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G avi Alliance Board Meeting
15-17 December 2020
Virtual Meeting



Tuesday 15 December: 1 3.30 -18.30 Geneva Time
Wednesday 16 December : 14.00 -18.15 Geneva Time
Thursday 17 December : 14.00 -18. 30 Geneva Time
Quorum: 14



Agend a - UPDATED








Next Board Me eting s: Marc h or April 202 1, T BD (Board Retreat)
23 -24 June 202 1, Geneva
1-2 December 202 1, Geneva

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Brenda Killen , Director, Governance and Secretary t o the Board, +41 22 9 09 6680 , bkillen @gavi.org
Joanne Goetz , Head, Governa nce, + 41 22 90 9 6 544, jgoetz@gavi.org
Please note that the Board meeting will be recorded. This recording will be used as an aid to minute t he meeting .
A transcr iptio n of the full proceedings will not normally be made . Shou ld a tra nsc riptio n be made it wil l be used
only as an aid to minute the meeting .




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Board M eeting - DAY ONE ? Tuesday 15 December 2020

Item Sub ject Action Schedule

Closed Session: For Board Members and Alternate Board
Members only
13.30 -16.00
Break 16.00 -16.15
1 Chair?s report
? Declarations of interest
? Minutes
? No Objection Cons ent Decisions
? Co nsent Agenda 1
? Action Sheet
? Wor kplan
Ngozi Okonjo -Iweala, Board Chair
DECISION 16.15 -16.30
2 Finance
Dav id Sidwe ll, Chair, Audit and Finance Committee
Anuradh a Gupta, De pu ty CE O
Assietou Diouf, Managing Director , Finance & Operations

The two separate papers listed below will be taken as one
discussion:

2a Financial Update, including forecas t

2b Partners ? Engagement Framework &Secretariat Budget
2021 -2022
DECISION 16. 30-17.30
3 Comm ittee Chair and IFFIm Board reports
? Governance Committee ? Sarah Goulding
? Audit and Finance Committee ? David Sidwell
? Inve stmen t Committee ? Stephen Zinser
? Programme and Policy Committee ? Helen Re es
? Evalua tion Advisory Comm ittee ? Nina Sch walbe
? IFFIm Com pany ? Cyrus Ardalan
17.30 -18. 30








1 Any Board member can ask that an y item be removed from the consent agenda for f urth er dis cussion. S hould
there be any such request, the relevant discussion will take place on Day Three of the Board meetin g,
immedia tely precedin g th e R evie w of Decisi ons.

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Gavi Alliance Board Meeting
15 -17 December 2020
Virtual Meeting
Quorum: 1 4
Declarations of Interest

Declarations
Section 5.5 of the Conflicts of Interest Policy for Governance Bodies states ?Members
involved in decisio n-makin g processes on b ehalf of Gavi must take appropriate action to
ensure disclosure of Interests and Conflicts of Inter est, and take the necessary action in
respect thereof.?
Section 6.2 of the Conflicts of Interest Policy for Governance Bodies further states , ?T he duty
to d isclo se [in 6.1 above] is a continuing obligation. This means that Members are obliged to
disclose any Interests and/or Conflict of Interest, whenever the Member comes to know the
relevant matter.?
The following declarations were made b y me mbers of the Boar d on their most recent annual
statements:
Board members:
Member Org anisational Interest s

Financial/Personal/Advisor Int /
Others
Ngozi Okonjo -Iweala , Chair None
Board Member, Twitter; Boar d
Member, Standard Chartered
Bank; Board Chair, African Risk
Capac ity ; Co -Chair, The Global
Commission on the Economy and
Climate; Co -Chair, Lumos; Fellow,
Harvard; Non -resident Fellow,
Brookings; Board Member,
Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace; 1 of the 4
Envoys, AU Special Envoy for
COVID -19; Board Member , The B-
Te am; Board Member, Asia
Infrastructure Investment Bank;
Board Member, International
Advisory Board ? Japan
International Cooperation Agency
(JICA); Board Chair, African
University of Sci ence and
Technology; Member, IMF
External Advisory Group; Mem ber,
Eco no mic Advisory Council for
South African President Cyril
Ramaphosa ; WHO Special Envoy,
Access to COVID -19 Tools (ACT)
Accelerator ;
Gavi -appointed special adviser

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Minutes




Gavi Alliance Board Meeting
24 -25 June 2020
Virtual meeting


1. Chair?s Report

1.1 Finding a quorum of members present, the meeting commenced at 14.10 Geneva
time on 24 June 2020. Dr Ngozi Okonjo -Iweala, Board Chair, chaired the meeting.

1.2 The Chair welcomed two new Board and Alternate Board members, who would be
appointed at this meeting , as well as Nina Schwalbe, Chair of the Evaluation
Advisory Committee, Cyrus Ardalan, Chair of the International Finance Facility for
Immunisation (IFFIm) and other directors of the IFFIm Board.

1.3 In addition, the Chair noted the participation as an Obser ver of Dr Lia Tadesse,
Federal Minister of Health of Ethiopia , who will soon be replacing
Dr Amir Aman Hagos as Board member .

1.4 Standing declarations of interest were tabled to the Board (Doc 01a in the Board
pack ).

1.5 The Board noted its minutes from 4-5 December 2019 (Doc 01b) , 19 March 2020
(Doc 01c) and 11 May 2020 (Doc 01d) which were appr oved by no objection on
18 Februa ry 2020, 11 May 2020 and 22 June 2020 respectively. The Board also
noted decisions approved by them by no -objection consent on 12 May 2020 (Doc
01e) namely appointments to the Board and Board Committees .

1.6 The Chair referred to the consent agenda (Doc 01f) where eight recommendations
were being presented to the Board for consideration . No requests had been
received to place any of the consent agenda items on the main agenda. The
decisions would be presented at the end of the meeting during the Review of
Decisions.

1.7 She noted the Board workplan (Doc 01i) and highlighted that it is now more
detailed and extends out to 2025. She flagged that the workplan is indicative and
subject to change in light of the current global context.

1.8 The Chair referred to the eventful first half of 2020 which was marked by a very
successful replenishment, noting however that the COVID -19 pandemic has
brought unprecedented challenges at the global level. She referred to the
economic impact of the pandemic particularly in Africa and underlined the
necessity to strengthen health system s in developing and developed countries.
 

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Minutes



Gavi Alliance Board Meeting
30 Ju ly 2020
Virtual meeting


1. Chair?s Report

1.1 Finding a quorum of members present, the meeting commenced at 14.1 4 Geneva
time on 30 July 2020. Dr Ngozi Okonjo -Iweala, Board Chair, chaired the meeting.

1.2 The Chair welcomed the Board to t his exceptional Board meeting, noting the
importance of the Board c oming to an agreement on the decisions being presented
in relation to the COVAX ( COVID -19 Vaccine Global Access ) Facility structure and
governance and the COVAX AMC ( Advanced Market Commitment ).

1.3 Standing declarations of interest were tabled to the Board (Doc 01a in the Board
pack ).

1.4 It was noted that Item 2 would be discussed after Item 4 as per the Revised
Agenda share d with the Board in advance of the meeting.

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3. Financial Forecast

3.1 David Sidwell, Audit and Finance Committee (AFC) Chair, presented this item,
informing the Board that the AFC had looked at a revised financial forecast for
2020 -2021 and r eviewed the assumptions underpinning the forecast .

3.2 He noted the forecast refle cts the outcome of the replenishment and implications
from COVID -19 including decisions taken by the Board in 2020 to support
countries through initiatives such as H ealth System Strengthening reprogramming,
UNICE F pre -financing and the rescheduling of vaccine campaigns. He further
noted the forecast will be updated as additional decisions are made by the Gavi
Board in relation to the COVAX Facility, COVAX AMC and any new Gavi 5.0
strategic investments as presently the forecast does not r eflect any amounts
related to these with exception of COVAX AMC and COVAX Facility administrative
costs which are being presented to the Gavi Board for consideration at this
meeting .

3.3 Mr Sidwell reported that the full impact of delayed vaccine introdu ctions and
campaigns remains uncertain but it is anticipated that additional expenditures will
be required to maintain and restore routine immunisation programmes.

3.4 Referring to an estimate of resources and expenditures , Mr Sidwell reported the
availa ble amount for strategic investments is US$ 368 million for 2016 -2020 and

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This brief presents findings from the midline country evaluation from November–December 2018, emphasizing the CCEOP planning and deployment process and understanding the situation post-deployment in Kenya, Pakistan and Guinea, while also documenting any subsequent changes in CCE performance and management.

All the terms used in this Guidance and Procedures, unless otherwise stated, shall be interpreted with their meaning given in the Gavi Conflicts of Interest Policy for Governance Bodies. This Guidance and Procedures should be read together with the Gavi Conflicts of Interest Policy for Governance Bodies, as it provides the principles and rules that are implemented and applied through this document.