UNDG JOINT FUNDING APPROACHESUNDG JOINT FUNDING APPROACHESTrends and ProgressTrends and Progress

UNDG – Donor MeetingUNDG – Donor Meeting[New York – 11 February 2012] [New York – 11 February 2012]

Funding for UN Operational ActivitiesFunding for UN Operational Activities

Increasing the Quality of Non-Core…Increasing the Quality of Non-Core…

Annual Transfers to UN organizations

Source: MPTF Office, as of 31 December 2012

MDTF Contributions (>200,000,000MDTF Contributions (>200,000,000

Programme Drives Funding

Country Analysis

Programming priorities should

drive the selection of a funding

mechanism(s).

Decision

Point

Joint Funding Mechanisms

1. Joint Programmes – 3 ways to manage• Pooled Fund (Managing Agent)• Pass-Through Fund (Administrative Agent• Parallel Fund Management

2. Multi-Donor Trust Funds (Admin. Agent)• Country-level (incl. DAO/One UN Funds)• Global-level

Multi-Donor Trust Funds

• Multi-agency, uses the pass-through mechanism

• Used in humanitarian, recover / transition and development contexts

• Can be used to finance individual agency projects and joint programmes

• Encourages multi-year un-earmarked contributions

• Supports a strategic UN programme, such as:

- funding gaps in UNDAFs

- global / country level thematic objective

MDTF Architecture

Steering Committee------------------

Secretariat

Administrative

Agent (1%)

Participating UN Organizations (7%)

Implementing Partners

Task Teams/

Programme Groups

Donors

10

Type of MDTF2004-2008

2009 2010 2011 2012Total 2004-2012

Humanitarian 28% 28% 38% 45% 55% 35%

Transition 58% 13% 17% 30% 20% 38%

Development 14% 59% 45% 25% 25% 27%

One Funds 5% 14% 28% 21% 15% 12%

Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Trends in deposits for MDTFs

Types of MDTFs

Global (thematic) MDTFs (12)- MDG Achievement Fund

- UN Peacebuilding Fund

- UN-REDD Programme Fund

- Small global Funds (9)

Country-level MDTFs (41)- Common Humanitarian Funds (5 countries)

- Transition and Recovery Funds (11 countries)

- One UN Funds (20 countries)

- Others (2 countries)

One Funds

• A country-level MDTF

• Resource mobilisation for UNDAF funding gap

• Uses standard legal documents (MOU and SAA)

• Government & UN leadership (co-chairing of Steering Comm.)

• One Programme report or One UN Fund report

20 COUNTRIES WITH ONE UN FUNDS

20 PARTICIPATING UN ORGANIZATIONS

25 CONTRIBUTING PARTNERS (DONORS)

$702 MILLION FUNDS RECEIVED

$628 MILLION FUNDS TRANSFERRED

Key challenges - MDTFs

Key Challenges

-Shift in focus of MDTF funding from development / transition to humanitarian

-Few multi-year commitments (< 10 %), affecting predictability of funding

-Capitalisation of many MDTFs is below expectations, need to look at thresholds

-Difficulties of many One Funds to mobilise resources at country level

-Flexibility of use of funding for UN Agencies