MDG-F Background Agreement signed between Spain and UNDP on 18 December 2006 Euros 528 million (US$ 710 million) Four years Supporting UN efforts towards the implementation of the MDGs Administrative Agent = UNDP
Fund Structure The Global Account: US$ 24 million disbursed to select UN agencies as core voluntary contributions in 2007 The One UN Account: Includes contributions to the Coherence/One UN Funds in the pilot countries (to date US$ 30.6 million) The Country Account: Majority of funds (US$ 590 million) go towards joint UN programmes in 8 thematic windows
Thematic Windows 1. Environment and climate change 2. Gender 3. Economic governance 4. Culture and development 5. Youth, employment and migration 6. Conflict prevention and peace building 7. Children, nutrition and food security 8. Development and private sector
Eligible Countries AfghanistanCroatiaKosovoPeru AlbaniaCubaLebanonPhilippines AlgeriaDem. Rep. of CongoMacedoniaSao Tome y Principe AngolaDominican RepublicMaliSenegal ArgentinaEcuadorMauritaniaSerbia BangladeshEgyptMexicoSouth Africa BoliviaEl SalvadorMontenegroSudan Bosnia & HerzegovinaEquatorial GuineaMoroccoSyria BrazilEthiopiaMozambiqueTimor Leste CambodiaGuatemalaNamibiaTunisia Cape VerdeGuinea BissauNicaraguaTurkey ChileHaitiNigerUruguay ChinaHondurasOcc. Palestinian Territory Venezuela ColombiaIraqPanamaVietnam Costa RicaJordanParaguay
Eligible Countries per Region
UN Participating Organizations FAOUNFPAUNWTO IFADUN HabitatWFP ILOUNHCRWHO IOMUNICEFWMO ITUUNIDOWorld Bank UNAIDSUNIDO UNCDFUNIFEM UNCTADUNODCECA UN DESAUNOHCHRECE UNDPUNOPSECLAC UNEPUNRWAESCAP UNESCOUNVESCWA
Thematic Window Status WindowApproved Concept Notes Window Allocation Status Gender13$90MClosed Environment & climate change17$90MClosed Youth, employment and migration15$80MClosed Economic governance11$60MClosed Culture and development18$90MClosed Conflict prevention and peace building15$70MClosed Children, nutrition and food security$70MLaunched Private sector and development$40MLaunched ** Over US$ 300 million of approved Joint Programmes to date
Application/Approval Cycle THEMATIC WINDOW LAUNCHED Thematic window TORs prepared by multi/UN agency group UN Country Teams given 12 weeks to submit a 4-5 page Concept Note (CN) CONCEPT NOTE APPROVAL CNs assessed by Convenor (lead UN agency) and technical review team Recommended CNs approved by the Steering Committee (UNDP and Spain) JOINT PROGRAMME APPROVAL Approved CNs formulated into Joint Programmes (JP) – 8 weeks JPs reviewed by MDG- F Secretariat and once approved, funds released through MDTF Office Over US$300M in JPs approved to date JOINT PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION JPs implemented jointly with government ownership and local partner participation Programmes report on quarterly and annual basis and are evaluated at the mid and final points
UN Agency Budget Share
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