Joint SDG Fund

Joint SDG Fund is sponsored by United Nations (UN). The Joint SDG Fund is the UN's innovative funding mechanism designed to catalyze policy transformations and strategic investments essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. It supports integrated, UN Country Team-led programming to reshape development systems.

Homepage | Joint SDG Fund Donate to the Sustainable Development Goals Fund Sustainable Development Goals <p>Photo: UNICEF/Fauzan Ijazah</p> The Joint SDG Fund stands as the UN’s premier innovative funding mechanism, strategically designed to catalyze profound policy transformations and ignite the strategic investments essential for realigning the world on course to achieve the SDGs as stated in the United Nations Secretary-General's Funding Compact 2.

0. Working beside UN country teams under the leadership of UN Resident Coordinators, government officials, and local partners, the Fund ensures all initiatives align with country's unique development priorities. These strategic investments are designed to attract additional funding and expertise, mobilizing resources and capacities from different sources and creating momentum for sustainable change.

The Fund focuses on driving meaningful progress in key sustainable development areas including digital transformation, food systems, social protection and employment, localization of the Global Goals, and the transition to clean energy. Through its emphasis on integration, scale, speed, and sustainability, the Fund helps communities build a better future for all.

As a global pooled fund of the UN development system, the Joint SDG Fund is a cost-effective instrument to facilitate fast, collective and catalytic action in response to needs in partner countries. Unlocked in additional resources for the SDGs Countries and territories working towards the 2030 Agenda The United Nations Joint SDG Fund outperformed expectations.

In 2025 alone, 73 new joint programmes were launched across 55 countries, with over 57 per cent of resources directed to the world’s most vulnerable: Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs).

Seven million people saw their lives change in concrete ways, gaining access to digital public services, being enrolled in social protection schemes that provide greater security, and included in new pathways to decent work in emerging green and digital economies, while also advancing gender equality and the realisation of human rights for all.

And in a year when development budgets were under severe strain, the Fund’s investments catalysed US$1. 4 billion in additional resources, reaching a leverage ratio of 1:20, demonstrating that every dollar of catalytic investment can unlock twenty more when the best tools, partnerships, and UN expertise are deployed together.

Since inception, the Fund has committed US$400 million across 126 UN Country Teams, unlocking over US$8 billion in total additional resources, proof that integrated, RC-led programming does not simply deliver projects, it can reshape the systems through which development happens. “The Joint SDG Fund was created with a simple yet audacious premise to take the risks others won’t.

To unlock transformations others can’t, and to prove what’s possible when courage meets capital." Amina J. Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General.

The 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development, 2025 Published on August 6, 2026 Food Systems Transformation for Better Nutrition in Tajikistan Published on August 5, 2026 Timor-Leste Advances Action for More Resilient and Inclusive Food Systems Published on August 4, 2026 Guinea Puts Decent Work and Social Protection at the Heart of Economic Transformation Published on August 3, 2026 Digital Health Without Borders: How Electronic Health Records Are Transforming Maternal Care in Kyrgyzstan Published on July 30, 2026 Connectivity opening new opportunities for women in rural Chile Focusing on emerging technologies to transform governments, economies, and supporting societies to achieve the SDGs.

Digital and Emerging Technologies E levating education and skills development as a top priority for global leaders, building support and developing practical solutions to transform education. E nsuring a just, affordable, and inclusive global energy transition, aligned with the Global Goals. Food Systems Transformation Supporting countries to create healthier, fairer, and more sustainable ways of producing and distributing food.

Working with local leaders in collaboratively sharing solutions, unlocking bottlenecks and implementing strategies that advance the SDGs at local level. Creating quality jobs, inclusive economies, and extending social protection to those who need them most. Development Emergency Modality Rapidly funding countries to address socio-economic, food, energy and fuel crises.

Development Emergency Modality Small Island Developing States Strengthening resilience and ending the vulnerabilities of SIDS to accelerate the SDGs. Small Island Developing States SDG Financing and Investments Developing a new wave of financing strategies and creating market opportunities for scaling up SDG investment.

Central Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger) Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Marshall Islands, Palau, Nauru and Kiribati Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau Europe and Central Asia (Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova) Latin America and the Caribbean Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or any area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

Initiatives focused on identifying and scaling sustainable, market-ready business and financing solutions for the SDGs. This expansion approach specifically focuses on leveraging UN entity resources and capacities to enhance the scalability and financial additionality of SDG-focused programme.

Supporting countries to incubate transformative solutions and contribute to an enabling environment to accelerate progress that will move future investments and strategies to achieving the SDGs. Strategic partnerships are critical for long-term success. Resources and networks are needed to accelerate the SDGs and get us closer to attaining the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Financing, Partnerships and SDG Delivery The Joint SDG Fund works across the UN system and with international financing partners to translate policy reform and coordination into scaled investment for the SDGs. Financing and Partnerships From Grants to Capital Gains What We Learned About Making Finance Work for the SDGs.

The following insights emerge from a systematic synthesis of independent mid-term evaluation reports conducted across nine Joint SDG Fund catalytic investment programmes. This Fund is a sophisticated platform that de-risks investments, creates market opportunities, and opens doors to private capital.

Helping countries unlock billions in private and public investment to tackle climate change, build inclusive economies, and achieve the SDGs. Together, we can deliver the extraordinary for the Global Goals and create the world we want to see today and for our future. Enter the terms you wish to search for.