Cambodia has made significant progress in improving health outcomes and strengthening its health system which no exception for HIV response. Cambodia achieved remarkable progress toward its HIV response which 92% of people living with HIV (PLHIV) knew their status, 100% of those diagnosed were receiving antiretroviral therapy, and 98% of those on treatment achieved viral suppression.

CSOs have long been instrumental in the global and national HIV response and vitally contributed to national HIV response. In 2014, there were 124 NGOs and CBOs actively engaged in the HIV response, and their roles span advocacy, service delivery, community mobilization, and ensure voice of marginalized and key populations are heard. Those interventions are relied heavily on external funding.

Since 2016, Cambodia's HIV response has faced growing financial constraints given the reduction in external funding. With this declined trend, most CSOs are expected to face fore financial and sustainable challenges. Therefore, to ensure long term impact and CSOs remain operational even as external funding decline, there is a need to equip them with capacity health financing and budget advocacy which will help them to understand health financing mechanisms and advocate for transparent, equitable and increase budget for health and HIV.

To address this gaps, HACC seeks to engage a qualified consultant to design and deliver a structured capacity building program focus on health financing literacy and budget advocacy.

This consultancy aims to strengthen institutional and individual capacity of HIV/AIDS NGOs to understand health financing mechanism and effectively engage in budget analysis and advocacy at national and/or sub-national level.