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Sudan -The United Nations Fund for Recovery, Reconstruction and Development in Darfur (UNDF) is established by the Darfur Regional Authority Government of Sudan and the UN to support the effective implementation of the Darfur Development Strategy (DDS). The DDS is in pursuit of the overall objective of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) to support the transition from humanitarian assistance to recovery and development.

For more information please visit the UN Darfur Fund page.

New York – Turkey is one of the MPTF Office’s longest standing contributing partners. It made its first contribution in 2005 to the Iraq Trust Fund and today, it made its fifth contribution to a MPTF Office administered fund. The Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations and the Executive Coordinator of the MPTF Office, signed a Standard Arrangement Agreement for a $100,000 contribution to the Trust Fund to Support Initiatives of States Countering Piracy off the Coast of Somalia. This Fund was established by the UN Secretary General in order to defray the expenses associated with the prosecution of suspected pirates as well to support the international forum, the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, in meeting its objective of  eliminating piracy. This brings Turkey’s overall contributions to almost $11 million. Turkey has also contributed to two Iraq Trust Funds, the Peacebuilding Fund and the Ecuador Yasuni Fund.  

For more information on Turkey’s contributions to MPTF Office administered funds, please visit the Government of Turkey’s Portfolio Page on the MPTF Office GATEWAY.

Bamako – The Netherlands, the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Budget of the Republic of Mali  and UNDP signed  a Standard Arrangement Agreement for a 15 million Euro contribution. This first contribution to the Stabilization fund established on 25 February 2013, is allocated to the Education and Agriculture sectors. The Fund Steering Committee is to hold its first meeting in the next two weeks in order to approve the activity plan and first transfer requests and allow the direct implementation of stabilization activities by national entities.

For more information please visit the Mali Stabilization Fund page.

Bamako - The Ministry of Economy, Finance and Budget of the Republic of Mali and UNDP signed the Memorandum of Agreement for a new National Fund. The Fund entitled “Fonds National de Stabilisation Economique et Sociale du Mali” will directly support Government stabilization priority activities for an initial duration of 2 years. The main objective of the Fund is to prevent further socio-economic degradation in Mali as a result of the current crisis and the major budgetary deficit. The Fund will mainly support the Health, Education, Water and Sanitation, Agriculture, Energy and Elections sectors. The UNDP Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office will provide fund administration, management and other support services related to the establishment and management of the National Fund. For more information please visit the Mali Stabilization Fund page.

The Fourth Quarter 2012 MPTF Office Newsletter provides information on new MPTFs established in the fourth quarter as well as feature articles on the three Climate Change MPTFs.  The MPTF Office finished the 2012 operational year well above targets. During the last quarter, It was appointed as fund administrator for 6 MPTFs - 4 of which are Climate Change Funds - and 3 JPs, increasing the cumulative portfolio to 60 MPTFs and 38 JPs. In 2012, the Office received total deposits of $748 million and transferred $835 million to 37 Participating Organizations. Download copy here.

Addis Ababa – On 19 December the Ethiopia CRGE Facility was established with the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement between the Government of FDR of Ethiopia and the UNDP MPTF Office that will serve as the interim fund administrator. The agreement was signed in Addis Ababa by H.E. Ahmed Shide, State Minister of Finance and Economic Development and Mr. Eugene Owusu, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Ethiopia. Read more...

Doha, Qatar - At the Doha Climate Change Conference (COP18), the Government of Norway and the MPTF Office, signed an agreement to fund the UN-REDD Viet Nam Phase II Programme. The agreement was signed by Mr. Per Øystein Vatne, Chargé d’Affaires, Norwegian Embassy to Qatar, and Mr. Bisrat Aklilu, Executive Coordinator, MPTF Office, in the presence of H.E. Dr. Cao Duc Phat, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) of Viet Nam, H.E Bård Vegar Solhjell, Norway’s Minister of the Environment, H.E. Mr. Le Hong Phan, Ambassador of Viet Nam in Qatar, and Ms. Mette Loyche Wilkie, interim Head of the UN-REDD Secretariat. Read more...

New York - Following the request of the Secretary-General for the UNDP MPTF Office to administer the the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative (SE4ALL) Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF), a Memorandum of Understanding was signed today between Mr. Bob Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Planning in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, and Mr. Bisrat Aklilu, Executive Coordinator of the MPTF Office, officially establishing the SE4ALL MPTF. The SE4ALL is an initiative of the UN Secretary-General to mobilize action from all sectors of society in support of three interlinked objectives, to be achieved by 2030. Read more...

Kinshasa - On the eve of the COP18 meeting in Doha, Qatar, the DRC REDD+ National Fund was established with the signing of the agreement between the Government of DRC and the UNDP MPTF Office that will be the interim fund administrator. The agreement was signed in Kinshasa by H.E. Mr. Patrice Kibeti, Minister of Finance délégué and Mr. Moustapha Soumare, DSRSG/UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in the DRC. The signature ceremony was attended by H.E. Mr. Bavon N'sa Mputu Elima, Minister of Environment, Conservation and Tourism, DRC’s development Partners, the World Bank representative, and other officials. Read more...

Sana’a, Yemen -The situation in Yemen has been of serious concern for the international community, with the country facing multi-faceted threats to its stability. Following the escalation of violence and the political impasse in 2011, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2014 which called on all parties in Yemen to commit themselves to implement a political settlement on the basis of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s initiative. Based on this, the Yemen NDCR TF is established in November 2012, under the sponsorship of the Government of Yemen and the United Nations, to support Yemen’s national dialogue and constitution-making processes. For more information on the Fund, visit the Yemen NDCR TF website.

New York - The Third Quarter 2012 MPTF Office Newsletter provides information on new MPTFs established in the third quarter, the results of the MPTF Office Partner/Client Survey and highlights key system enhancements to the MPTF Office GATEWAY. It also presents feature articles on the Peacebuilding Fund in DRC, the Cape Verde Resident Coordinator’s reflections on developments in Cape Verde and the One UN Transition Fund, findings from the South Sudan Recovery Fund (SSRF) Lessons Learned Exercise and the Somalia CHF. Download the Newsletter here.

New York - On September 25, the Governments of Ecuador and Italy, and UNDP signed a Euro 35 Million Debt-Swap Contribution Agreement, through which Italy will contribute to the Yasuni-ITT Trust Fund, administered by the UNDP MPTF Office. The Agreement was signed by Dr. Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Coordination Minister of Heritage of Ecuador and the Chair of the Yasuni ITT Steering Committee, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Undersecretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy, and Mr. Bisrat Aklilu,  Executive Coordinator, MPTF Office. Read more...

New York - On 25 September 2012, the Climate Vulnerable Forum Trust Fund (CVFTF), an initiative of the current (Bangladesh) and incoming (Costa Rica) Chairs of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), was established. The CVFTF Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by Ms. Margareta Wahlström, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction and head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), Mr. Jordan Ryan, Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Bureau of Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR) of UNDP and Mr. Bisrat Aklilu, Executive, Coordinator of the MPTF Office that will  administer the CVFTF. Read more...

Indonesia - The UN Partnership for Development Framework (UNPDF) 2011-2015 is the guiding framework under which UN joint programmes are developed and agency-specific Action Plans are devised. The Indonesia UNPDF Trust Fund was established in July 2012 by the Government of Indonesia and the UN to help fund the implementation of the joint UN-Government of Indonesia UNPDF 2011-2015. The trust fund will support integrated UN joint programmes with the aims of achieving the goals of Human Development agreed upon in the UNPDF. To learn more about the UNPDF Fund visit.

Baghdad, Iraq - UNDP Iraq commemorates the completion of Al-Mussaib power station rehabilitation works.  The Al-Mussaib power station, the biggest of its kind in Iraq, received over $33 million from the UNDG Iraq Trust Fund with generous support from the Government of Japan. Upon completion, the power station ensures a stable supply of 200 MW of electricity. “The project has been completed just in time to meet the peak of summer demand,” said a relieved Engineer Raheem of the Ministry of Electricity who managed this rehabilitation project. Read more…..

New York - The Second Quarter 2012 MPTF Office Newsletter provides information on new Joint Programmes established in the first quarter of 2012 and feature articles on the Kyrgyzstan Delivering as One Fund, Bangladesh Local Governance Joint Programme and the Sudan Common Humanitarian Fund. It also provides at a glance the MPTF Office’s total portfolio. An independent survey research firm will undertake a client/partner survey of the MPTF Office’s services.  We thank you in advance for your participation and providing us feedback to improve our services. Download the newsletter here.

The MPTF Office issued on 31 May 2012 the Consolidated Annual Progress Reports on Activities Implemented under the various MPTFs and JPs it is administering, covering the period 1 January to 31 December 2011. The MPTF Office also issued the 2011 Source and Use of Funds Statements for all MPTFs and JPs.

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The MPTF Office GATEWAY clearly shows it: 2011 was a record year in the level of expenditures reported by the 34 Participating Organizations (POs) of the MPTFs and Joint Programmes (JPs) administered by the MPTF Office. The overall 2011 expenditures of the 34 POs reached $986 million, 16 % more than 2010. Humanitarian, transition and development MPTFs accounted for 38, 23 and 34 per cent of total expenditures respectively, while JPs made up the remaining 5 per cent. Read more...

New York - The First Quarter 2012 Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office Newsletter, which provides information on new MPTFs, Joint Programmes and a National Fund (the Mali Climate Fund) - established in the first quarter of 2012. It also presents summaries of “Lessons-Learned-Reviews”  completed for the UNDG Iraq Trust Fund and the Central Fund for Influenza Action and articles on the new South Sudan Common Humanitarian Fund which has started with speed and innovation, the Viet Nam One Plan Fund II and the UNDG component of the Haiti Reconstruction Fund which is showing notable progress in responding to Haiti’s post-earthquake recovery.  Read…..

Baghdad, Iraq - The Council of Representatives voted to appoint the Commissioners to serve on Iraq's first Independent High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) on April 9th. This is certainly a landmark achievement,” said Martin Kobler, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq and chief of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). A UNDP UNDG Iraq Trust Fund project, along with UNAMI and OHCHR, provided support to the IHCHR to ensure a transparent selection process of Commissioners and staff of the temporary Secretariat, and to strengthen its capacity. (Link to Press Release or UNDG ITF webpage).

Kapoeta, South Sudan - Inter-communal violence over access to water has been a fact of life for the Toposa. In 2012, however, something changed in the lives of the Toposa residents of Jie, Kapoeta East County. For the first time in their memory, they did not have to migrate in search of water. (Read more)

Ha Noi - The Minister of Planning and Investment of Viet Nam, Mr. Bui Quang Vinh, and the UN Resident Coordinator, Ms. Pratibha Mehta, and Heads of the 16 UN Organizations and IOM in Viet Nam signed a new Joint Cooperation Plan, the One Plan, on 27 March 2012. The US$ 480 million One Plan, covering 2012 to 2016, will support Viet Nam in achieving sustainable growth, improve public administration and management, access to high quality essential services and social welfare for all citizens. In support of the One Plan, the Viet Nam One Plan Fund II, administered by the MPTF Office, has also been extended until 2016 through the signing of an MOU. For additional details, go to www.un.org.vn

New York - The 2011 4^th Quarter Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (MPTF Office) Newsletter, which provides information on new MPTFs and Joint Programmes established in the last quarter as well as updates on ongoing MPTFs – Extension of the Ecuador Yasuni ITT Trust Fund, IV High Level Intergovernmental Conference on Delivering-as-One in Uruguay, the Albania One UN Coherence Fund and the UN-REDD Programme Fund. Download the Newsletter here.

Bamako: The Mali Climate Fund, the first national climate fund established in Africa following the Durban COP17 meeting, was signed between the Government of the Republic of Mali and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) that will provisionally administer the Fund until a national successor is identified. The agreement was signed by H.E. Mr. Soumeylou Boubèye Maiga, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Mr. Bisrat Aklilu, Executive Coordinator, UNDP Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (MPTF Office).  Read more...

Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd. or Muji - from Mujirushi (no-brand) Ryohin (quality goods) - a major Japanese retail company responded to Ecuador’s global call for co-responsibility in protecting the global biodiversity of Yasuni and contributed $200,000 to the Yasuni ITT Trust Fund.  Read more... 

New York: On 8 December 2011, six United Nations Organizations- ILO, OHCHR, UN-DESA, UNDP, UNICEF and WHO - established the UN Partnership to Promote the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Trust Fund (UNPRPD) to promote disability rights by assisting countries to improve policies, data gathering and service delivery to persons with disabilities. The Launch of UNPRPD was co-hosted by Ambassador Quinlan of Australia and UNDP Associate Administrator Rebeca Grynspan. Read more ...

SOUTH SUDAN - The state of Eastern Equatoria inaugurated a market and received road equipment in a ceremony on 28 November. A $2.6 million livelihoods project of the South Sudan Recovery Fund supports the country in addressing the lack of market infrastructure, increasing crop productivity through agricultural training, and facilitating commercial development by connecting farmers to markets. Read more...

The International Yasunízate Civic Campaign of 20 November further unified citizens of Ecuador in support of the Yasuni Initiative and resulted in raising nearly three million dollars (US$3.0 million) in voluntary contributions from citizens, institutions and companies of all of Ecuador's 24 provinces. Over 47,000 Ecuadorians participated in the event that included musical shows by famous artists highlighting the need to protect the unique biodiversity of Yasuni. The President of the Republic participated in the event and delighted the participants by singing a beautiful song by Joaquin Sabina, titled  "TOGETHER FOR THE YASUNÍ ”.  

With less than two months remaining to reach its year-end fundraising goal, the Yasuni-ITT campaign is launching a global civic engagement campaign with major events on November 20th to raise awareness of Ecuador's Yasuni-ITT plan. The campaign will allow individuals in Ecuador and around the globe to contribute to the initiative to keep underground nearly 1 billion barrels of oil located in the most biodiverse section of rainforest in the world.

For more information about the Yasunizate campaign visit www.Yasunizate.org and to contribute to the Yasuni-ITT Trust Fund visit www.Yasunisupport.org.

New York - The 2011 3rd Quarter Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (MPTF Office) Newsletter, which provides information on two High Level Meetings during the 66th UN General Assembly that led to increased support to Ecuador for its Yasuni Initiative as well as to the new Libya under the leadership of the National Transitional Council and the establishment of the Libya Recovery Trust Fund.  It also contains feature articles contributed by the Uruguay and Rwanda UNCTs on lessons from Delivering as One (DaO) Funds on the eve of the Montevideo IV High Level Intergovernmental Conference on DaO.  Download the Newsletter here.”

New York - The United Nations Development Group's Human Rights Mainstreaming Trust Fund (UNDG-HRM) was officially launched by Ms. Helen Clark, Chair, United Nations Development Group, and Ms. Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The focus of the UNDG-HRM's work is to strengthen coordinated and coherent UN support to better respond to requests from Member States. To read more about the launch and the UNDG HRM, please visit: http://mdtf.undp.org/factsheet/fund/HRM00

New York - In consultation with Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC), the United Nations Organizations have established the Libya Recovery Trust Fund (LRTF) to support Libya’s recovery efforts and longer term development activities in the aftermath of the conflict. Read full story...

New York - A growing number of countries, regions and individuals showed their support for a novel initiative that would assist Ecuador’s efforts to address sustainable development and climate change by protecting the people, animals and plants living in Yasuní National Park from oil drilling and deforestation, at a high-level meeting co-hosted by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa Delgado today. (Click on title for full article)

New York - The Steering Committee of the Expanded DaO Funding Window (EFW) has allocated a total of $43.4 million to 19 countries in support of UN coherence and to support nationally-led and owned programming processes to help UN Country Teams to Delivering-as-One. (read more...)

Kathmandu, A lesson-learnt workshop on the PBF/UNPFN-funded UNICEF/UNFPA project “Ensuring recognition of sexual violence as a tool of conflict in the Nepal peace building process through documentation and provision of comprehensive services to women and girl victims/survivors” was organized in Kathmandu on 4 and 5 August 2011. The workshop reviewed the progress made so far and shared lessons, challenges and good practices in order to improve project implementation.

New York - The MDTF Office has been renamed! The name of the MDTF Office has officially changed to the  Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (MPTF Office) following the endorsement of the UNDG Advisory Group. The change from ‘donor’ to ‘partner reflects the key feature of the Office - fostering partnerships between developing countries, UN Organizations and developed countries based on shared visions and common goals.  

In the coming days, the MPTF Office name change will be gradually reflected on the GATEWAY.

New York - The 2011 2nd Quarter Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (MPTF Office) Newsletter, which announces the renaming of the MDTF Office to MPTF Office, provides information on new MDTFs established, and updates from Somalia and Ecuador as well as feature articles on the MDG Achievement Fund, UN Indigenous Peoples’ Partnership Trust Fund, South Sudan Recovery Fund, Tanzania One UN Fund and UN Peace Fund for Nepal. Download the newsletter here.

On 20 July, the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) for Somalia, Mark Bowden, declared the existence of famine in two regions of southern Somalia. Across the country nearly half of the Somali population (3.7 mln) are now in crisis (read the full story). “If we don’t act now, famine will spread to all eight regions of southern Somalia within two months, due to poor harvests and infectious disease outbreaks,” stressed the HC. Noting that the lack of resources is alarming, the HC emphasized “Every day of delay in assistance is literally a matter of life or death for children and their families in the famine affected areas”. Read more...

Kathmandu - With the explosion of the last remaining landmine in the Phulchowki minefield on 14 June 2011, Nepal became only the second country in Asia to be declared free of minefields. The Rt. Hon. Prime Minister, Mr Jhala Nath Khanal, and the Chief of Army Staff, General Chhatra Man Singh Gurung, each pressed the switch that detonated the landmines, which were among the 12,070 landmines planted by the Nepal Army during the decade-long armed conflict. Read more...

Southern Sudan - Grace Poni, a 42 year-old mother of 10, no longer has to shell out precious cash to transport her agricultural products to town. These days, she and a number of women’s groups can bring and sell their goods directly in a newly constructed covered market right in their hometown in Nyai-Wudabi, Morobo County in Central Equatoria State. [Click on title for full article]

Quito - The first meeting of the Yasuni ITT Trust Fund Steering Committee took place in Quito on 1 June 2011, and approved major organizational and institutional decisions of the Fund, including the Steering Committee’s Terms of Reference and Rules and Procedures and the Terms and Conditions for the issuance of the Yasuni Certificate of Guarantee (CGYs), including US$ 100,000 contribution threshold for CGYs. Read more…

New York - The Participating Organizations of the 36 MDTFs and 20 JPs have reported 2010 expenditures totaling $850.5 million. This increases total cumulative expenditures since 2004 to $ 3.2 billion or 71 percent of total transfers.  The 2010 expenditure reports were submitted to the MDTF Office, as Administrative Agent, on time and in an efficient manner thanks to the hard work and excellent collaboration between the country offices and headquarter finance units of the Participating Organizations.              Further details on the GATEWAY. (Read more...)

New York - The First Quarter 2011 MDTF Office Newsletter contains information on newly established MDTFs and Joint Programmes, workshop and UNCT updates from Viet Nam and Ethiopia, and features from Sudan Recovery Fund -South Sudan, Cape Verde Transition Fund, Kyrgyzstan One Fund and a special contribution from the Resident Representative of Montenegro.

Juba, South Sudan – Ahead of South Sudan’s independence scheduled for July 2011, the Sudan Recovery Fund-Southern Sudan (SRF-SS), established in July 2008, is focusing on  projects that demonstrate peace dividends, encourage participation and empowerment of communities affected by conflict and poverty, and address stabilization in areas affected by insecurity.  Read more...

New York – At the request of the Government of Indonesia’s Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS), the UNDP MDTF Office organized, in New York from 6 to 8 April, an Interactive Workshop on Multi-Donor Trust Funds in relation to Climate Change and Aid Effectiveness, for senior officials from BAPPENAS and the Ministry of Finance. Read full story...

New York – The United Nations Development Group (UNDG) in March approved the “UNDG Guidance Note on Establishing, Managing and Closing Multi-Donor Trust Funds". The Guidance Note was developed based on existing guidance, policy and practices, and reflects lessons learned since the establishment of the first UN Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) in 2004. It contains useful tools such as outlines for the Concept Note for the establishment of an MDTF and for Steering Committee Terms of Reference, and the steps involved in the various phases of the MDTF life cycle. (read more)

New York – The new Iraq UNDAF Fund was recently launched and received the first contribution of £300,000 from the Scottish Government, using the proceeds from its initiative to confiscate cash for breaches of UN sanctions, to support the people of Iraq. The contribution will support water development within the UNDAF priority areas. Learn more about the establishment of the Fund and the Scottish Government’s initiative.

Thaba-Tseka, Lesotho:  A new joint programme supported by the Lesotho One Fund is changing the way the Lesotho government and its development partners deliver aid by getting different government departments, UN agencies and civil society organizations working together to help mothers and their families. Read more about the programme and see the UN Women tweet.

Port Moresby, PNG – New Zealand, through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), concluded on 14 February 2011 a Standard Administrative Arrangement with the UN, agreeing to channel all its financial support to the United Nations in Papua New Guinea through the PNG UN Country Fund, administered by the UNDP MDTF Office.

New York - The Government of Botswana and the United Nations System in Botswana have developed the Botswana UN Country Fund to support the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and meet the national priorities as outlined in the National Development Plan 10 and Vision 2016, and UNDAF outcomes over a five year period.  Visit the Botswana UN Country Fund page.

Quito – The Secretary-General speaking at a joint press conference with President Rafael Correa congratulated Ecuador on the Yasuni-ITT initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and said he looked forward to seeing what more the country will do to build on the climate change momentum generated by last year’s conference in Cancún, Mexico. 

Read full article here.

New York - The Maldives UN Country Team has established a One UN Fund in support of its UN Development Assistance Framework (2011-2015) that will guide the UN system’s assistance to the country. Visit the Maldives One UN Fund page.

New York - The UNDG Iraq Trust Fund Fourth Quarter 2010 Newsletter contains inform from the Tenth meeting of the IRFFI Donor Committee as well as quaterly financial updates and feature articles from the UNIDO, UNFPA, UN-Habitat and ESCWA.

New York - The Fourth Quarter 2010 MDTF Office Newsletter shares 2010 highlights and includes feature articles from Lesotho, Somalia, Iraq and the Peacebuilding Fund.

Addis Ababa - Heads of Agencies of the Ethiopia UN Country Team in Ethiopia signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 12 January 2010, officially launching the One UN Fund. This was a major step for Ethiopia in concretizing the UN Delivery as One agenda.

Bringing together the convening power and expertise of the three Participating UN Organizations: FAO, UNDP and UNEP, the joint programme will contribute to the advancement of the international consensus-building on the eventual REDD+ mechanism under the UNFCCC and, in interim, to scaling up of REDD+ actions and finance, through provision of the secretariat services to the interim REDD+ Partnership.

The United Nations Indonesia Trust Fund for Disaster Recovery (UNITF-DR) has been established to help fund the implementation of the Government of Indonesia’s Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Action Plans in response to disasters. The UNITF-DR is one of two funding windows within the Indonesia Multi Donor Fund Facility for Disaster Recovery (IMDFF-DR). A second window is administered by the World Bank. For more information.

“I realized then that we needed to bolster our conservation efforts with good, credible science if we were to have any chance of saving Yasuni,” says Romo. Over the past decade, he and more than 50 other biologists working in the area have documented Yasuni’s remarkable biodiversity, providing evidence that its forest has the highest number of species on the planet, including an unprecedented core where there are overlapping world richness records for amphibians, reptiles, bats, and trees… Read article

The UNDG Iraq Trust Fund Newsletter is now available featuring stories and updates on activities implemented during the third quarter by UN-Habitat, WHO, UNOPS and FAO. In Kurdistan discussion are underway to provide inputs on the draft NGO law, while WHO is working with Iraqi authorities to study the development of birth defects in Fallujah and UN-Habitat sustains its’ support to the Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works and the Ministry of Planning to strengthen urban planning and development.

Juba – The Sudan Recovery Fund- Southern Sudan (SRF_SS) supports State stabilization programmes, one of the key pre-referendum priorities identified by the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) and the United Nations. Significant number of returnees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are coming back to Jonglei State and Lakes State, states receiving USD 17 million each in stabilisation assistance from the SRF-SS. Stabilisation assistance programmes are also being developed for Warrap State and Eastern Equatoria State, states with high numbers of returnees.

New York. The Third Quarter 2010 MDTF Office Newsletter provides information on the launch of two important initiatives – the MDTF Office GATEWAY and the Ecuador Yasuni ITT Trust Fund.  Other features include UN-REDD and the Lebanon Recovery Fund.

The MDTF Office GATEWAY was presented at the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) technical meeting held from 4 to 6 October in Cookham, United Kingdom. We shared our story about making fundamental changes in our business process to support provision of real-time financial information to the public while facilitating knowledge management among our partners. Dennis Whittle, CEO of GlobalGiving and a frequent writer on transparency issues reflected on the MDTF Office GATEWAY in the Huffington Post.  Read his article here.

Quito - On 13 September, the Government of Chile contributed US$100,000 to the Yasuní-ITT Trust Fund that is administered by UNDP, aimed at protecting an ecological site in an oil-rich area of the Ecuadorian Amazon.

Yesterday, the UNDP Administrator in her statement to the Executive Board announced the launch of the MDTF Office GATEWAY. Today, the GATEWAY was officially launched to Executive Board Members by Associate Administrator Rebeca Grynspan. Read the full story on UNDP's news page. 

The oPt Trust Fund is now established to finance UN-supported state building and development goals throughout the oPt, including early recovery and reconstruction initiatives in Gaza. Learn more

The United Nations in Papua New Guinea, in cooperation with the Population Media Center (PMC), announced today a partnership with Colgate-Palmolive. Colgate-Palmolive has signed on as a private sector sponsor of two social change radio serial dramas to be developed for public broadcast in Papua New Guinea in Pidgin and English. The contribution of PGK 30,000, with the possibility of a second contribution of an equal amount, will be channeled through the PNG UN Country Fund.

Following a series of consultations with key stakeholders in Lebanon, including senior government and UN officials, the UN Secretary General today declared Lebanon eligible for funding from the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF).

The Government of Ecuador and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed a historic deal establishing a trust fund to step up protection of an ecological site in an oil-rich area of the Ecuadorian Amazon.

Kathmandou - Under a UNDP project financed by the UN Peace Fund For Nepal (UNPFN), to date, more than 1,218 men and women, verified minors and late recruits who were discharged from Maoist cantonments in February 2010 have been referred for voluntary rehabilitation packages.

Lesotho – $2.9 million was approved to support four inter-linked joint programmes focusing on 1) Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health; 2) Nutrition; 3) Prevention; and 4) Economic Growth, by the Lesotho UN Country Programme Steering Committee.

Funded through the Peacebuilding Fund/UN Peace Fund for Nepal, this OHCHR-project supports the establishment and effective functioning of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission and a Commission of Inquiry on Disappearances, providing grants to conflict victim groups and CSOs, especially those working with women, children and the indigenous communities at the grassroots level, to bring their voices into the process of transitional justice.

As of Monday, 2 August 2010, the MDTF Office is located at 730 Third Avenue, 20^th floor, in the Teachers Building - corner of 45 and 3^rd Avenues. Our email and telephone numbers will remain the same. Please stop by and visit us!

New York. The Second Quarter 2010 MDTF Office Newsletter provides information on new MDTFs in Somalia, Haiti and the UN-Indigenous Peoples Partnership. Highlights of the Hanoi “Delivering as One” conference as well as a feature stories on the Sudan Recovery Fund in Southern Sudan and UN Peace Fund for Nepal are also in this edition.

New York. Featured in Helen Clark’s statement on UN Reform to the UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board and the 2010 Annual UNDP report are UNDP Mutli-Donor Trust Fund Office’s activities in providing transparent and accountable fund management services to the UN system through a diverse mix of 32 country-specific and global MDTFs operating in humanitarian, post-conflict/transition and development contexts, as the de facto administrative agent for the UN system.

The intergovernmental meeting on Delivering as One (DaO) was held on 14-16 June 2010, in Ha Noi, Viet Nam.  The conference was opened by the Minister of Planning from the Government of Viet Nam and Helen Clark as UNDG Chair. Over 260 participants included ministerial/ambassadorial participation from the Pilots; 15 "self-starters"; 22 donors, World Bank, Asia Development Bank, UNDG and the MDTF Office who currently is the Administrative Agent for 18 One UN Funds.

New York.  The UNDP MDTF Office, in its capacity as Administrative Agent of MDTFs and JPs, has issued 2009 Annual Consolidated Reports.

The reports are prepared as per the reporting provisions of the MOU signed with Participating Organizations and the SAA signed

New York. The First Quarter 2010 MDTF Office Newsletter that provides information on new MDTFs in Comoros, Lesotho and Montenegro and updates from some ongoing "Delivering-as-One Funds" is now available. Read the newsletter here.

Port Moresby, PNG - The Papua New Guinea UN Country Fund received an allocation of $1.3m from the EFW in 2010. Following the allocation, 13 funding proposals (“Requests for Funds”) were submitted by the programmatic Task Teams and one by the UN Communication Committee, amounting to more

Tarawa, Kiribati – Kiribati is the first country in the Pacific (Fiji and Samoa Parish) where the United Nations, with assistance from its regional development partners, has established a One UN Fund. The Kiribati One UN Fund

Thimphu, Bhutan – The Joint Steering Committee of the Bhutan UN Country Fund held its second meeting on 31 March 2010. The EFW 2010-allocation of $861,000 for Bhutan was fully programmed to meet the most urgent needs of the five Theme Groups; i.e. Poverty and MDGs, Health, Education, Good Governance

Baghdad, March 24 (UNDP) – After suffering for decades from poor economic oversight and ineffective administrative practices, Iraq’s government on Wednesday launched the country’s first Anti-Corruption Strategy, developed with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

The Joint Steering Committee of the One Fund in Kyrgyzstan had its first meeting on 9 March 2010. The Steering Committee has fully programmed the Expanded Funding Window allocation to One Fund in Kyrgyzstan, amounting to US$ 3.6 million. The 10 newly approved projects and joint programmes, implemented

New York – The Expanded Delivering as One Funding Window (EFW) Steering Committee met on 18 February 2010 and allocated a total of $83,766,000 to seventeen Delivering as One (DaO) Funds. Allocations were made to all eight One UN Pilot countries: Albania ($2.2m), Cape Verde ($1.8m), Mozambique ($20.8m),

The MDTF Office has launched its "Gateway" which will replace the current MDTF Office web-site. The current web-site is already the ‘go-to-place’ for data and information about MDTFs administered by the MDTF Office. The Gateway is currently in BETA version, which means that we are still evaluating

With the 31 May 2010 deadline for submission of over 29 consolidated annual MDTF reports to over 50 donors, the MDTF Office began preparations before the New Year.

The Office estimates that it will receive 1700 individual financial project and joint programme reports for the 2009 annual reporting cycle.

As 2009 drew to a close, the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) launched new guidelines positioning it as a global, fast, relevant and catalytic funding tool supporting peacebuilding initiatives that make a difference in countries emerging from conflict.

The PBF was launched in 2006 to help national governments

In Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Delivery as One agenda has taken shape within the Joint UN Country Strategy. The country strategy makes it much easier for the government and the donors to see what the UN is actually doing in PNG, both from a programme and an operational angle. It’s an “All

In late 2009 and early 2010 a few new MDTFs and JPs were established, including: Stabilization and Recovery Funding Facility in Eastern DRC (SRFF), Kyrgyzstan One Fund, Local Governance and Community Development in Nepal,  Joint Integrated Local development in Moldova and Uganda Gender Equality

Uruguay is one of the eight pilot countries of the UN Reform and the only high middle income country with the highest levels of human development in Latin America. According to the Human Development Report 2007/2008, Uruguay ranks 46th among the 70 countries classified as having “high” human

In August 2009, UNESCO, UNV and UNDP established a Multi-Donor Trust Fund on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries (UN-CBA). Drawing on the strengths of the Participating Organizations, this MDTF aims to improve the adaptative capacity of communities and reduce vulnerability

The Expanded Delivering as One Funding Window for Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (EFW) was launched by the Chair of the UN Development Group (UNDG) and the Governments of Spain, Norway and the United Kingdom in September 2008 as a multi-donor funding mechanism that provides resources

The MDTF Office team participated in two UNDP and UNDG organized work­shops and discussed how the MDTF and JP me­chanisms work as well as explain the roles and functions of the MDTF Office as an Administrative Agent (AA).

A corporate Induction Workshop for UNDP Deputy Resident Representatives

The establishment of the One UN Fund has proven to be critical to the Delivering as One architecture, as it has been an effective catalyst for change, accelerating compliance with the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness principles.

In Tanzania, some main benefits of the One UN Fund for programme

In March 2008, Bhutan became the world's youngest democracy following the successful election of the country's first democratically elected Parliament. The opportunity now is to help strengthen this democratically elected government including Bhutan's constitutional bodies and local governments, expand

The MDTF Office administers eleven country-level Joint Programmes (JPs), where UNDP is appointed as the Administrative Agent for pass-through funding. These JPs involve two or more Participating UN Organi­zations and national partners that collaborate in the de­livery of activities contained

The UNCT in Sierra Leone has agreed to combine its efforts and resources behind a Joint Vision (2009–2012) in support of the Government of Sierra Leone and its people. Through the “Joint Vision for Sierra Leone,” the UN defines the common priorities that will guide its activities and