New York - The Government of Belgium announced a multiannual contribution of EUR 30 million for the period 2025–2028 to UNDP’s core resources, a flexible form of funding that enables the organization to respond rapidly to crises and plan for long-term development. With this contribution, Belgium confirmed its continued commitment as one of UNDP’s top 20 core donors.

In its official letter to UNDP, Belgium’s Federal Public Service of Foreign Affairs states that “Belgium acknowledges that core voluntary contributions are indispensable for enabling UNDP to carry out its mandate effectively and flexibly, safeguard its normative functions, and contribute to the 2030 Agenda in a coherent, coordinated, and sustainable manner.” 

Overlapping waves of change, unfolding at unprecedented speed, are testing the world’s resilience and capacity to adapt. Economic, political, environmental, social, and technological trends intersect and compound one another. After 30 years of progress, human development is fragile and losing momentum, as outlined by the 2025 Human Development Report. 

Belgium’s multiannual financial contribution comes at a pivotal moment of global urgency. It will also help drive the implementation of UNDP’s new Strategic Plan 2026–2029, which focuses on advancing human development through effective governance, strengthened crisis resilience, and action on planetary pressures.

Belgium’s long-standing partnership with UNDP has been vital in helping the world’s poorest countries battle poverty and inequality, build resilience to shocks and crises, strengthen transparent reporting on national climate plans through the Climate Promise, and tackle gender-based violence. 

In recent years, Belgium’s support has allowed UNDP to rebuild Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and demine its territory, to provide emergency support in Gaza’s healthcare and solid waste sector, and to help conserve Burundi’s largest and most biodiverse national parks.

This renewed core funding ensures that Belgium’s partnership with UNDP remains instrumental in driving progress across fragile and least developed countries and in supporting innovative solutions for sustainable development. 

For more information about UNDP’s partners, please visit: https://www.undp.org/our-partners

About UNDP’s Core Resources

UNDP relies on contributions from UN Member States, multilateral organizations, NGOs, corporations, financing institutions, and philanthropic groups. Regular “core” resources are the most flexible type of funding that UNDP receives. They allow for long-term development strategies, rapid crisis response, and addressing emerging challenges by filling resource gaps in underfunded areas, helping deliver impact where and when it is needed most. Core contributions play a crucial role in strengthening UNDP’s oversight and accountability functions. They ensure that programmes are delivered effectively, efficiently, and transparently. UNDP consistently receives recognition as one of the most transparent international organizations.