Objectives
Fund scope
The Fund will operate through three dedicated funding windows by consolidating resources under a unified financing mechanism, it enhances inter-agency coordination and enables donors to channel funds effectively across UN agencies.
1 Early Recovery Joint Programmes
Restoring essential services and infrastructure, strengthening early recovery, and building long-term resilience, through rehabilitating critical sectors and supporting livelihoods and governance, with the goal of creating conditions for stability, social cohesion, and sustainable development across Gaza and the oPt.
2 Emergency Support for SMEs and Investment Generation
Revitalizing MSMEs) to restore jobs and economic growth, through offering[MJ1] financial guarantees and technical assistance to enable access to credit, sustain businesses, and strengthen resilience[MJ2] . through financial guarantees, investment facilitation, and targeted support to crowd in private capital.
3 Support the State of Palestine Reform agenda, Institutional Development, Governance and Social Protection
Building accountable institutions and inclusive services, through advancing governance reforms, promoting gender equality, education, health and youth employment, and expanding social protection to foster trust and stability.
Theory of Change
The Fund encourages partners to engage through multi-year commitments and joint programming, aligning efforts with Palestinian national priorities, and the UN recovery and Cooperation development frameworks, serving as a platform for strategic donor coordination and collective impact. Together, these partnerships will drive transformative change, restore livelihoods, and build a foundation for long-term stability and development.
The Theory of Change is predicated on sustained commitment by all parties to uphold and implement the ceasefire agreement, the absence of major destabilizing developments in the short term, and the availability of security and access conditions necessary for timely and effective implementation. Within this enabling environment, if the State of Palestine , the United Nations, and international and national partners work in a coordinated, transparent, and mutually accountable manner to rapidly identify, prioritize, resource, and implement critical interventions that deliver: the following three outcomes: (1) People live safely with sustainable livelihoods; (2) A stable and sustainable Palestinian economy; (3) Strengthened Palestinian leadership and institutional ownership. Collectively, these short-term results will contribute to medium- and long-term outcomes of greater political stability across the State of Palestine and renewed progress toward peaceful, inclusive, and sustainable development, placing the State of Palestine firmly on a trajectory of recovery, resilience, and long-term growth.
Strategic Framework
This approach leverages the UN’s operational presence across the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), especially Gaza, to scale up recovery efforts, strengthen Government of Palestine and mobilize the private sector and civil society. The Fund is anchored in key programming principles: Leave No One Behind, ensuring support for the most vulnerable; Human Rights, embedding protection and accountability; and Gender Equality and Youth Empowerment, promoting inclusion, equal opportunities, and resilience across all interventions.
Proposed Intervention Strategy: Three-window funding model
> $55M 
$55M - $25M
$25M - $5M
< $5M
