India-UN Development Partnership Fund

3-Feb-2018: India contributes $1 Mn to UN Development Partnership Fund

India has contributed an additional $1 million to the India-UN Development Partnership Fund earmarked for South-South cooperation. The contribution aims to intensify its partnerships with other developing countries.

India has pledged a multi-year contribution of $100 million to the fund established in June 2017, according to the UNOSSC, and has already provided $6 million within the seven months since its launch. The fund focuses on the Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States.

Managed by the UNOSSC, it has "has developed an impressive portfolio of projects" including in climate resilience, improving maternal health, youth employment, agricultural development, and infrastructure, according to the organisation. The fund is also helping with reconstruction efforts in hurricanes-affected countries. Its first project is a Climate Early Warning System for Pacific Island Countries.

2017

7-Nov-2017: India to contribute USD 100 million to UN partnership fund

India has pledged an additional USD 100 million towards the UN partnership fund, significantly scaling up its support to sustainable development projects across the developing world.

The India-UN Development Partnership Fund was set up as a partnership between India and the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). Its objectives are to reduce poverty and hunger, improving health, education and equality, and expanding access to clean water and energy.

Managed by UNOSSC, the fund will support Southern-owned and led, demand-driven, and transformational sustainable development projects across the developing world. Focusing on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States, United Nations agencies will implement the Fund’s projects in close collaboration with partnering governments.

14-Jul-2017: India Give Additional $1 Million To United Nations Partnership Fund

India has contributed an additional million dollars to a UN partnership fund launched to support sustainable development projects across the developing world. India had made an initial contribution of a million dollars when the fund was created and the amount was allocated for the implementation of a project benefiting seven Small Island Developing States in the South Pacific.

The India-UN Development Partnership Fund is a dedicated facility within the United Nations Fund for South-South Cooperation established in 2017. It is supported and led by the Government of the Republic of India, managed by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation, and implemented in collaboration with the United Nations system.

The India-UN Development Partnership Fund supports Southern-owned and led, demand-driven, and transformational sustainable development projects across the developing world, with a focus on least developed countries and small island developing states. United Nations agencies implement the Funds projects in close collaboration with partnering governments.

The fund, launched by Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar during the Oceans Conference at the world body’s headquarters, prioritises reducing poverty and hunger, improving health, education and equality, and expanding access to clean water and energy.

The first project under the fund was formulated by India and UNDP in consultation with the Governments of the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, the Solomon Islands and the Kingdom of Tonga. It will increase resilience to natural disasters in these seven Pacific island countries and contribute toward a Sustainable Development Goal of climate action.