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LoCAL NDC Technical Assistance The Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) serves as a mechanism to integrate climate change adaption into local governments’ planning and budgeting systems, increase awareness of and response to climate change at the local level, and increase the amount of finance available to local governments for climate change adaption.
LoCAL Scaling Up CR Grants for The Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) serves as a mechanism to integrate climate change adaption into local governments’ planning and budgeting systems, increase awareness of and response to climate change at the local level, and increase the amount of finance available to local governments for climate change adaption.
CleanStart (SIDA LMTF) The purpose of CleanStart is to improve energy access by assisting poor households and micro-entrepreneurs to obtain access to sustainable low-cost, clean energy supplies  through microfinance.
Municipal Finance GIZ The Municipal Investment Financing (MIF) Programme outcome is to increase the capacity of local governments to address key urbanization challenges through access to sustainable sources of capital financing.
Ethiopia programme for inclu UNCDF is in the process of starting up the Programme for Inclusive and Rural Finance (PIRUF). The PIRUF aims to support the implementation of the Government of Ethiopia’s Financial Inclusive Strategy, and to expand access to financial products and services for underserved and underbanked women, youth, rural households and SMEs.
MOZ   FSNP BFFS UNCDF focuses on the process of development planning, management of public spending and the strengthening of the food and nutritional security components in the strategic development plans and the annual socio-economic plans as well as the budgets. UNCDF looks to improve the environment, strengthen the institutions and increase the capacity of beneficiaries in being involved in the decentralized decision making processes.
Upazila Governance Project The Upazila Parishad Govemance Project (UZGP) is part of the overall programmatic framework for UNDP and UNCDF support to the Govemment of Bangladesh Local Govemance reforms, supported by the European Union, the Govemments of Switzerland (SDC) and Denmark (Danida).
FLEUVE NIGER UNCDF is implementing Finance for Food (FLEUVE) programme, investing in infrastructure to improve food security, and assist Niger's government to make food security a central part of local planning and budgets.
Mobile Money for the Poor UNCD Mobile Money for the Poor (Uganda) for the BMGF funds
Access to Finance to Refugees and Host Communities Access to Finance to Refugees and Host Communities (
PADEL Projet Appui au Développement Economique Local ensures local access to public and financial services to promote economic development and improve food security, and reducing malnutrition.
Bangladesh Union Parishad Gove The UPGP programme aims to strengthen capacities of local governments and other stakeholders to foster participatory local development service delivery for the MDGs in Bangladesh.
EXPANDING FINANCIAL ACCESS IN Expanding Financial Access (EFA) is a country programme aimed at increasing formal inclusion in Myanmar from 30% to 40% by 2020. The programme will provide a full range of affordable, quality, effective and responsible financial services to MSME, small-scale farmers, women-led enterprises, youth, poor and low-income clients by encouraging stakeholders to work together in an integrated manner.
BTCA USAID The Better Than Cash Alliance is a partnership of governments, companies and international organizations that accelerates the transition from cash to digital payments in order to reduce poverty and drive inclusive growth.
Research & Development LDP Research & Development Project for Local Development Finance
Microlead LMTF MicroLead Expansion encourages formal FSPs to reach out to rural unbanked populations, particularly women, with deposit products and financial education tailored to clients' needs.
BTCA GATES The Better Than Cash Alliance is a partnership of governments, companies and international organizations that accelerates the transition from cash to digital payments in order to reduce poverty and drive inclusive growth.
Comic Relief Policy Rwanda Thanks to grants jointly funded by from Comic Relief and Jersey Overseas Aid, the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is developing new partnerships and projects to foster financial inclusion in Zambia and Rwanda. Through its continued work on the ground, UNCDF seeks to ensure that the opportunities and benefits of digital finance reach low-income people in difficult markets. It takes an ecosystem development approach to improve awareness of, access to and usage of digital financial services (DFS), which in turn enhance the financial resilience of vulnerable populations and help achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
Building Local Climate Resilience The Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development (MITADER) today has launched the “Building Local Climate Resilience” programme in Mozambique (MERCIM) in a strategic partnership with the European Union, and technical assistance by the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF). MERCIM is aimed at supporting local development initiatives in the ‘last mile’ of Mozambique. Taking into consideration the fact that Mozambique is highly vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change, the project is designed to strengthen Government capacity to reduce climate vulnerability through improving the delivery of climate resilient basic services to rural communities and enhancing knowledge-based decision-making processes. The programme is expected to run until 2022.
Mobile Money for the Poor Malawi The Mobile Money for the Poor (MM4P) programme helps build inclusive digital financial sectors such that a wide range of services are provided responsibly, and at reasonable cost, by sustainable institutions in a well-regulated environment.
Somalia Multi Window Trust Fun UNCDF is implementing a Joint UN Programme on Local Governance and Decentralized Service Delivery (JP-LGDSD) for Somalia, which develops local governance capacity, broadens civic awareness and participation, and supports local development initiatives by piloting a fund to support local development initiatives in Somaliland and Puntland.
Mobile Money for the Poor FSD The Mobile Money for the Poor (MM4P) programme helps build inclusive digital financial sectors such that a wide range of services are provided responsibly, and at reasonable cost, by sustainable institutions in a well-regulated environment.
Making Access Possible - Netherlands Making Access Possible (MAP) is a multi-country initiative to support financial inclusion through a process of evidence-based analysis feeding into a financial inclusion roadmap jointly implemented by a range of local stakeholders. MAP was initiated by the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and is implemented in partnership with FinMark Trust and the Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (Cenfri).
CIF SDG in Cambodia Supporting UNDP Country Investment Facility for financing SDGs in Cambodia
Making Access Possible LMFTF Making Access Possible (MAP) is a multi-country initiative to support financial inclusion through a process of evidence-based analysis feeding into a financial inclusion roadmap jointly implemented by a range of local stakeholders. MAP was initiated by the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and is implemented in partnership with FinMark Trust and the Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (Cenfri).
YouthStart Second Phase YouthStart aims to increase access to financial services for low-income youth in sub-Saharan Africa, by developing approaches to offer youth tailored financial and non-financial services.
Upazila Governance Project Ban The Upazila Parishad Govemance Project (UZGP) is part of the overall programmatic framework for UNDP and UNCDF support to the Govemment of Bangladesh Local Govemance reforms, supported by the European Union, the Govemments of Switzerland (SDC) and Denmark (Danida).
Comic Relief Rwanda Thanks to grants jointly funded by from Comic Relief and Jersey Overseas Aid, the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is developing new partnerships and projects to foster financial inclusion in Zambia and Rwanda. Through its continued work on the ground, UNCDF seeks to ensure that the opportunities and benefits of digital finance reach low-income people in difficult markets. It takes an ecosystem development approach to improve awareness of, access to and usage of digital financial services (DFS), which in turn enhance the financial resilience of vulnerable populations and help achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
Last Mile Trust Fund LDFP Swed The LMF TF mechanism provides a flexible vehicle for partners to support the LDCs in their pursuit for sustainable development through innovative finance.
IELD The Inclusive and Equitable Local Development Programme (IELD) is a joint UNCDF, UNDP and UN Women initiative, The programme addresses structural impediments that prevent women from entering the labour market through local public and private investments, with a particular emphasis on unlocking domestic capital for women’s economic empowerment and entrepreneurship. IELD uses a unique three-agency partnership to strategically approach delivery of the SDGs, using each agency’s niche and comparative advantage in programming on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
LSO   DDP EU Deepening Decentralization Programme (DDP): In order to reduce poverty, promote inclusive economic growth and entrench democratic principles through improved decentralization, the government of Lesotho through the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftainship has in partnership with European Union (EU), United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) designed the Deepening Decentralization Project (DDP). Building on the previous collaborative work of the government of Lesotho and these partners in the area of decentralization, this project aims to accelerate progress and deepen decentralization in Lesotho. The main purpose is to promote decentralized service delivery for social and economic growth through the development of transparent funding mechanisms and by improving the accountability of local authorities.
CLEANSTART  SIDA PFIS The purpose of CleanStart is to improve energy access by assisting poor households and micro-entrepreneurs to obtain access to sustainable low-cost, clean energy supplies  through microfinance.
CLEANSTART The purpose of CleanStart is to improve energy access by assisting poor households and micro-entrepreneurs to obtain access to sustainable low-cost, clean energy supplies  through microfinance.
LAO SDG fund: Establishing soc Joint SDG Fund project in Laos with UNICEF and ILO. The project aims to reinforce public finance management for the national social protection mechanisms and identify innovative blended financing models in support of the national social protection strategy.
Cities Alliance LEAP project The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) in partnership with Makerere University today launched a new programme—Local Economic Acceleration through Partnerships (LEAP) to promote improved access to public goods and services in secondary cities in Uganda and across Africa. The LEAP programme implemented by UNCDF in partnership with Makerere University and supported by Cities Alliance, in Gulu and Mbale municipalities looks to build the capacity of secondary cities to attract private capital to finance their development needs.
YouthStart  Global Inception P YouthStart aims to increase access to financial services for low-income youth in sub-Saharan Africa, by developing approaches to offer youth tailored financial and non-financial services.
PPC The Partnerships, Policy and Communications Unit is responsible for implementing the UNCDF Partnerships, Policy Communications Strategy and plans and its components.
Microlead Expansion MicroLead Expansion encourages formal FSPs to reach out to rural unbanked populations, particularly women, with deposit products and financial education tailored to clients' needs.
MOZ PPFD One UN Fund To increase access by local communities to basic infrastructure and public services through sustainable and replicable forms of decentralised participatory planning, budgeting, financing and public management in Mozambique
AGRIFINANCE BURKINA Le programme vise l'accès à des services financiers adaptés aux besoins de l'exploitation familiale en vue de contribuer à l'amélioration de la sécurité alimentaire, l'employabilité des jeunes et la sécurisation des revenus en milieu rural, notamment ceux des femmes
Municipal Finance - WB support The Municipal Investment Financing (MIF) Programme outcome is to increase the capacity of local governments to address key urbanization challenges through access to sustainable sources of capital financing.
CLEANSTART  NORAD The purpose of CleanStart is to improve energy access by assisting poor households and micro-entrepreneurs to obtain access to sustainable low-cost, clean energy supplies  through microfinance.
IBSA Sierra Leone This new project aims to provide 100,000 unbanked Sierra Leone farmers, of which 40% are women, with access to financial services that can be used to access better health care and education, manage emergencies, and buy energy. With currently only 13% of the population having access to financial institutions but 85% of the population owning cell phones, digital finance payments and literacy and will save time and money for farmers who can avoid travelling long distances to make payments.
Microlead Expansion Core MicroLead Expansion encourages formal FSPs to reach out to rural unbanked populations, particularly women, with deposit products and financial education tailored to clients' needs.
LUX BUILD Fund The LDC Investment Platform– through grants, reimbursable grants, loans, and guarantees – provides seed funding to investments in LDCS that are deemed too small or too risky by traditional investors. This works to de-risk and “prime the pump” for domestic and foreign investors to participate in local initiatives. This platform allows the greatest flexibility for UNCDF to apply the optimal funding instrument for each business need, and to crowd in domestic and international investment.
LoCAL_Niger_CC&Migration_Italy The Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) serves as a mechanism to integrate climate change adaption into local governments’ planning and budgeting systems, increase awareness of and response to climate change at the local level, and increase the amount of finance available to local governments for climate change adaption.
Better Than Cash Alliance CITI The Better Than Cash Alliance is a partnership of governments, companies and international organizations that accelerates the transition from cash to digital payments in order to reduce poverty and drive inclusive growth.
Bangladesh Upazila Governance The Upazila Parishad Govemance Project (UZGP) is part of the overall programmatic framework for UNDP and UNCDF support to the Govemment of Bangladesh Local Govemance reforms, supported by the European Union, the Govemments of Switzerland (SDC) and Denmark (Danida).
UN Agrnt Niger Réinsertion soc The Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) serves as a mechanism to integrate climate change adaption into local governments’ planning and budgeting systems, increase awareness of and response to climate change at the local level, and increase the amount of finance available to local governments for climate change adaption.
SIDA BTCA  LMFTF 2020 The Better Than Cash Alliance is a partnership of governments, companies and international organizations that accelerates the transition from cash to digital payments in order to reduce poverty and drive inclusive growth.
BUR PRCIC UNDP Appui au renforcement des capacités institutionnelles des collectivités locales de Cendajuru, Gisuru et Kinyinya pour l'amélioration de la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle
Mobile Money for the Poor Metlife Foundation The Mobile Money for the Poor (MM4P) programme helps build inclusive digital financial sectors such that a wide range of services are provided responsibly, and at reasonable cost, by sustainable institutions in a well-regulated environment.
CleanStart Andorra The purpose of CleanStart is to improve energy access by assisting poor households and micro-entrepreneurs to obtain access to sustainable low-cost, clean energy supplies  through microfinance.
Comic Relief Policy Zambia Thanks to grants jointly funded by from Comic Relief and Jersey Overseas Aid, the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is developing new partnerships and projects to foster financial inclusion in Zambia and Rwanda. Through its continued work on the ground, UNCDF seeks to ensure that the opportunities and benefits of digital finance reach low-income people in difficult markets. It takes an ecosystem development approach to improve awareness of, access to and usage of digital financial services (DFS), which in turn enhance the financial resilience of vulnerable populations and help achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
KJP YWEE REFUGEE FI TZ - FIPA Access to finance for refugees and host communities in Tanzania
Lao Efftv.Gov.CR small scale I The overall objective of the Effective Governance for Small-Scale Rural Infrastructure and Disaster Preparedness in a Changing Climate project is to improve local administrative systems affecting the provision and maintenance of small-scale rural infrastructure through participatory decision making that reflects the genuine needs of communities and natural systems vulnerable to climate risk.
Support to Dvpt and Implem of Support the development and implementation of agricultural value chain financing at Macro, Micro and Meso levels in Rwanda
ICLD - NON CORE-SEA The ICLD-UNCDF International Joint Training Programme to Strengthen Local Government in Support of Local Development in southern and eastern Africa programme is both a national and regional response to the capacity requirements identified in local govemment in southern and eastern Africa. Specifically, the programme seeks to pioneer the "proof of concept" that greater impact and sustainability in capacity development for local governments has to be grounded in combining theoretical knowledge with practical implementation set in specific policy and institutional contexts and anchored in a change management process at policy, organisational and individual levels and structured and planned to be driven by change agents and through change projects. The change agents and change projects are identifìed and designed to engender an explicit and sustainable improvement in the outcomes and development impact of participating institution as defined in their mandates.
Better Than Cash Alliance  VIS The Better Than Cash Alliance is a partnership of governments, companies and international organizations that accelerates the transition from cash to digital payments in order to reduce poverty and drive inclusive growth.
Connect Rural Uganda-SIDA Agricultural value chain development through digital financial services and digital innovations that facilitate financial flows between various value chain actors to empower people’s lives in Uganda
LDCIP, UNCDF The LDC Investment Platform– through grants, reimbursable grants, loans, and guarantees – provides seed funding to investments in LDCS that are deemed too small or too risky by traditional investors. This works to de-risk and “prime the pump” for domestic and foreign investors to participate in local initiatives. This platform allows the greatest flexibility for UNCDF to apply the optimal funding instrument for each business need, and to crowd in domestic and international investment.
Municipal Investment Finance G The Municipal Investment Financing (MIF) Programme outcome is to increase the capacity of local governments to address key urbanization challenges through access to sustainable sources of capital financing.
PADEL Extension Projet Appui au Développement Economique Local (PADEL II) ensures local access to public and financial services to promote economic development and improve food security, and reducing malnutrition.
YouthStart Global  Inception P YouthStart aims to increase access to financial services for low-income youth in sub-Saharan Africa, by developing approaches to offer youth tailored financial and non-financial services.
CLEANSTART (SIDA RECF) The purpose of CleanStart is to improve energy access by assisting poor households and micro-entrepreneurs to obtain access to sustainable low-cost, clean energy supplies  through microfinance.
PBF/SOM/D-2: Dalhis-Build Your UNCDF is implementing a Joint UN Programme on Local Governance and Decentralized Service Delivery (JP-LGDSD) for Somalia, which develops local governance capacity, broadens civic awareness and participation, and supports local development initiatives by piloting a fund to support local development initiatives in Somaliland and Puntland.
LoOKING Locally Owned Knowledg LoOKING aims to provide local authorities with a tool and process to gather valuable insights into how they work and take action to improve governance. The process produces an agreed plan of action aimed at improving delivery of basic services at the local level.
PADEL LUXEMBOURG Projet Appui au Développement Economique Local ensures local access to public and financial services to promote economic development and improve food security, and reducing malnutrition.
Catalyzing Women's Entrepreneurship in the Asia and Pacific A crowdfunding platform for women farmers, online marketplaces for women-produced goods and services, and e-wallet enabled lending were among ten of the winning business models which will be co-funded by the United Nations to improve access to finance for women-owned, managed or led micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the region. Launched by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) in March 2019, the Women Fintech MSME Innovation Fund will support the implementation of the winning private sector FinTech and digital business solutions for women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Fiji, Myanmar, Nepal, Samoa and Viet Nam.
MADAGASCAR PAFIM CORE The UNCDF-UNDP joint Programme d’Appui à la Finance Inclusive à Madagascar (PAFIM) implemented in accordance with the Government’s national strategy for microfinance supports full integration of sustainable microfinance institutions for poor households and low-income micro-entrepreneurs into national financial market.
THE SUPPORT TO FINANCIAL INCLU The Access to Finance (A2F) project in Nepal encourages financial service providers to serve the agricultural value chain actors more effectively with appropriate financial products. Making Access Possible (MAP) supports financial inclusion through evidence-based country diagnostics and stakeholder dialogue, which lead to the development of national financial inclusion roadmap identifying key drivers of financial inclusion and recommended action.
MAFIPP LAOS AUSAID Making Access to Finance more Inclusive for Poor People – MAFIPP is a 4 year joint UNCDF-UNDP sector programme in Lao PDR which seeks to increase access to financial services by low-income households and micro entrepreneurs on a sustainable basis.
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