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Investment Landscape Overview 26  \nAnnex 1: Type of Implementing Entity 27  \nAnnex 2: Abbreviations and Acronyms 29  \nAnnex 3: Guidelines for the “HP List-Focused” Tab 31  \n1. Introduction  \n1.1 Overview  \n1. These instructions for completing the Budget Template for the 2026-2028 allocation period (the “Instructions”), provide guidance for the development and review of a Global Fund grant program/Budget (and budget revisions when applicable) using the standardized Budget Template.  \n2. The Instructions serve the following stakeholders: Principal Recipients (PRs), other grant implementers including Sub-recipients (SRs), Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCMs), 1 Local Fund Agents (LFAs), the Technical Review Panel (TRP), the Global Fund Secretariat, fiscal and fiduciary agents, technical assistance providers and any other Global Fund assurance providers.  \n3. PRs shall support the distribution of the Budget Template and the Instructions to relevant personnel and implementers, including SRs. Regular training on the Budget Template and the Instructions need to be provided for staff involved in the budgeting of the Global Fund-supported programs, to ensure compliance with the Instructions. LFAs and Global Fund assurance providers should use these Instructions to inform their work on budget review, and as a complement to other Global Fund tools and guidelines.  \n4. The Instructions should be consulted in conjunction with the:  \n•  Grant Funding Principles and Budgeting Guidelines.  \n•  Modular Framework Handbook.  \n•  Operational Policy Manual (provides the operational framework for managing Global Fund grants) .  \n•  Guidelines for Annual Audit of Global Fund Grants.  \n•  Global Fund Financial Reporting Framework.  \n•  Guidelines on country dialogue , funding request development and grant-making.  \n• Pertinent clauses of the relevant grant agreement.  \n1.2 General guidance  \n5. The Budget Template is compatible with MS Excel 2010 or later versions only. Therefore, users with earlier versions are requested to upgrade to MS Excel 2010 or later versions before working on this file.  \n1 May be a Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM), a Regional Organization (RO) or other application coordinating mechanisms. Refer to CCM Policy Including Principles and Requirements for more information.  \n6. The Budget Template is extracted from the Global Fund’s Grant Operating System (GOS) in Excel, with prepopulated data. The Budget Template is made available to applicants and PRs in English, French and Spanish, the official Global Fund working languages.  \n7. Users are asked to use care and not tamper with the formulae. Any Budget Template that has been tampered will be rejected and users will need to resubmit the information ina new template. When copying/pasting data, users should copy and paste the value only and ensure they do not: a) overwrite any of the formula fields; and b) overwrite pick-list values (the only acceptable options are those provided in the dropdown lists) . However, applicants/PRs are encouraged to review the calculations to ensure the budget adds up correctly, before submitting the Budget Template to the Global Fund.  \n8. 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