans; (ii) to support countries in the transition toward sustainable domestic financing for RMNCAH; (iii) to finance the strengthening of civil registration and vital statistics systems; (iv) to contribute to a better-coordinated and streamlined RMNCAH financing architecture; (v) to support design, implementation and evaluation of GFF mechanisms; (vi) to develop and disseminate the evidence base for implementing successful GFF mechanisms; (vii) to build country institutional capacity to scale-up and sustain the GFF mechanisms, within the national health strategy and system; and (viii) to attract additional funding to the health sector; 4 3. Activities to be Financed Activities to be financed are set out below. Allocation levels included below are indicative only, and are subject to change as the overall Program progresses. Activity 1: GFF Preparation Activity 1 (a): RMNCAH Investment Case Grants (Bank and Recipient) Up to $500,000 will be made available for the preparation of the GFF Investment Case and feasibility studies, which will, inter alia , outline the desired health outcomes, the target RMNCAH outputs, the most cost-effective health interventions to achieve these outputs, and support rigorous analysis of data and robust resource mapping, as well as inclusive stakeholder consultations to identify and prioritize the interventions that set a country on a course to achieving its long-term RMNCAH targets. Activity 1 (b): GFF Seed Grants (Bank and Recipient) Seed funds between US$50,000 to US$200,000 may be provided to Recipients or Bank teams to commission studies, hire consultants, and support other activities to assess the value and feasibility of GFF mechanisms for a country. Activity 2: Design of GFF Projects or Project Components (Recipient) Preparation funds up to US$500,000 will be provided to Recipients to design and implement a GFF project or project component in accordance with standard Bank fiduciary and safeguard requirements. These funds may be used by Recipients to commission studies, hire consultants, and support other costs associated with the design of the GFF project or project component. Activity 3: Preparation and Appraisal of GFF Projects or Project Components (Bank) Funds up to US$350,000 will be provided to Bank teams to support preparation and appraisal of a GFF project or project component, ensuring linkages and integration of the Bank-financed project or project component with the Investment Case. Project appraisal is a stage in the project cycle which follows completion of project preparation, the final process by which the Bank determines the suitability of a project for Bank financing. It provides a comprehensive review of all aspects of the project, lays the foundation for its implementation after it has been approved for Bank financing, and for evaluation when completed. Activity 4: Implementation Activity 4 (a): Implementation of Bank GFF Projects or Project Components (Recipient) Overall responsibility for implementation lies with the Recipient country. Grants will be made available to Recipients for implementation. Grant Agreements will be signed between the Bank and the Recipients to reflect the funding amount and conditions of funds release based on the specific design of the project or project component. It is expected that Recipient countries will require significant support (e.g., technical assistance) to design and strengthen systems to achieve improved results and implement the GFF projects or project components. A key issue is the independent validation of data related to incentives. Such data should be based on population surveys 5 or other methods that independently verify services and results, particularly civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems. Development Policy Financing (DPFs) (Recipient) Grants to support Recipient country reforms through non-earmarked general budget financing (known in the Bank as development policy financing (DPF) will also be financed by this Trust Fund under this Activity 4. These Grants will be subject to the Recipient's own implementation processes and systems. The DPF should be supportive of programs of policy and institutional actions in the health sector which create an enabling environment to move from a system of health delivery that finances inputs to a system that finances and carefully monitors results in health outputs. DPFs are governed by the Bank’s Operational Policy/Bank Procedure (OP/BP 8.60) and their use is determined by the respective Country Partnership Framework. Progress in program implementation and its outcomes are monitored by the Recipient country and the Bank throughout the implementation phase to obtain data to evaluate and measure the ultimate effectiveness of the operation in terms of results. Activity 4b: Implementation of Recipient-executed GFF Projects or Project Components (Recipient) Stand-alone grants will be made to different Recipients (member countries, NGOs, Regional Banks, etc.) for implementation of GFF projects or project components. NGOs can be grant Recipients with the consent of the Recipient Government. Grant Agreements will be prepared between the Bank and these Recipients to reflect the funding amount and conditions of funds release based on the specific design of the GFF project or project component. Similar validation of data related to incentives, as described in Activity 4a, will be required. The Bank will have an operational role for these Grants, including appraisal and supervision of funded activities. The Grants' execution will be subject to Bank’s policies, rules, and procedures. Activity 5: Supervision of Bank and Recipient-executed GFF Projects and Project Components (Bank) Bank teams will supervise the GFF project or project component following standard Bank procedures. Supervision should, as much as possible, be carried out in close collaboration with partners, and aligned with national health sector reviews where possible. Activity 6: Monitoring and Documentation of Bank and Recipient-executed GFF Projects and Project Components (Bank) Bank teams will monitor experiences in designing and implementing the GFF project or project component as well as the Bank operational experience in preparing and appraising the GFF project or project component. Such monitoring aims to identify operational and other issues, which can be addressed by corrective actions. In addition, monitoring can contribute to the learning of lessons on why GFF projects or project components may or may not achieve their objectives. 6 Activity 7: Knowledge and Learning (Bank) Activity 7 (a): Evaluation of Bank and GFF Recipient-executed Projects and Project Components The Bank will evaluate the results of the GFF projects or project components financed by this Trust Fund. The evaluations will be designed to answer the question of whether the GFF project or project component was associated with or led to the achievement of results in each project site. Activity 7 (b): Strengthening the Knowledge Base The Bank will allocate on competitive basis grants for operational research and evaluation which will be aimed at assessing the impact of RMNCAH and health financing interventions. Activity 7 (c): Development of Global Public Goods The Bank will develop and deploy Global Public Goods (GPGs) in order to accelerate the affordability and accessibility of RMNCAH services. Activity 8: Dissemination and Knowledge Sharing (Bank) GFF experiences and lessons learned will be shared through the GFF website supported by the Trust Fund, and through meetings, country dialogue, workshops, and case studies. Activity 9: Trust Fund Management and Administration (Bank) A team of Bank staff and reporting to Bank management, headed by a designated Program Manager, will support the management and administration of the Trust Fund. The Trust Fund will finance activities of the Bank team related to the organization of the Annual Consultation meetings and any other additional coordination with Donors and partners, oversight of the overall Program, coordination with country-specific Task Team Leaders, development and consolidation of annual and semi-annual reports to Donors, etc. Other Activities: Buy-downs and Buy-ups (Recipient) The possibility of using instruments such as buy-downs and buy-ups will also be considered. Buy- downs involve the provision by Donors of committed funding to 'buy-down', or pay for all, or part of a Bank loan/credit on behalf of the government, once results are achieved. Buy-ups support IDA countries that receive grant financing, whereby additional Donor financing is provided based on results. Trust Fund Donors will receive from the Bank a proposal covering the rationale for buy-downs and buy-ups, and other approaches that can leverage additional resources and incentivize performance for the national health sector. No more than two-fifths of new contributions to the Trust Fund (post November 2009) may be used for buy-downs and buy-ups. Program management and administration activities for the Trust Fund (Bank) , including but not limited to, supporting any program governance arrangements and Trust Fund related meetings; planning and executing work plans and budgets; managing communications and conducting outreach; disseminating lessons learned; reporting on progress; and monitoring and evaluating the program. 7 4. Categories of Expenditure 4.1 For Bank-executed activities, the Trust Fund funds may be used to finance: (a) staff costs (excluding short term consultants and temporaries, and also excluding extended term consultants and temporaries); (b) extended term consultants and temporaries; (c) short-term consultants and temporaries; (d) contractual services; (e) media, workshops, conferences and meetings; and (f) travel expenses. 4.2 For purposes of the above expenditure categories: (i) “staff costs (excluding short term consultants and temporaries, and also excluding extended term consultants and temporaries)” includes salaries, benefits and Indirect Rate charged to the Trust Fund as applicable under Bank policies and procedures; (ii) “extended term consultants and temporaries” includes fees, benefits and Indirect Rate charged to the Trust Fund as applicable under Bank policies and procedures; and (iii) “short term consultants and temporaries” includes fees and Indirect Rate charged to the Trust Fund as applicable under Bank policies and procedures. 4.3 The “Indirect Rate” means the indirect rate, defined as a percentage of personnel costs and available at the World Bank’s Donor center secure website, as such rate may be revised from time to time by the Bank and applied to this Trust Fund, in accordance with its policies and procedures. 4.5 For Recipient-executed activities, the Trust Fund funds may be used to finance eligible expenditures in accordance with the Bank’s applicable policies and procedures. 8 ANNEX 2 Standard Provisions Applicable to the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for the Global Financing Facility (GFF) in Support of Every Woman Every Child The following provisions (hereinafter referred to as the "Standard Provisions") shall be applicable to and form an integral part of all agreements entered into between the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ("IBRD") and the International Development Association ("IDA") (collectively, the "Bank") and donor countries and/or organizations (hereinafter referred to as the "Donors") that provide grants (referred to as the "Contributions") to be administered by the Bank for the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for the Global Financing Facility (GFF) in Support of Every Woman Every Child (the "Program"). 1. Administration of the Contributions 1.1. The Bank shall be responsible only for performing those functions specifically set forth in this Agreement and shall not be subject to any other duties or responsibilities to the Donors, including, without limitation, any duties or obligations that might otherwise apply to a fiduciary or trustee under general principles of trust or fiduciary law. Nothing in this Agreement shall be considered a waiver of any privileges or immunities of the IBRD and IDA under their Articles of Agreement or any applicable law, all of which are expressly reserved. 1.2. The Contribution shall be administered in accordance with the Bank's applicable policies and procedures, as the same may be amended from time to time, including its framework to prevent and combat fraud and corruption and its screening procedures to prevent the use of Bank resources to finance terrorist activity, in line with the Bank's obligations to give effect to the relevant decisions of the Security Council, taken under Chapter VII of the of Charter of the United Nations. The Donor acknowledges that this provision does not create any obligations of the Bank under the anti-terrorist financing and asset control laws, regulations, rules and executive orders of an individual member country that may apply to the Donor, nor shall it be deemed a waiver, express or implied, of any of the privileges and immunities of the Bank. 2. Commingling, Exchange and Investment of the Contributions 2.1. The Contributions shall be accounted for as a single trust fund and shall be kept separate and apart from the funds of the Bank. The Contributions may be commingled with other trust fund assets maintained by the Bank. 2.2. The Contributions may be freely exchanged by the Bank into other currencies as may facilitate their disbursement. 2.3. The Bank shall invest and reinvest the Contributions pending their disbursement in accordance with the Bank's policies and procedures for the investment of trust funds administered by the Bank. The Bank shall credit all income from such investment to the Trust Fund established under this Agreement to be used for the same purposes as the Contributions. 9 3. Trust Fund Fee 3,1 The Bank shall calculate a fee each time funds (the “Grant Amount”) from the Trust Fund become committed under a Grant Agreement (as defined below). Such commitment shall occur when such Grant Agreement is fully countersigned (the “Calculation Date”). The fee so calculated by the Bank shall be based on the cumulative total of funds from the Trust Fund committed under all Grant Agreements that have been fully countersigned on or prior to the Calculation Date (the “Cumulative Grant Total”). The calculated fee shall depend on where the Cumulative Grant Total stands as the Grant Amount is added and shall be determined in accordance with the following schedule: (i) 5% of any portion of the Grant Amount that results in a Cumulative Grant Total below or equal to US$ 50 million or equivalent; plus (ii) 4% of any portion of the Grant Amount that results in a Cumulative Grant Total above US$ 50 million or equivalent and below or equal to US$ 500 million or equivalent; plus (iii) 3% of any portion of the Grant Amount that results in a Cumulative Grant Total above US$ 500 million or equivalent and below or equal to US$ 1 billion or equivalent; plus (iv) 2% of any portion of the Grant Amount that results in a Cumulative Grant Total above US$ 1 billion or equivalent. 3.2 Following each Calculation Date, the Bank shall deduct from the Trust Fund, and retain for its own account, the fee as set forth above. Grant Amounts may not exceed the balance of uncommitted funds in the Trust Fund net of the related fee. 4. Grants to Recipients 4.1 The Bank shall, as administrator of the Trust Fund on behalf of the Donors, enter into grant agreements (the "Grant Agreements") with eligible recipients (the "Recipients") consistent with the purposes of this Agreement and on the terms and conditions set forth in the Grant Agreements. Grant Agreements shall be entered into up to the maximum amount of the Contributions that all Donors have agreed to make available under the Administration Agreements/Arrangements between the Bank and the Donors. Upon request by a Donor, the Bank shall furnish a copy of the Grant Agreements to the Donors. 4.2 The Bank shall be solely responsible for the supervision of activities financed under the Grant Agreements. Subject to the consent of the Recipients, representatives of the Donors may be invited by the Bank to participate in Bank supervision missions related to the Trust Fund. 4.3 The Bank shall promptly inform the Donors of any significant modification to the terms of any Grant Agreements and of any contractual remedies that are exercised by the Bank under any Grant Agreements. To the extent practicable, the Bank shall afford the Donors the opportunity to exchange views before effecting any such modification or exercising any such remedy. 5. Procurement 5.1 For Recipient-executed activities, the Grant Agreements shall provide that the Contributions shall be used by the Recipients to finance expenditures for goods and services, as the case may be, in accordance with the Bank's Guidelines on "Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits" and the Bank's Guidelines on the "Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers," as in effect at the date of entry into the respective Grant Agreements. 10 5.2 For Bank-executed activities, the employment and supervision of any consultants and the procurement of any goods financed by the Contributions shall be the responsibility of the Bank and shall be carried out in accordance with its applicable policies and procedures. 5.3 Donors shall not be responsible for the activities of any person or third party engaged by the Bank as a result of this Administration Agreement, nor shall donors be liable for any costs incurred by the Bank in terminating the engagement of any such person. 6. Accounting and Financial Reporting 6.1 The Bank shall maintain separate records and ledger accounts in respect of the Contributions deposited in the trust fund account and disbursements made therefrom. 6.2 The Bank shall furnish to the Donors current financial information relating to receipts, disbursements and fund balance in United States dollars with respect to the Contributions via the World Bank's Trust Funds Donor Center secure website. Within six (6) months after all commitments and liabilities under the Trust Fund have been satisfied and the Trust Fund has been closed, the final financial information relating to receipts, disbursements and fund balance in United States dollars with respect to the Contributions shall be made available to the Donors via the World Bank's Trust Funds Donor Center secure website. 6.3 The Bank shall provide to the Donors, within six (6) months following the end of each Bank fiscal year, an annual single audit report, comprising (1) a management assertion together with an attestation from the Bank's external auditors concerning the adequacy of internal control over cash-based financial reporting for all cash-based trust funds as a whole; and (2) a combined financial statement for all cash- based trust funds together with the Bank's external auditor's opinion thereon. The cost of the single audit shall be borne by the Bank. 6.4 If a Donor wishes to request, on an exceptional basis, a financial statement audit by the Bank's external auditors of the trust fund established under this Agreement, the Donor and the Bank shall first consult as to whether such an external audit is necessary. The Bank and the Donor shall agree on the most appropriate scope and terms of reference of such audit. Following agreement on the scope and terms of reference, the Bank shall arrange for such external audit. The costs of any such audit, including the internal costs of the Bank with respect to such audit, shall be paid by the Donor. 6.5 The Bank shall also provide the Donors with copies of all financial statements and auditors' reports received by the Bank from the Recipients pursuant to the Grant Agreements. 7. Progress Reporting 7.1 The Bank shall provide the Donors with annual progress reports by September 15th of each calendar year. The progress reports shall be provided with reference to the results framework agreed by the Bank and the Donors, as such results framework may be reviewed by the Parties from time to time. Within six (6) months after the End Disbursement Date (as defined below), the Bank shall provide to the Donors with a final progress report for the Trust Fund. 7.2 Any Donor may review or evaluate activities financed by the Trust Fund. The Donor and the Bank shall agree on the scope and conduct of such review or evaluation, and the Bank shall provide all relevant information within the limits of its policies and procedures. All associated costs shall be borne by the Donor. It is understood that any such review or evaluation shall not constitute a financial, compliance or other audit of the Trust Fund. 11 8. Disbursement Deadline; Cancellation; Refund 8.1 It is expected that the Contributions shall be fully disbursed by the Bank in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement by June 30, 2022. The Bank shall only disburse Contributions for the purposes of this Agreement after such date with the written approval of the Donors. 8.2 Any Donor or the Bank may, upon three (3) months' prior written notice, cancel all or part of the Donor's pro rata share of any remaining balance of the Contribution funds that is not committed pursuant to any agreements entered into between the Bank and any consultants and/or other third parties for the purposes of this Agreement prior to the receipt of such notice, including the Grant Agreements. 8.3 Following the final disbursement date specified in paragraph 8.1, the Bank shall return any remaining balance of the Contributions to the relevant Donor Balance Account on a pro rata basis based on the Donors' paid Contributions. In the event of a cancellation the Bank shall promptly return to the relevant Donor Balance Account the Donor's pro rata share of uncommitted Contributions in accordance with paragraph 8.2. 9. Disclosure 9.1 The Bank may disclose this Agreement and information on this Trust Fund in accordance with the Bank's policy on disclosure of information, in effect at the time of such disclosure. By entering into this Agreement, Donors consent to disclosure of this Agreement and information on this Trust Fund. 12 ANNEX 3 Framework for Cooperation for the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for the Global Financing Facility (GFF) in Support of Every Woman Every Child 1. Country and Project Selection Criteria set out in the Business Plan of the GFF endorsed by the Bank and the Trust Fund Donors will be used to identify countries to be supported through the Trust Fund. After countries have been identified in consultation with Donors, the Bank will work with countries and other eligible recipients to design GFF projects or project components and make the final decisions in the allocation of funds. 2. Project Preparation, Appraisal and Supervision The Donors will rely upon the Bank’s rules and procedures for project preparation, appraisal and supervision. 2.1. Sr. Director, World Bank Health Nutrition and Population Global Practice (HNP GP): the oversight of the Program will be the responsibility of the Sr. Director of HNP GP. 2.2. Trust Fund Program Management: day-to-day management of the overall Trust Fund will be the responsibility of the GFF Program Manager, who will lead the GFF Secretariat located in Washington, DC, at the Bank’s headquarters. The Secretariat is comprised of staff employed by the Bank and secondments from participating organizations. The Secretariat operates under Bank’s management and applicable Bank’s policies and procedures and is also accountable to the GFF Trust Fund Committee and the GFF Investors Group. 2.3. GFF Project or Project Component -- Task Team Leader: each of the GFF projects or project components will be managed by a TTL, who will be responsible for appraisal and supervision of the respective GFF project or project component, as described in paragraph 3.3 of the Annex 1. 2.4. Recipients: The Recipients will be responsible for designing and implementing the GFF project or project component. Support from the Trust Fund for GFF projects or project components will be reviewed and, where possible, incorporated into the Medium Term Expenditure Framework to help ensure sustainability. As in all Bank projects, the Recipients will be expected to coordinate the effort with all relevant development actors. 3. Coordination with Donors 3.1. Annual Consultation Meeting: representatives from the Donors, organized as the Trust Fund Committee, and the Bank will meet at least once a year after submission of the annual report. The role of the Trust Fund Committee is to ensure that the GFF Trust Fund mobilizes and uses its resources in a way that optimally supports the mission of the GFF. The Trust Fund Committee will be composed of all original and subsequent contributing Donors to the Trust Fund. 13 3.2 Key subjects to be discussed during the annual consultations include key achievements throughout the year, identification of any issues, and proposed mitigation, which may affect program effectiveness; a qualitative assessment of progress against the indicators at the country level set forth in the GFF results framework and referred to in paragraph 7.1 of Annex 2 to this Agreement and based on available information generated by the GFF projects or project components (e.g., verification mechanisms, impact evaluations) and in particular:  Assessment of the Trust Fund performance and budget execution.  Strategic directions for the Trust Fund and the proposed annual work plan.  Preliminary annual allocations for the Trust Fund.  Review and assessment of criteria used to identify countries for support under the Trust Fund. 3.3 The results of the meeting will be recorded in Agreed Minutes. The Agreed Minutes will be drafted by the Bank and sent to all Donors for their approval/comments within two weeks after the meeting. The Donors will inform the Bank of their approval/comments within seven days of receipt of the draft, after which the final draft will be provided by the Bank for record keeping. 3.4 Additional consultation meetings may be requested by the Bank and/or a/the Donor(s). 3.5 GFF Investors Group: a GFF Investors Group brings together key investors in the global RMNCAH agenda with the purpose to mobilize institutional support and expertise at the global level in order to optimally support efficient collective action at the country level. The Investors Group will meet at least once a year and will also provide a platform for continuous dialogue to increase transparency, mutual learning and accountability amongst the institutions with significant investments in RMNCAH, including the Bank and the Donors of the GFF Trust Fund. 4. Independent External Evaluation of the Trust Fund: Implementing appropriate systems to review project operations and progress against the objectives of the Trust Fund will be important. The Donors will finance and carry out independent external evaluations of the Trust Fund, to take place in 2016 with a final evaluation in 2022. The evaluations will be undertaken by the Donors in accordance with section 7.2 of Annex 2 of this Agreement and based on Terms of Reference developed by the Donors at least one year prior, and agreed with the Bank. 14