Expanded DaO Funding Window

Overview

The Expanded Delivering as One Funding Window for Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (EFW) was launched by the Chair of the UN Development Group and the Governments of Spain, Norway and the United Kingdom in September 2008 as a multi-donor funding mechanism that provides resources to support nationally-led and owned programming processes to help UN Country Teams to Deliver as One.

Specifically, the EFW is designed to:

• Respond to the need for additional, un-earmarked, more predictable funding;
• Provide a channel for additional resources to fill funding gaps for UN country programmes;
• Allow donors to support integrated UN Programmes in countries where they may not have a bilateral presence or country-level funding mechanisms; and
• Reduce the transaction costs associated with the separate and multiple financing agreements required to manage earmarked resources.

The Operational Document for the Expanded Delivering as One Funding Window is a framework document that articulates the principles of the funding window, processes and procedures to be followed, and roles and responsibilities of the various actors within the agreed governance mechanism, whereas the EFW Guidance Note for Country Teams provides details on eligibility, application and allocation processes and procedures.

The EFW Steering Committee provides overall leadership, strategic direction and decision-making, including the allocation of EFW resources. Governed by its Terms of Reference, the EFW Steering Committee is directed by the Vice Chair of the UNDG, and is comprised of director-level officials from all UN organizations that are members of the UNDG Advisory Group. The Steering Committee has overall responsibility for the EFW and sets its strategic direction.

The EFW Secretariat is led by the Director of the UN Development Operations Coordination Office (UN DOCO), who ensures the policies and strategies decided by the EFW Steering Committee are implemented and is the first point of contact for UN Country Teams. The EFW Steering Committee has designated the United Nations Development Programme’s Multi-Donor Trust Fund Office (MDTF Office) to be the EFW Fund Manager with responsibilities for receipt and management of contributions from donors, and transfers of such funds to DaO/One UN Fund Administrative Agents in accordance with the approved EFW Steering Committee allocations.