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India announces a US$50 million dedicated Commonwealth window to the  India-UN Development Partnership Fund

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India announces a US$50 million dedicated Commonwealth window to the

 India-UN Development Partnership Fund

19 April 2018

 

 

At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018, Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, announced the launch of a US$50 Million Commonwealth window to the India-UN Development Partnership Fund. This contribution is in addition to US$100 million pledged in 2017 for the India-UN Development Partnership Fund, thereby increasing India’s multi-year contribution to US$150 million. The India-UN Development Partnership Fund is managed by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC).

 

The new Commonwealth window of the India-UN Development Partnership Fund aims to catalyze the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in developing countries of the Commonwealth. The countries supported by this fund are located in various parts of the world and include some of the most vulnerable Member States of the Commonwealth.

Grenada, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu are the first three development partners engaged under this newly created Commonwealth window.

The India-UN Development Partnership Fund Commonwealth window supports demand-driven, country-owned, and concrete initiatives that focus on the implementation of 17 SDGs.

 

The India-UN Development Partnership Fund supports Southern-owned and led, demand-driven, and transformational sustainable development projects across the developing world, with a focus on least developed countries and Small Island developing states.