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 October 2009
MDTFs	Pledges (USD)	Commitments (USD)	Deposits (USD)	Transfers to Part. Orgs. (USD)***
Central African Republic Common Humanitarian Fund / ERF*	-	17,083,175	17,083,175	10,683,340
Darfur Community Peace and Stability Fund	33,233,651	19,323,149	14,496,467	4,698,023
Democratic Republic of the Congo Pooled Fund	-	453,567,954	444,857,125	413,948,524
Sudan Common Humanitarian Fund	-	591,191,461	588,629,986	548,003,511
Sudan Recovery Fund – Southern Sudan	37,034,893	85,965,107	52,598,000	11,038,163
Lebanon Recovery Fund	-	45,857,496	45,857,496	45,817,473
One UN Pilot Funds:
Albania One UN Coherence Fund	-	14,176,307	12,105,104	8,219,338
Cape Verde Transition Fund	-	6,841,125	5,823,125	4,094,790
Mozambique One UN Fund	-	32,061,622	24,570,622	11,199,427
Pakistan One Fund	-	60,333,646	14,873,568	11,804,353
Rwanda One UN Fund	-	42,552,779	20,922,892	15,159,881
Tanzania One UN Fund	9,940,358	57,070,879	45,239,879	41,837,167
Uruguay One UN Coherence Fund	-	10,650,771	9,630,771	8,997,074
Viet Nam One Plan Fund I & II	-	70,782,442	50,256,139	39,554,646
Other Delivering as One Initiatives:
UN Bhutan Country Fund	-	677,000	-	-
Kiribati One UN Fund	-	500,000	-	-
Malawi One UN Fund	-	20,614,525	2,104,525	1,738,000
Papua New Guinea UN Country Fund	-	1,595,000	-	-
Sierra Leone MDTF	-	-	-	-
Expanded DaO Funding Window**	-	252,227,692	156,496,758	-
Peacebuilding Fund	6,575,500	306,793,513	310,369,013	124,860,418
UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict	-	2,824,471	2,824,471	227,387
UNDG Iraq Trust Fund	-	1,358,504,292	1,354,639,372	1,249,042,496
MDG Achievement Fund	-	705,000,000	552,895,724	195,026,093
UN Central Fund for Influenza Action	-	41,315,505	33,315,505	20,105,503
UN CBA Programme Fund	-	-	-	-
UN-REDD Programme Fund	2,000,000	52,213,730	52,213,730	15,829,961
UN Peace Fund for Nepal	-	13,127,711	13,127,711	10,294,479
UN Trust Fund for Human Security (JPs)	-	15,830,989	11,323,664	8,368,120
Total	88,784,402	4,197,220,341	3,836,254,822	2,800,548,167

* 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 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 amount – allocations or transfers made) have been included in the Total Commitments and Total Deposits figures. EFW “Transfers to Part. Orgs” represents allocations transferred to Delivering as One Funds.
*** 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 $79,296,152.
- Any minor discrepancies in totals are due to rounding.