Activities

At the core of the RF project’s activities is the mail survey whereby financial data on population and AIDS expenditures during the previous year at the project/programme level as well as future commitments are collected. This information is stored in the RF database. Data are in principle confidential and the property of UNFPA.

In addition to the mail survey, 15 country case studies were conducted between 1997 - 2002. These studies helped to institutionalise domestic data collection and acquire a better understanding of national systems of financing population and AIDS activities.

Since its inception, the RF project has evolved according to the needs of UNFPA and to the challenges faced in collecting accurate, reliable and timely data. In response to UNFPA needs for more timely data, in 2003, the RF project produced the first real-time estimates of resource flows to population and AIDS activities. Since 2004, projections of these expenditures have been generated (estimations and projections). Data collection will be further strengthened by thematic studies on the use of Reproductive Health Accounts, the allocation of population and AIDS funds in Sector-Wide Approaches (SWAps), and the estimation of private sector expenditures, including household expenses, and lower administrative level expenditures.