About United Nations Development Partnership Fund:
- It was established in 2017, with $150 million, led by the Government of India.
- The Fund supports Southern-owned and -led, demand-driven and transformational sustainable development projects across the developing world.
- Focus: It focuses on least developed countries and Small Island developing States.
- United Nations agencies implement the Fund projects in close collaboration with partnering Governments.
- The fund is a notable example of South-South cooperation with the system.
- Its thematic reach spans all 17 SDGs, with several initiatives addressing more than one Goal.
- These include climate resilience, environmental sustainability, renewable energy, gender equality, health and pandemic response, education and skills, livelihoods, infrastructure, water and sanitation, and agricultural development.
- Under this, the Commonwealth Window of this Fund aims to catalyze the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the developing countries of the Commonwealth of Nations.
- Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of independent and equal sovereign States comprised mainly of former territories of the British Empire, including India.
- It is managed by United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC),
