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UNDP-Slovakia Partnership: Effective Development Cooperation Solutions for the SDGs
Background
The project Effective Solutions of Development Cooperation for the SDGs focuses on the involvement of the private sector in development cooperation through the support of innovative solutions from the Slovak private sector to solve specific development challenges. This objective is achieved through the Slovak Challenge Fund (SCF) and supported innovation projects implemented in Moldova and North Macedonia, with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia added as target countries in 2023.
At the same time, within the wider SEESAC initiative, the project supports the promotion of specific aspects of security sector reforms, the promotion of gender equality and the increase of the effectiveness and sustainability of the gender perspective application at the Ministries of Defense and armed forces mainly on Western Balkan.
Objectives
- Strengthen innovative Slovak private entities and their innovations to be able to better contribute to international development cooperation
- Strengthening the reforms of the partner countries' armies in area of gender equality
- Strengthen the capacities of Slovak development officials in the management of Slovak development cooperation
Major Achievements
- Slovak private sector community strengthened via 59 tailor-made trainings and coaching meetings aimed at increasing the sustainability of business models, supporting participation in the implementation of development cooperation projects and other capacity building needs. This effort resulted to increased participation of Slovaks in IFIs tenders either separately or in consortia.
- 11 innovative solutions supported (7 already fully implemented, the rest under implementation) under three SCF Calls for proposals in total amount of USD 395,386.
- 13 regional high-level meetings on gender in the Armed Forces held and 17 practical solutions for gender equality implemented by Ministry of Finance and/or Armed Forces in Western Balkan region through the support of small-scale projects.
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