Core funding
Critical for UNDP's COVID-19 response
What defines UNDP?
A global network, open to all; committed to the poorest and those in crisis; a convening force to anchor the integrated, multi-stakeholder approach inherent in the revitalised UN Development System. Core resources enable UNDP’s presence in over 170 countries and territories: present and actively engaging with governments, built on trusted partnerships to promote the values of the UN and the principle of leaving no one behind.
Why core matters?
Core (Regular) resources underpin UNDP’s operational capacity and networks, and presence at global, regional and country levels, across 170 countries and territories. This allows us to provide on-demand support to national governments as part of the broader UN System support.
Being the most flexible funding modality, core allows UNDP to lay the foundational work in programme design that will help attract more resources from other sources. This flexibility allowed us to quickly re-purpose existing core funds to directly support the needs of Country Offices.
COVID-19 is a development crisis
As the leading United Nations agency on development, UNDP is playing a key role in supporting countries, as part of UN Country Teams, to:
Rapidly respond to COVID-19 crisis
Safeguard progress on the SDGs
Leave no one behind
Key resources
The next phase of UNDP’s COVID-19 crisis response is designed to help decision-makers look beyond recovery, towards 2030, making choices and managing complexity and uncertainty in four main areas: governance, social protection, green economy, and digital disruption.
UNDP is fully operational in 170 countries and territories and focused on our COVID-19 response. We are mobilizing all our assets to respond to this unprecedented challenge.
Core funding and UNDP’s COVID-19 response
Being the most flexible funding modality , core allows UNDP to lay the foundational work in programme design that will help attract more resources from other sources.
The importance of core resources
A global network, open to all; committed to the poorest and those in crisis; a convening force to anchor the integrated, multi-stakeholder approach.
UNDP’s offer is part of a coordinated UN effort to combat the pandemic through the three objectives outlined in the offer: Prepare, Respond and Recover.
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Core is key to UNDP’s long-standing relationship and trust
with governments before, during and after a crisis.
Thank you to our 2019 Core Contributors
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14. Australia |
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27. Russian Federation |
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2. Japan |
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15. Republic of Korea |
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28. Thailand |
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41. Israel |
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3. Sweden |
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16. Qatar |
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29. Kuwait |
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42. Viet Nam |
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4. United States |
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17. Italy |
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30. Bangladesh |
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43. Liechtenstein |
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5. Norway |
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18. New Zealand |
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31. United Arab Emirates |
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44. Mongolia |
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6. Germany |
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19. India |
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32. Singapore |
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45. Andorra |
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7. Switzerland |
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20. China |
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33. Costa Rica |
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46. Cambodia |
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8. Netherlands |
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21. Luxembourg |
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34. Portugal |
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47. Guyana |
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9. Canada |
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22. Saudi Arabia |
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35. Czech Republic |
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48. Pakistan |
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10. Denmark |
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23. Turkey |
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36. Morocco |
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49. Samoa |
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11. France |
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24. Spain |
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37. Iceland |
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50. Philippines |
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12. Belgium |
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25. Austria |
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38. Estonia |
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51. Myanmar |
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13. Ireland |
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26. Finland |
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39. Indonesia |
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52. Albania |
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