Country Coordinating Mechanism is a key element of the Global Fund's adherence to the principles of local responsibility and decision-making with wide participation of the stakeholders.CCM is a consultative advisory body under the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan which was established to ensure coordination and optimization of activities of the central and local executive bodies, international and local non-profit organizations, including religious and educational organizations, mass media and other legal entities, irrespective of theirtype of ownership, participating in the measures to control HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.