Official Development Assistance of the Kingdom of Spain:
Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund (MDG-F)
The MDG Fund was established in December 2006 with a contribution of EUR 528 million from the Government of Spain to the UN system with the aim of accelerating the progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
With 128 active programmes in 49 countries spread across 5 regions of the world, the MDG-F is helping over 3.5 million people with another 20 million people impacted indirectly. In September 2008 at the UN High Level Event on MDGs, Spain committed an additional EUR 90 million to the MDG-F.
In all the country programmes, the MDG-F works through the UN and with dozens of governmental and non-governmental organizations ranging from farmer associations to national alliances and ministries, ensuring that development processes are owned and driven locally.
All MDG-F programmes are joint programmes meaning that they build on the collective strength of the UN, bringing several UN agencies together to address issues that cut across the mandate of individual organizations, thereby enhancing aid effectiveness.
In Serbia, the Fund supports three Joint Programmes, namely:
- 'Promoting Peace Building in South Serbia' (PBILD)
- 'Sustainable Tourism for Rural Development' (STRD), and
- 'Support to National Efforts for the Promotion of Youth Employment and Management of Migration' (YEM).
