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The India-UN Development Partnership Fund for Africa
The India-UN Development Partnership Fund has been launched here to help the poorest countries achieve the world organisation\'s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to reduce poverty and raise the quality of life in order \"to meet the challenges of our times\".
The India-UN Development Partnership Fund has been launched here to help the poorest countries achieve the world organisation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to reduce poverty and raise the quality of life in order "to meet the challenges of our times".
This is first time India is entering into a partnership with the UN in a triangular cooperation with fellow developing countries Focusing on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), United Nations agencies will implement the Fund's projects in close collaboration with partnering governments.
The India-UN Development Partnership Fund will implement country-level projects that are catalytic towards achieving the 17 sustainable development goals of the 2030. The Fund will start with an initial contribution of $1 million for its first project, Climate Early Warning System in Pacific Island Countries (CEWSPIC).
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres observes that "South-South Cooperation is a powerful tool as we advance, together, towards the Sustainable Development Goals and fulfil the promise to leave no one behind." The fund is yet another example of India's contributions to "shaping a better world" and its "notable leadership and drive towards ensuring that no one is left behind, both in India and worldwide."
Akbar said later at the UN Ocean Conference that the inaugural project, CEWSPIC, seeks to develop for Pacific island countries an early warning system for extreme weather conditions related to el Nino, the periodic warm ocean currents that seriously impact the climate system. The project was developed jointly by India and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) for seven countries -- the Cook Islands, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, the Solomon Islands and Tonga.
Nauru and other island nations grapple with the impact of climate change and this project was a "demand-driven responsiveness of the Fund to the needs SIDS. A 'Climate Early Warning System in Pacific Island Countries' was announced as the first project to receive support from the new partnership.
The project was formulated by India and the United Nations Development Programme in consultation with the Governments of the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, the Solomon Islands and Tonga. The project will increase resilience to natural disasters in these seven Pacific island countries.
