Minutes of the GAVI Alliance Board Meeting, 7 -8 July 2011
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GAVI Alliance Board Meeting
7-8 July 2011
Geneva, Switzerland


FINAL MINUTES

1. Chair?s report

1.1 Finding a quorum of members present, the meeting commenced at 8.36
Geneva time on 7 July 2011. Dagfinn H?ybr?ten , Board Chair , chaired the
meeting.

1.2 The Chair welcomed new Board members and alternates. He made some
remarks concerning the Board?s retreat held in Oslo on 13 -14 April 2011 and a
follow -up meeting held in executiv e session on 6 July 2011 in Geneva. He
highlighted the very successful pledging conference held in London on 13 June
2011, which raised an additional US$ 4.3 billion in funds, thus allowing GAVI to
immunise at least 250 million children and prevent four m illion future deaths.
Now GAVI has a responsibility to continue to work hard to achieve the goals in
the most efficient ways.

1.3 Standing declarations of interest were tabled to the Board (Doc #1a in the
Board pack). No further conflicts of interest were declared.

1.4 The Board noted the minutes of its meeting s on 30 November -1 December
2010 (Doc #1b) and 8 March 2011 (Doc #1c). These minutes were approved
by no objection on 21 March 2011 and 30 May 2011 respectively, under section
2.7.3.3 of the By -Laws. T he Board noted the record of actions (Doc #1d) , and
its forward workplan (Doc #1 e).

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2. CEO report

2.1 Helen Evans, interim CEO , delivered a report on the activities and
achievements of the Alliance (Doc #2). The first GAVI pledging conference
was a n extraordinary success with donors pledg ing an additional US $ 4.3
billion , securing a total of US$ 7.6 billion to fund GAVI?s strategy from 2011 -
2015. There were many reasons behind the s uccess but perhaps nothing more
significant than the evidence of GAVI?s success to -date. Results were central
to the remarkable political support for this event, and Helen Evans particularly
thank ed British Prime Minister David Cameron, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens
Stoltenberg, British Secretary of State for International Development Andrew

 

Minutes of th e Governance Committee Meeting
6 July 2011
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GAVI Alliance Governance Committee Meeting
6 July 2011
Geneva, Switzerland


FINAL MINUTES

1. Chair?s report

1.1 Finding a quorum of members present, the meeting commenced at 17.38
Geneva time on 6 July 2011. Dagfinn H?ybr?ten , Board Chair , chaired the
meeting.

1.2 Standing declarations of interest were tabled to the Committee (Doc #1a in
the Board pack). No further conflicts of interest were declared.

1.3 The Committee reviewed the minutes of its meeting s on 8 March 2011 (Doc
#1b) and 23 Ma rch 2011 (Doc #1c). These minutes were approved by no
objection on 30 May 2011 under section 2.7.3.3 of the By -Laws. T he
Committee noted the record of actions (Doc #1d) , and its forward workp lan
(Doc #1 e). The Chair stated that ethics guidelines are slate d for the
Committee?s review in October so that all partners could be comfortable
participating in the Alliance business plan.

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2. Board and committee member nominations

2.1 Debbie Adams, Managing Director, Law and Governance reported various
constituencies?? recommendations for Board and committee membership
(Doc s #2 and #2b ). She also reviewed succession planning for various
constituencies .

Discussion

? No Committee members were asked to leave the room during discussion of
candidates to represent their constituencies. However, it was noted that
pertinent Governance Committee members would not vote for their own
constituencies? nominations .

? If the entire slate of candidates is approved, the Board will achieve gender
balance with regard to its alternate membership.

 

 

 

GAVI Alliance Investment Committee Meeting , 20 March 2011 DRAFT MINUTES

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GAVI Alliance Investment Committee Decision s
4 June 2011


1. Minutes from 26 M ay 2011

Decision One

By unanimous consent, the GAVI Alliance Investment Committee moved to :

? Approve the minutes of its meeting on 26 May 2011.


2. Cash and Short -Term Investment P olicy

Decision Two

By unanimous consent, the GAVI Alliance Investment Committee moved to :

? Recommend to the Board that it approve the new Cash and Short -Term
Investment Policy (27 May 2011 version).






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Mr Kevin A. Klock
Assistant Secretary