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G avi Alliance E valuation Advisory Committee Meeting
16-17 October 2018
Gavi Alliance, Geneva , Switzerland


1. Chair ?s report

1.1 The meeting commenced at 09 .00 Geneva time on 16 October 201 8. Rob Moodie,
Evaluat ion Advisory Committee (EAC) Chair , chair ed the meeting.

1.2 The Chair extended a particular welcome to Anuradha Gupta, Gavi Deputy CEO ,
and thanked her for taking time to present to the Committee and share her views
on their meeting agenda .

1.3 Standing declarations of interest were tabled to the Committee (Doc 01a).

1.4 Committee members noted the minutes of its meetings on 11 -12 April 2018 (Docs
01b and 01c ), 18 May 2018 (Doc 01d) and 26 June 2018 (Doc 01e) which had
been approved by no -objection on 20 June 2018, 9 July 2018 and 23 August 2018
respectively .

1.5 Th e Chair upda ted the Committee on the Gavi Board meeting in Geneva in June
which included some very fruitful discussions on evaluations , and a request from
the Board Chair to have a presentation at the next Board meeting on how
evaluations have been utilised .

1.6 The Chair proposed a short closed session of the Committee members at the end
of the day , as per a request from the Committee at a previous meeting .

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2. Update from Secretariat

2.1 Anuradha Gupta, Gavi Deputy CEO, started by informing EAC members that at
its meeting the previous week the Governance Committee had agreed to
recommend to the Board that it exceptionally extend Rob Moodie?s term as EAC
chair to end June 2019.

2.2 Ms Gupta recalled that Gavi is nearing the mid -point of its current strategic period
and that it is therefore time to step back and reflect on progress to date.

2.3 She highlighted that there has been a paradigm shift in the way Gavi works and
outlined the four principles that are embedded into Gavi?s approach namely (i)
country -centric; (ii) differentiation; (iii) transparency; and (iv) accountability.
2.4 Ms Gupta i ndicated that Gavi has also been increasing its focus on risk assurance
through its three lines of defence model. In this context, Senior Country Manag ers

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