Project Info

Project Code
2124A
Tranche
T13
Tranche Type
Regular
Status
Active
Title
Towards integrated national financing frameworks

Entities

Implementing Entity (Lead)
DESA
Jointly Implementing DA Entities
UNCTAD
ECA
ECE
ECLAC
ESCAP
ESCWA
Other Collaborating Entities
Other UN entities

Financial and Evaluation Info

Total Budget
$2,321,000.00
Project Selected for Evaluation
No

Countries and Regions

Countries or Areas: Belarus, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Costa Rica, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Zambia
Regions: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe
Sub-Regions:
Intermediate Regions:
Countries in Special Situations: Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDC), Least Developed Countries (LDC)

Areas of Work

SDG
16
17
SDG Targets
17.1
17.3
17.9
17.14
16.6

Brief Description

The project will bring together existing capacity and policy support for SDG financing by implementing entities in an integrated offer to target countries. The project will address capacity gaps identified by target countries in one or more of the four building blocks spelled out in the 2019 FSDR, namely, to provide support in the assessment and diagnostics phase, e.g. on costing of priorities in national strategies, in the formulation of a financing strategy, in monitoring and review mechanisms, and/ or governance arrangements. The project will put a substantive focus on two elements of a financing strategy in particular, in line with country priorities, and with a view to building back better: mobilizing financing for productive investments in recovery and the SDGs (such as SME or infrastructure financing, sustainable financial sector development, and the role of national and regional development banks); and aligning public financing policies and mechanisms with the SDGs and climate action (such as SDG budgeting, taxation and environmental finance). It will also create spaces for peer learning, making use of existing platforms at the regional level. Success would be demonstrated by identification and implementation of financing policy initiatives and mechanisms to finance the SDGs in selected countries.

Objective and Expected Outcomes

Objective
To strengthen capacities of selected countries to mobilize and align financing with national sustainable development priorities.
Expected Outcome 1
Strengthened national capacity of target countries in developing financing strategies that align with their national development plans and mitigate the impact of COVID-19
Expected Outcome 2
Increased knowledge exchange and peer learning on applying INFF concepts among target countries and inform wider implementation efforts of INFFs in other countries and UN support to this effect