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The United Nations centre of expertise on pooled funding mechanisms
Inter-agency pooled funding is a flexible, inclusive, and efficient way to finance the Sustainable Development Goals—making it possible for the United Nations development system to collaborate better and create inroads with new partners. In setting high standards for 2030 Agenda achievement, we leverage good pooled funding practices and step up action alongside a myriad of stakeholders to identify and put into action sustainable solutions for 21st century peacebuilding, development, and humanitarian contexts.
The UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office administers and manages well-designed and professionally managed pooled funds that help address, at scale, humanitarian, peace, security, sustainable development, and climate challenges in contextually relevant ways. In doing so, we are the only United Nations office exclusively dedicated to the design and administration of robust, system-wide pooled finance vehicles that cover design, administration, data collection, fund management support, as well as other integrated services.
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The MPTF Office carefully curates a fund portfolio that cover a broad range of thematic categories. From humanitarian, peace and transition to climate action or development, funds are used to implement initiatives that accelerate SDG progress, generating results on local, regional, global scales.
Include non-active funds
Contributions to trust funds administered by the MPTF Office are pooled with other partner resources to achieve greater impact and leverage the SDGs. This map provides a global breakdown of all multi-partner trust fund investments.
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Evaluations play a significant role in effective programme planning, accountability, and learning. They provide evidence of achieved results and help uncover lessons learned and best practices. In UN inter-agency pooled funds, participating UN organizations (PUNOs) assess programmes based on their own evaluation policies and guidelines, in line with the ‘pass-through’ mechanism governing pooled funds.
From 30 June to 3 July, the MPTFO joined Heads of State, Governments, and other partners at FfD4 – the pre-eminent forum for addressing financial challenges to sustainable development – in Sevilla, Spain.
While participating in discussions on a range of topics, from disability inclusion to climate data, and from multilateral finance to combatting desertification, each event was an opportunity to showcase how pooled funding has delivered in terms of enhancing the impact of development finance, reducing fragmentation, and piloting innovative approaches..
Kunduz, Afghanistan – 28 July 2025- The United Nations has launched a new joint project Participatory Action for Integrated Developmental Assistance to Areas of Return (PAIDAAR), to support returnees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and displacement-affected host communities in Kunduz and Baghlan provinces.