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Wed, 2009-08-19 03:56 | by visitor
  • The MDG-Fund was established in December 2006 with a contribution of €528 Million (Euros) from the Government of Spain to the UN system with the aim of accelerating progress on the MDGs.
  • An additional €90M were contributed by Spain in 2008 mainly towards child nutrition and food security.
  • 85% of overall resources goes to financing 130 joint programmes in eight programmatic areas linked to the MDGs.
  • Programmes are implemented in 50 countries from five regions around the world. To do this we bring together almost 2000 partners from community organizations, national and local governments, private sector, NGOs and UN Agencies.
  • All our programmes are joint programmes meaning they bring together an average of six UN Agencies in a collective effort thereby strengthening the UN system’s ability to deliver as one.
  • To do this we bring together almost 2000 partners from community organizations, national and local governments, private sector, NGOs and UN Agencies.