Multi-Donor Trust Funds & Joint Programmes

Overview

Multi-Donor Trust Funds | Joint Programmes | UNDP MDTF Office

In the context of growing efforts of the UN system towards enhanced coherence and efficiency at the country level and increasing joint UN activities, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), through its Multi-Donor Trust Fund Office (MDTF Office) is often called upon to play the role of Administrative Agent (AA) for Multi-Donor Trust Funds (MDTFs) and Joint Programmes (JPs) that use the pass-through fund management model, established by the UN system, national authorities and donors in the context of humanitarian, transition, reconstruction and development programmes.

The increasing use of MDTFs is an application of the Aid Effectiveness Agenda, the UN Reform initiative of "Delivering as One" and the need to provide flexible, coordinated and predictable funding to support the achievement of national and global priorities such as the MDGs. In their governance structure and operations, MDTFs are consistent with several principles of the "Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness" and the "Accra Agenda for Action", including national ownership and alignment with national priorities; harmonization and coordination; effective and inclusive partnerships; and achieving development results and accounting for them.

MDTFs and JPs usually use the pass-through fund management modality. Under this arrangement, Participating UN Organizations appoint an AA through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as their administrative interface with donors. The AA subsequently signs a Standard Administrative Arrangement with donors, and receives, administers and transfers donor-funds to Participating UN Organizations in accordance with the MOU and SAA, and consolidates the progress reports of the Participating UN Organizations for submission to donors. Participating UN Organizations assume full programmatic and financial accountability for the funds received from the AA, operating under their own individual financial regulations and rules.

When UNDP is selected as the AA, the accountability for UNDP’s function as AA has been delegated to the Executive Coordinator of the MDTF Office, reporting to the Assistant Administrator and Director of Bureau of Management, in accordance with the policy governing "UNDP’s Accountability when acting as Administrative Agent in MDTFs and/or UN Joint Programmes using the pass-through fund management modality." UNDP performs the AA functions in accordance with the UNDG "Protocol on the Administrative Agent for Multi Donor Trust Funds and Joint Programmes, and One UN Funds".

UNDP-administered MDTFs and JPs as of 31 December 2009
MDTFs	Pledges (USD)	Commitments (USD)	Deposits (USD)	Transfers to Part. Orgs. (USD)***
Central African Republic Common Humanitarian Fund / ERF*	-	22,128,729	22,128,729	18,146,350
Darfur Community Peace and Stability Fund	28,726,773	23,830,027	20,655,467	5,645,818
Democratic Republic of the Congo Pooled Fund	-	512,626,911	478,307,555	445,370,638
Democratic Republic of Congo Stabilization and Recovery Fund	-	17,707,300	2,647,059	-
Sudan Common Humanitarian Fund	-	677,848,920	663,205,394	567,739,976
Sudan Recovery Fund – Southern Sudan	-	108,023,907	74,656,800	13,038,163
Lebanon Recovery Fund	-	45,857,496	45,857,496	46,017,473
One UN Pilot Funds:
Albania One UN Coherence Fund	-	20,724,628	16,166,004	10,895,354
Cape Verde Transition Fund	-	8,794,252	7,573,405	4,094,790
Mozambique One UN Fund	-	41,332,891	35,696,493	28,236,117
Pakistan One Fund	-	66,445,232	30,908,125	24,024,294
Rwanda One UN Fund	-	52,741,247	41,300,172	15,301,877
Tanzania One UN Fund	9,940,358	72,061,993	64,768,968	55,220,649
Uruguay One UN Coherence Fund	-	11,780,289	11,013,921	9,518,622
Viet Nam One Plan Fund I & II	-	77,860,755	64,966,739	56,112,411
Other Delivering as One Initiatives:
UN Bhutan Country Fund	-	677,000	677,000	670,230
Kiribati One UN Fund	-	500,000	500,000	495,000
Malawi One UN Fund	-	22,234,282	21,642,186	7,759,649
Papua New Guinea UN Country Fund	-	1,595,000	1,595,000	1,360,000
Sierra Leone MDTF	-	-	-	-
Expanded DaO Funding Window**	-	259,386,488**	161,246,158 **	N/A**
Peacebuilding Fund	6,680,500	324,767,519	331,448,019	130,147,939
UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict	-	8,742,152	5,413,981	1,132,263
UNDG Iraq Trust Fund	-	1,358,504,292	1,354,639,372	1,259,827,536
MDG Achievement Fund	-	705,794,972	690,200,572	253,663,728
UN Central Fund for Influenza Action	577,201	33,315,505	23,923,929	23,072,843
UN CBA Programme Fund	-	-	-	-
UN-REDD Programme Fund	-	54,587,496	54,131,128	15,829,961
UN Peace Fund for Nepal	3,338,898	21,775,232	18,436,334	10,686,695
UN Trust Fund for Human Security (JPs)	-	15,830,989	13,253,676	13,035,769
Total	49,263,730	4,484,317,824	4,175,497,682	3,016,651,929

All figures are provisional as of 14 January 2010.
* In July 2008, the existing Central African Republic (CAR) Emergency Response Fund (ERF) was developed into a Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF).
** The Expanded Delivering as One Funding Window for the Achievement of the MDGs, for which the MDTF Office has been appointed the Fund Manager, is a global facility set up to support eligible Delivering as One countries, with current contributions from The Netherlands, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom. EFW Commitments and Deposits are reflected in the table, but to avoid double-counting, only the “EFW balance” (total commitment/deposit amount – allocations made) have been included in the Total Commitments and Total Deposits figures.
*** Transfer to Participating UN Organizations figures are as of 30 September 2009.
- Pledges: A pledge is an indication of intent to contribute funds.
- Commitments: Contribution as per signed Letter of Agreement/Standard Administrative Arrangement.
- Table does not include Country-Level Joint Programmes, with present commitments of $101,576,416.
- Any minor discrepancies in totals are due to rounding.