UN Capital Development Fund

Join us today at 12pm EDT at #SDGLive with Uju Rochas, Dhiren Chandaria, Charles Wetherill, and Damilola Banjo, as they reflect how finance and nutrition can come together to drive impact.

Watch live📺https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13/k13ug87wvw

With funding from Switzerland & support from the UN Peacebuilding Fund, UNCDF and Freetown City Council
are de-risking investment in solar-powered kiosks through the Blue Peace Financing Model.

Read how during #UNGA: uncdf.org/article/8985...

@swiss-un.bsky.social @swissfa.bsky.social

How is UNCDF turning the promise of #FfD4 into action?

Re-watch today's #SDGLive from #UNGA: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1q... with Sierra Leone’s Minister H.E. Kenyeh Barlay, Malawi’s PR H.E. Dr. Agnes Mary Chimbiri-Molande, and UNCDF's Executive Secretary, in a conversation moderated by @devex.com.

How is UNCDF turning the promise of #FfD4 into action?

Join us Monday at #UNGA80 in the #SDGMediaZone with Malawi’s PR H.E. Dr. Agnes Mary Chimbiri-Molande & Sierra Leone’s Minister H.E. Kenyeh Barlay, moderated by Elissa Miolene from @devex.com

📺Watch live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1q....

🌊 Can impact investing be the big ticket for #SIDS to protect our oceans & deliver on #SDG14?

🎙️Find out in the latest @odi.global #SmallIslandsBigPicture podcast with Yabanex Batista of the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (co-led by UNCDF, UNDP & @unep.org).

🎧 Tune in: odi.org/en/insights/...

YouTube video by UN Capital Development Fund Blended Finance, Bold Action: Highlights from the Seville Commitment

#FfD4 is over—but the outcome was clear.

Member States encouraged UNCDF to shift the risk profile of early-stage markets in #LDCs and countries in special situations to unlock private capital and allow MDBs to scale.

Catch up on what you missed: youtu.be/SveyPZD8aT4

🗣️ Today at #FfD4, @un-ecosoc.bsky.social President reaffirmed his strong belief in UNCDF's catalytic role.

A proud moment as he recognized UNCDF’s mandate and investment capabilities that help create jobs and bring prosperity to the world’s most underserved markets.

YouTube video by UN Capital Development Fund UNCDF’s Role in the Future of Development Finance

UNCDF is making history.

At #FfD4, a once-in-a-decade chance to reshape global finance, the outcome document recognizes UNCDF’s role to deploy catalytic concessional first-loss capital and de-risk investment in #LDCs.

Read: 🔗 uncdf.live/OutcomeDoc
Watch: 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdic...

Meet us tomorrow in Seville! 🇪🇸

#DYK 👉🏾 UNCDF is the only #UN entity with a capital mandate? We provide catalytic financing through grants, concessional loans & guarantees to public & private sector

Learn about us ahead of #FFD4 & see where we'll be speaking: uncdf.org/uncdf-at-ffd4

@undp.org

🇲🇼 A UNCDF loan to a small agribusiness in Malawi triggered:

30% ⬆️ in annual turnover
✅ job creation
🌾 new revenue streams

In 2024 Ziweto Malawi became the 1st Malawian #MSME to be listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius.

Read more here: uncdf.link/8928

#MSMEDay

@undp.org

Ahead of #FfD4, UNCDF's Laura Muñoz joins the UNRIC podcast to break down what is the international financial architecture and how UNCDF can de-risk investment and unlock capital for #LDCs.

Listen (in Spanish): uncdf.link/listen-esp
Read (in Spanish): uncdf.link/read-esp

During #LCAW2025, UNCDF, MUFG EMEA, and UNDP
are scaling access to catalytic capital for climate action.

Concessional first-loss and blended finance can shift risk and unlock private investment across #LDCs, #SIDS & underserved markets.

Find out how🔗 uncdf.live/mufg-uncdf

Reimaginando la ayuda al desarrollo en una era de riesgos La IV Conferencia Internacional sobre Financiación para el Desarrollo, que se celebrará en Sevilla, es una oportunidad para replantear la financiación pública como catalizador de inversiones que llegu...

Ahead of #FfD4, @achimsteiner.bsky.social reflects on why the future of development finance hinges on catalytic institutions like UNCDF: de-risking investment & unlocking private capital to scale the impact of partners such as UNDP and the wider UN system.

via El País: uncdf.link/pto (in Spanish)

🌊 Durante #UNOC3, el UNCDF:

🔵 Anunció +US$25M dedicado para los arrecifes de coral
@GlobalFundCoral

🔵 Llamó a sumar socios a nueva plataforma para desbloquear miles de millones para la economía azul

uncdf.link/ocean-fin

L'UNCDF débloque des investissements là où ils sont le plus nécessaires.

Lors de l'#UNOC3, nous avons présenté « The One Ocean Finance Facility », un modèle innovant visant à mobiliser des capitaux pour investir dans les océans.

uncdf.link/call-ocean

🌊 At #UNOC3 the big question is 'How do we unlock finance for #SDG14?'

In this 30-min broadcast today, speakers from @UNDP @UNCDF the Government of Seychelles and @ORRAAnews offered some answers ⬇️

📺 bit.ly/MedZo

#GlobalGoals #SDGLive #UNOC3

As the most widespread coral bleaching event on record pushes the world’s reefs toward an ecological tipping point, a coalition of gov't and philanthropic partners has announced over US$2️⃣5️⃣ million in new contributions to the Global Fund for Coral Reefs at #UNOC3

🔗 bit.ly/GFCR25

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#UNOC3

UNCDF invites govs, private sector, financial institutions & CSOs to join an inclusive co-design process to shape the new global 'One Ocean Finance Facility'.

"We need to make sure that we act large, we act fast and we act now" Pradeep Kurukulasuriya Exec Sec UNCDF

🔗 uncdf.link/call-ocean

Ocean Action Panel 3 : Mobilizing finance for ocean actions in the support of #SDG14 is about to start at #UNOC3

Time to respond @un.org to Secretary General António Guterres's call for 'bold models to unlock private capital'.

Watch live:

bit.ly/OAP3

Central to #UNOC3 are 🔟 ‘action panels’ bringing participants together around key themes. Today’s theme is ⬇️

🌊 mobilizing finance for oceans

UNCDF is highlighting solutions to unlock capital for protecting the ocean and those who depend on it

uncdf.link/ocean-fin

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To mobilize increased finance #ForPeopleAndPlanet, we have a three-fold message for attendees here at #UNOC3

🌊 Let's build partnerships
🌊 Engage the private sector
🌊 And support those furthest behind

“In a world of declining overseas development assistance, where many [developing] economies are more advanced than they were 30, 40, or 50 years ago – there’s an argument for the private sector to get more involved,” said Pradeep Kurukulasuriya, Executive Secretary UNCDF #UNOC3

Join us at the @un.org Ocean Conference #UNOC3 where we’ll be building partnerships for #finance solutions that deliver #ForPeopleAndPlanet

Like the Global Fund for Coral Reefs co-led by @undp.org @unep.org UNCDF & partners to unlock domestic capital & attract private investment in the #BlueEconomy

And we've called for greater coordination across UN agencies, governments and industry to implement scalable, de-risked models that can unlock capital at the pace and scale required.

Tomorrow, we continue the work at #UNOC3. Find us there!

We’ve shown how we're joining with partners to mobilize significant new financial resources beyond traditional development finance - including from ocean-dependent industries like shipping, tourism, coastal infrastructure and marine cables.

PRESS RELEASE bit.ly/BEFF

UNCDF has been ensuring sustainable ocean governance and #finance is top of the agenda at the Blue Economy and Finance Forum #BEFF, which came to a close today in Monaco.

NEWS:

A collective of United Nations agencies and global partners today launched the co-design process for One Ocean #Finance —a bold new effort to unlock billions in new financing from ocean-dependent industries and blue economy sectors.

#BEFF #UNOC3

bit.ly/BEFF

Mobilizing finance for investment in oceans, coral reefs and tackling plastic pollution is vital for resilient economies in coastal #LDCs and #SIDS.

At the Blue Economy Finance Forum #BEFF today, audiences heard how UNCDF is rising to the challenge.

🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/financ...

Nous déployons notamment:
•⁠ ⁠du capital de première perte (first loss capital)
•⁠ ⁠⁠des garanties de crédit
•⁠ ⁠⁠des financements concessionnels

UNCDF absorbe les risques et attire les investissements privés en faveur des peuples et de la planète

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Retrouvez l’UNCDF au « Blue Economy and Finance Forum » pour activer les financements en faveur de notre vaste et fragile océan.

#BEFF #OceanFinance #PeoplePlanet

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