Governance

The Strategic Advisory Group, co-chaired by the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General and Chair of the UNSDG, provides leadership and strategic direction to the Fund.

The Strategic Advisory Group, co-chaired by the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General and Chair of the UNSDG, provides leadership and strategic direction to the Fund. Strategic Advisory Group membership is comprised of representatives from fifteen Member States (rotational), and observers from the private sector and civil society.

The Operational Steering Committee is chaired by UNDP, UNFPA, WFP, UNICEF, ILO, WFP, DCO and the MPTFO act as observers.

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TERMS OF REFERENCE

The Joint SDG Fund Terms of Reference outline processes for Board nomination and selection, along with Fund procedures and operations.

What came before

The Joint SDG Fund is a contemporary and innovative mechanism of the United Nations, established to address the challenges of our time, but it is product of the instruments that came before.
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