Table 2.

Summary findings: GAC- WAAF partnership

Region of location	Greater Accra	Form of involvement (initiation, contribution of partners and management of the collaboration)	Advantages	Disadvantages
Interviews conducted	1 NGO 1 GAC	- Initiated by GAC through contract agreement with WAAF (NGO). - WAAF engaged in information, education and communication materials distribution; condom distribution/HIV testing and counseling services. - GAC coordinated and disbursed external donor funding from World Bank, Department for International Development, United Kingdom (DFID, UK) and Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) through ‘large’ CSOs believably with better organizational capacities for disbursement to ‘smaller’ community-based organisations (CBOs), NGOs, and FBOs to implement programs at the local/community levels to build CSOs’ capacities for service delivery. - GAC maintained a projects/technical/ monitoring and evaluation (M & E) and finance divisions for effective program coordination. - Regular meetings held for CSO implementers to exchange information exchange, share knowledge and appraise performance. - Implementation results often collated into a database and reported on to stakeholders, including donors. - GAC’s internal audit and technical departments ensure proper application of funds.	Built capacity and credibility of NGOs for HIV/AIDS service delivery to reduce the epidemic’s spread.	- Occasional delays in release of donor funds by GAC; - high staff turnover rate among NGOs.
Driver of Collaboration	High HIV/AIDS prevalence
Time Frame	2005–2006