Fund date:

Start date: September 2014

End date: 30 November 2018

UN Ebola MPTF Reports:

• NEW - UN EBOLA RESPONSE MPTF - FINAL CONSOLIDATED REPORT
• 2020 ANNUAL Financial REPORT OF THE UN EBOLA MPTF
• UN Ebola Response MPTF - Lessons Learned Exercise (March 2017)

Letters from the Secretary-General: 24 July 2015 English / French

How to Contribute - Standard Administrative Arrangement for contributors

 Key documents:

• Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure
• Memorandum of Understanding with the UN / Memorandum of Understanding with Recipient Organizations
• Recovery Window's Programmatic Framework and Governance Structure
• EBOLA OUTBREAK - Overview of Needs and Requirements - January/June 2015
• Security Council Resolution 2177 (2014) adopted on 18 September 2014

Overview

The United Nations Secretary-General launched the United Nations System Response to the Ebola Outbreak to unite efforts of all concerned UN Entities and act as a platform for the global control of the Ebola Outbreak. The Strategic Objectives of the UN System Response to the Ebola Outbreak are: (1) stop the outbreak; (2) treat the infected; (3) ensure essential services; (4) preserve stability; and (5) prevent outbreaks in countries currently unaffected.

To respond to the needs, amounting to $988 million, as defined in Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak: Overview of Needs and Requirements document, the UN Secretary-General has launched the Ebola Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund, which will ensure:

• a coherent UN System contribution to the overall Ebola outbreak response through a common financing mechanism;
• speedy, coordinated, and rapid UN action;
• mobilization of funding from Member States, regional legislative bodies, inter-governmental or nongovernmental organizations, businesses and individuals;
• a results-based management system to enable monitoring of the Fund’s contribution to the Ebola response; and
• support for UN's efforts in establishing a global platform that facilitates the work of the other partners and stakeholders in the fulfillment of the Strategic Objectives.

Governance Structure

The governance of the Ebola Response MPTF draws on the governance structure of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), which is the agreed UN lead for the Ebola crisis response.

The Advisory Committee provides guidance to the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Climate Change (former UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Ebola), Chair of the Advisory Committee, in the management of the UN Ebola MPTF. The Advisory Committee also serves as a forum for discussing strategic issues and sharing information on funding coverage. The Advisory Committee consists of the following members: the Chair, three representatives of contributing donors, three representatives of the affected countries (one from each affected country), and other members from the Recipient Organizations serving as Resource Persons to the Advisory Committee. The MPTF Office serves as ex-officio member of the Advisory Committee. The Chair in consultation with the Advisory Committee articulates the Ebola MPTF funding priorities, and makes fund allocation decisions. 

The Chair is supported by a Fund Secretariat that provides the administrative support to the Advisory Committee; supports the fund mobilization efforts led by the Chair; organizes calls for and appraisal of proposals; and monitors and reports on Fund’s programmatic performance to the Advisory Committee.

The Ebola Response MPTF is designed to support and allocate resources to Recipient Organizations (UN Organizations and Departments, IOM and NGO Implementing Partners) in undertaking specific activities and functions, aligned with the five Strategic Objectives and 13 Mission Critical Actions for Response and four Strategic Objectives for Recovery.

The Ebola Response MPTF is administered by the UNDP MPTF Office, acting as the Administrative Agent. The UNDP Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office is a UN Facility which administers over 100 UN common funding instruments (https://mptf.undp.org). The MPTF Office is responsible for Fund design and set-up, the maintenance of the Fund account, the receipt of donor contributions and the disbursement of funds upon instructions from the Special Envoy and provision of periodic consolidated reports. 

Fund Operation

Proposals to support Mission Critical Actions, ranging from care for persons with Ebola to social mobilization and community engagement will be supported by the Fund. Operational procedures of the Ebola Response MPTF are streamlined to facilitate rapid fund allocation processes.  The timeframe between Calls for Proposals and beginning of implementation will be maximum 7 days with every effort to shorten this period. 

How to Contribute

Contributions to the Ebola Response MPTF may be accepted from Member States, regional legislative bodies, inter-governmental or nongovernmental organizations, businesses and individuals. In order to contribute to the Fund, the Standard Administrative Arrangement  with the MPTF Office needs to be signed. Contributors are encouraged to provide un-earmarked contributions.  If due to specific donor preferences the un-earmarked contributions are not feasible, donors may earmark their contributions to a specific affected country or Strategic Objective of Ebola Response.