Partnerships for development cooperation

UNDP supports countries from Central and Eastern Europe, recent recipients of aid, to become mature donors of development aid.

UNDP’s partners for development cooperation include new European Union (EU) member states, Croatia, Turkey and the Russian Federation. These donors are increasing their contributions to global development, and they support developing countries by sharing invaluable experience from the political, economic and social transition.

UNDP works with these donors in:

• Defining development cooperation policies and strategies

Some examples include; support to the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with formulation of their development aid strategy in 2009; and elaboration of the Afghan country strategic paper for the Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

• Setting-up aid delivery mechanisms including institutions, procedures, and training staff

One example includes the trust funds for development aid managed jointly by UNDP and donor countries such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania, which have reached a total of $22 million since 2004.

Projects supported by the trust funds are implemented in cooperation with UNDP’s network  of country offices in developing countries.

• Facilitating cooperation between established donors, with new donors and partner countries.

For example, UNDP managed part of the Canadian trilateral development assistance projects implemented with the new members of the European Union. Another example includes development education projects, managed by UNDP, funded jointly by the Council of Europe and the emerging donors. 

• Carrying out awareness raising campaigns.

One such campaign includes the “Kapuscinski Lectures”, a joint initiative of UNDP and the European Commission. Experts share their development expertise with students, policy-makers, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) across the European Union.