The United Nations centre of expertise on pooled funding mechanisms
Inter-agency pooled funding is a flexible, inclusive, and efficient way to finance the Sustainable Development Goals—making it possible for the United Nations development system to collaborate better and create inroads with new partners. In setting high standards for 2030 Agenda achievement, we leverage good pooled funding practices and step up action alongside a myriad of stakeholders to identify and put into action sustainable solutions for 21st century peacebuilding, development, and humanitarian contexts.
The UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office administers and manages well-designed and professionally managed pooled funds that help address, at scale, humanitarian, peace, security, sustainable development, and climate challenges in contextually relevant ways. In doing so, we are the only United Nations office exclusively dedicated to the design and administration of robust, system-wide pooled finance vehicles that cover design, administration, data collection, fund management support, as well as other integrated services.
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The MPTF Office carefully curates a fund portfolio that cover a broad range of thematic categories. From humanitarian, peace and transition to climate action or development, funds are used to implement initiatives that accelerate SDG progress, generating results on local, regional, global scales.
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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 global breakdown of all multi-partner trust fund investments.
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Baku, Azerbaijan – 15 November 2024 - Today, at COP29, the Climate Security Mechanismi (CSM) at the United Nations and the Group of Friends on Climate and Securityii convened an official UNFCCC COP29 side event titled “Peace and Security in a Changing Climate: From Analysis to Action”.
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On 21 October, the UN’s Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16/Biodiversity) begins. It brings together Member States and stakeholders from across the globe to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030, and enable people to live in harmony with nature, within the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
The piece below explores the importance of this work, how UN pooled funding can help drive action, and what some of those funds are already working on.
