UNDP - United Nations Development Programme

Purpose

This funding represents a contribution to Canada’s institutional support to the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) to finance their role implementing activities to advance the work of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC). The UNDP has been selected by the GPEDC as a partner due to their extensive country network. This funding, along with other donors’ contributions, will help the GPEDC achieve its mandate of improving the effectiveness of development cooperation, including through its monitoring process and its inclusive global platform bringing together governments, civil society, the private sector, trade unions, parliamentarians, and others. The 2023-2026 Programme of work of the GPEDC focuses on alignment of development cooperation efforts with the Busan effectiveness principles (Ownership by partner countries, a focus on results, inclusive partnerships, and transparency & mutual accountability) through its reformed monitoring process at country level which will feed data to and enable the realization of SDG 17 on partnerships.