UN COVID-19 MPTF 

ObjectivesStrategic Approach

The Fund leveraged the critical expertise and delivery capacities of UN Agencies, harnessed the resources of the public and private sectors, and offered whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches to help close gaps in country preparedness and response plans and safeguard progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

The Fund helped define programmatic responses that reached the poorest and most vulnerable, and that elevated preparedness for future health emergencies.

Further, programming supported gendered approaches that responded to the heavy burden the pandemic had placed on women, such as heightened exposure to domestic violence, loss of livelihoods, and rising rates of unpaid labor.

ObjectivesThematic priorities

Programming was rolled out across three windows:

• Window 1: Enable governments and community stakeholders to tackle the COVID-19 crisis by supporting the implementation of National Health Plans for Combating COVID-19 and closing critical gaps with regard to supplies, logistics and preparedness; and by providing critical services interrupted by COVID-19.

• Window 2: Reduce social impact and promote economic response by funding social and economic protection mechanisms that, inter alia, scale-up cash transfers, broaden social safety nets, and meet the educational and food security needs of children; and through digital innovations that boost employment and strengthen social service delivery and healthcare provision.

• Window 3: Recover better, together by strengthening national preparedness measures, safeguarding SDG programmes from pandemic-related setbacks, and ensure are helping advance the SDGs and climate commitments.

The UN COVID-19 MPTF was designed to offer fast and flexible finance well suited to meeting the shifting demands of this rapidly developing and multidimensional global crisis. It was a transparent, accountable, and cost-effective mechanism for which results were monitored in real-time, on the Gateway. This innovative and coordinated funding mechanism operated at the nexus of humanitarian, development and recovery action, strengthening the response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

GovernanceGovernance Structure

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• Secretary-General’s Designate. The Designate, operating under the leadership of the UN Secretary-General, provided oversight and strategic direction for the Fund, mobilizes resources, provided a partnership platform for political dialogue, and oversees coordination, advocacy, and overall progress against expected results.

• Advisory Committee. The Committee supported the Secretary-General’s Designate in establishing the Fund’s priorities and addressing strategic issues. It included UN Agencies, Funds and Programmes that cover key sustainable development areas related to the COVID-19 response (UNDP, UNICEF, UNCTAD,  UNFPA and WFP), up to five representatives of contributing partners, representatives of selected affected countries, the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Development Coordination Office (DCO) and the MPTF Office (ex-officio). 

• Secretariat. The Secretariat was responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, provided technical and management support to the Secretary General’s Designate, prepared Fund strategies and rapid delivery and investment plans, manages calls for proposals, and provided technical assessments in line with strategic priorities and the evolution of the pandemic. The Secretariat was also responsible for monitoring and reporting on Fund performance and communicating results. The Fund Secretariat was hosted by the UN DCO with management and administrative support of MPTF Office.

• Recipient Organizations. Programme implementation was the responsibility of Recipient Organizations. Each organization was programmatically and financially responsible for resources received. 

• Administrative Agent. Recipient Organizations received funds through the Administrative Agent, the Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) Office. The Administrative Agent was responsible for the receipt, administration and management of contributions from donors, disbursement of funds to Recipient Organizations, and consolidation and dissemination of progress reports to donors.  

Projects

UN COVID-19 MPTF

UN COVID-19 MPTF is currently supporting count_projects ongoing projectscount_globalInterregional and count_countries country-specific. This table shows the most recently approved ongoing projects.

All project financial information can be found in the Financials section, including delivery analysis by organization, theme and project; project financial status by country and by theme.

UN COVID-19 MPTF

ContactsPoints of contact

Policy and Programme 

UN COVID-19 MPTF Secretariat
Maria Eugenia Herrera Lara, Reporting, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Email: maria.herrera@undp.org
Nina Andersen, Programme Officer, COVID19 MPTF Secretariat, Email: nina.andersen@undp.org

Fund Administrative Agent 

Olga Aleshina, Senior Portfolio Manager, Email: olga.aleshina@undp.org
Anita Amissah-Arthur, Portfolio Associate, Email: anita.amissah-arthur@undp.org 
Patricia Ababio, Finance Associate, Email: patricia.ababio@undp.org 

Communications

Raul de Mora Jimenez, Communications & SDG Specialist, Email: raul.de.mora@undp.org

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