UN Action Multi-Partner Trust Fund

OverviewUN Action Multi-Partner Trust Fund
The UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict unites the work of the UN system with the goal of ending sexual violence during and after armed conflict. In 2009 UN Action established a Multi-Partner Trust Fund to mobilize funds to support the UN Action Secretariat and programmatic activities. The UN Action Multi-Partner Trust Fund seeks to streamline joint programming, strengthen governance and finical management systems, and standardize reporting to donors.
OverviewIn Focus
Status:
Latest reports:
- UN Action Multi-Partner Trust Fund Consolidated Annual Progress Report 2020
- UN Action Multi-Partner Trust Fund Consolidated Financial Report 2021
- UN Action Multi-Partner Trust Fund Certified Financial Statement (Sources and Uses of Funds) 2021
Fund established:
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OverviewContributions
The work of the UN Action Multi-Partner Trust Fund are possible thanks to the generous contributions by public and private sector partners
ContributorsMulti-stakeholder partnerships
The work of the UN Action Multi-Partner Trust Fund is possible thanks to the efforts of . These resources are pooled and channelled to participating organizations to promote joint action and multi-stakeholder partnerships, making a difference on the ground.

OverviewPartner organizations receiving funding

OverviewSDG Contribution
ObjectivesFund scope and theory of change
Fund scope
Sexual violence during and in the aftermath of conflict affects millions of people, primarily women and girls. It is frequently a conscious strategy employed on a large scale by armed groups to humiliate individuals, tear families apart and destroy communities. Wars in Bosnia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Liberia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Darfur have used mass rape as a military tactic.
Sexual violence during conflict remains vastly under-addressed due to weak national protection mechanisms, inadequate rule of law and judicial systems, and piecemeal services for survivors. While a range of governmental, nongovernmental and international initiatives to address sexual violence are being implemented, the scale and complexity of the problem, coupled with poor coordination has led to huge gaps in the response.
To address this, the UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict (UN Action) was launched in March 2007 and represents a concerted effort by 14 UN entities to improve coordination and accountability, amplify advocacy, and support country efforts to prevent sexual violence and respond more effectively to the needs of survivors.
In December 2008, UN Action established a Multi-Partner Trust Fund to mobilize funds to support a range of joint catalytic activities as well as the UN Action Secretariat. The Multi-Partner Trust Fund aims to: streamline joint programming; strengthen governance and financial management systems; and standardize reporting to donors.
Theory of change
The goal of UN Action is to prevent conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), meet the needs of survivors and enhance accountability for CRSV. In order to achieve this, UN Action provides a coordination platform, regular meetings, support to the field, catalytic funding, knowledge and best practices products, training, human resources and technical and policy expertise on CRSV, working through country-level partners in the UN Country Teams and Peace Operations.
Activities are organized under the three pillars of the UN Action Strategic Framework:
- Country Level Action: strategic and technical support to assist joint strategic planning by the UN system at country level to prevent, respond to, and report on conflict-related sexual violence, including efforts to build capacity.
- Advocacy: action to raise public awareness and generate political will to address conflict-related sexual violence.
- Knowledge Building: creation of a knowledge hub on conflict-related sexual violence and effective programmatic responses.
Through these inputs, the following outputs are being achieved:
- Comprehensive and multi-sectoral assistance, including, medical, psychosocial, livelihoods and access to justice services are available for CRSV survivors;
- Strategies to address immediate risk and the root causes of CRSV and tackle harmful practices and stigma are designed and implemented for the benefit of survivors and persons at risk;
- Safe and ethical data collection, analysis and the implementation of prevention and response strategies to CRSV are enhanced through strengthening the Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Arrangements (MARA);
- Guidance exists and is used to consistently integrate CRSV in peacekeeping, peace-making, peacebuilding and development processes; and
- Collective and individual action by the network’s 14 member entities is catalyzed and coordinated to prevent and respond to CRSV at the global and national level.
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GovernanceGovernance arrangements
Steering Committee
Provides overall leadership and sets the strategic direction for the UN Action Against Sexual Violence. (UN Action). The Steering Committee is comprised of Principals from each of its member UN entities and is headed by the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict.
Focal Points
Develops the biannual Strategic Framework for endorsement by the Steering Committee and is comprised of UN Action member entities.
Resource Management Committee
Takes resource allocation decisions for the UN Action network. The Resource Management Committee is a sub-committee of the Focal Points and is comprised of the five Focal Points, one of whom will serve as the Chairperson nominated by the broader group of the Focal Points and endorsed by the Steering Committee Chairperson.
Secretariat
Responsible for coordinating the work of UN Action network. It consists of a Coordinator, an Advocacy and Women’s Rights Specialist, and a Programme Assistant. It also supports the work of the Resource Management Committee, Participating UN Organizations, the Administrative Agent, and the Steering Committee.
Participating UN Organization(s)
Are the UN organizations who have signed an MOU to participate in UN Action Multi-Donor Trust Fund. They assume full programmatic and financial accountability for the funds transferred to them by the Administrative Agent.
Administrative Agent
Participating Organizations receive funds through the Administrative Agent, Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) Office. The Administrative Agent is responsible for the receipt, administration and management of contributions from donors, disbursement of funds to Participating Organizations, and consolidation and dissemination of progress reports to donors.
ContributorsContributors
The work of is possible thanks to the efforts of contributors. Since together they have contributed . In the annual contributions amounted to .
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FinancialsProjects by Country
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ProjectsUN Action Multi-Partner Trust Fund
UN Action Multi-Partner Trust Fund 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 Action Multi-Partner Trust Fund
OverviewCountry Impact
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 geographical breakdown of all investments.
* The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations or UNDP concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
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ResultsImpact and results
Since its creation in 2008, the UN Action Multi-Partner Trust Fund has served as a vehicle for mobilizing funds to support a range of joint catalytic activities and the Secretariat of the UN Action network. It aims to support agencies to address conflict-related sexual violence in a coordinated, multi-sectoral and holistic way by streamlining joint programming, strengthening governance and financial management systems, and standardizing reporting to donors.
In this section you will find the latest editions of reports that detail Fund performance and results.
ResultsKey results
ResultsSDG Contribution
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ContactsPoints of contact
Policy and Programme Issues
UN-Action Secretariat
Bernadette Sene, Coordinator UN Action Secretariat, Email: seneb@un.org
Marianne Bauer, Programme Officer, UN Action Secretariat, Email: bauerm@un.org
Fareen Walji, UN Action Secretariat, Email: fareen.walji@un.org
Fund Administrative Agent Issues
Mari Matsumoto, Senior Portfolio Manager, Email: mari.matsumoto@undp.org
Charles Bagabo Tumushabe, Portfolio Associate, Email: charles.tumushabe@undp.org
Jacqueline Carbajal, Finance Associate, Email: jacqueline.carbajal@undp.org