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 May 2009
MDTFs	Pledges (USD)	Commitments (USD)	Deposits (USD)	Transfers to Part. Orgs. (USD)
Central African Republic Common Humanitarian Fund / ERF*	-	14,402,103	14,402,103	9,608,362
Darfur Community Peace and Stability Fund	34,168,849	18,387,951	13,624,092	3,864,272
Democratic Republic of the Congo Pooled Fund	-	436,473,135	414,567,779	369,014,370
Sudan Common Humanitarian Fund	-	558,784,824	572,149,638	524,858,951
Sudan Recovery Fund – Southern Sudan	37,034,893	85,965,107	36,154,000	5,000,000
Lebanon Recovery Fund	-	45,857,496	45,857,496	41,317,473
One UN Pilot Funds:
Albania One UN Coherence Fund	-	7,615,290	7,093,154	5,316,312
Cape Verde Transition Fund	-	5,823,125	5,823,125	3,549,158
Mozambique One UN Fund	-	20,570,622	20,570,622	11,199,427
Pakistan One Fund	-	45,295,436	10,144,847	-
Rwanda One UN Fund	-	23,333,779	16,443,242	11,671,084
Tanzania One UN Fund	9,940,358	41,818,779	41,818,779	26,569,932
Uruguay One UN Coherence Fund	-	7,030,771	7,030,771	6,271,873
Viet Nam One Plan Fund I & II	2,643,320	52,714,340	44,835,039	30,251,401
Other Delivering as One Initiatives:
Malawi One UN Fund	-	2,104,525	2,104, 525	-
Peacebuilding Fund	6,774,439	306,052,641	309,628,141	109,621,882
UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict	-	452,523	452,523	168,873
UNDG Iraq Trust Fund	-	1,356,660,043	1,332,548,450	1,226,452,090
MDG Achievement Fund	-	728,755,365	351,299,112	114,087,651
UN Central Fund for Influenza Action	-	40,590,473	26,590,473	17,989,624
UN-REDD Programme	-	52,213,730	52,213,730	6,673,590
UN Peace Fund for Nepal	-	13,127,711	13,127,711	11,680,224
UN Trust Fund for Human Security (JPs)	-	15,830,989	9,279,808	8,368,122
Total	90,561,859	3,879,860,758	3,345,654,635	2,543,534,669

* In July 2008, the existing Central African Republic (CAR) Emergency Response Fund (ERF) was developed into a Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF).
- 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 $53,887,399.
- Any minor discrepancies in totals are due to rounding.