Partnerships
The SDG Fund builds on the competitive advantage of different UN agencies to forge partnerships with national and international partners. As shown in the table below, 12 UN agencies are delivering together in the SDG Fund programmes.
SDG Fund bridges the efforts of different development partners such as UN agencies, national and local governments, businesses, civil society, and academia.
All SDG Fund programmes are cooperative or joint in nature, which means UN agencies coordinate with one another and their national partners to establish integrated responses that address community-wide issues such as poor access to potable water, improving child nutrition, income generation for vulnerable populations, and gender parity at the institutional level.
Sustainable development must be inclusive and people-centered. Efforts to increase the effectiveness of development cooperation should be based on basic principles of country ownership, inclusive partnerships, transparency and accountability.
As a collective endeavor, all SDG Fund programmes are funded by different partners and additional matching funds are provided by national and local governments, international donors and the private sector. This increases sustainability, impact, national ownership and the potential to scale up. 55% of the overall SDG Fund programme budget comes from matching funds.
Matching funds sources
SDG Fund Joint Programmes are supported through matching funds by the following contributors: Australia (through ITC), Bangladesh, Bolivia, Canada (through FAO), Colombia, CĂŽte d'Ivoire, El Salvador, European Commission (through UN Women), Guatemala, Honduras, Italy (through UN Agencies), Netherlands (through FAO), Norway (matching funds and through UN Agencies), Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sweden (through UN Agencies and TASAF), Tanzania, United Kingdom/DFID (through UN Agencies and TASAF), USA/USAID (through TASAF) and Viet Nam.
The SDG Fund builds on the competitive advantage of different UN agencies to forge partnerships with national and international partners.
As shown in the table below, 12 UN agencies are delivering together in the SDG Fund programmes.
UN Agency participation and funds breakdown
UN Agency Countries Funds distributed by SDG-F UNDP
Bangladesh, Colombia, CĂŽte d' Ivoire, Honduras, Mozambique, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Tanzania
7,695,366
FAO
Bolivia, Colombia, CĂŽte d' Ivoire, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, occupied Palestinian territory, Paraguay, Peru, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam
6,482,433
UNICEF
Bolivia, CĂŽte d' Ivoire, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Philippines, Paraguay, Tanzania, Viet Nam
2,844,742
WFP
Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Paraguay, Sri Lanka
2,722,853
UN Women
Colombia, Ethiopia, Honduras, occupied Palestinian territory
2,051,828
WHO
Ecuador, El Salvador Guatemala, Paraguay, Philippines, Viet Nam
1,708,103
ILO
Bangladesh, Mozambique, Peru, Tanzania
1,611,725
IFAD
Ethiopia
275,000
ITC
occupied Palestinian territory
346,700
UNESCO
Peru
105,395
UNIDO
Mozambique
350,000
UNFPA
CĂŽte d' Ivoire, Tanzania
Total $26,351,324