The United Nations Peace and Development Trust Fund provides USD $3,700,019 to promote sustainable development goals implementation and cooperation between the 2030 Agenda and the BRI

Project narrative

In 2016, the Chinese Government pledged to contribute $200 million to the United Nations over a ten year period. The United Nations Peace and Development Trust Fund (UNPDF) was established to channel these earmarked funds to specific projects in coordination with the UN. The UNPDF is divided into two sub-funds: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Sub-Fund and The Secretary-General's Peace and Security Sub-Fund. Approved in 2019 by the UNPDF, USD $3,700,019 was allocated from the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Sub-Fund to strengthen implementation of the 2030 Agenda by improving coordination between the Agenda and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The project aims to develop a strategic framework linking initiatives under the Sub-Fund that address emerging priorities in developing BRI countries, with targeted interventions in China, Nigeria, and Uzbekistan. One project component reviewed and mapped UN partnerships with the BRI, producing the bilingual Partnering for a Brighter Shared Future: Progress Report on the Belt and Road Initiative in Support of the United Nations 2030 Agenda, launched at the 77th UN General Assembly in September 2022. The second component involved strengthening project implementation under the framework through two sub-projects. Sub-Project 1, led by UNDESA and the International Labour Organization (ILO), supported the Nigerian Youth Employment Action Plan (NIYEAP) 2021–2024 through a media campaign, youth survey, regional youth labs, employment program mapping, and a South-South cooperation workshop in Abuja for the exchange of youth employment strategies among sub-Saharan African countries. Sub-Project 2, implemented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), advanced anti-corruption measures in 16 BRI countries by creating the Network of Anti-Corruption Practitioners, developing anti-corruption guidelines for investment projects, establishing a knowledge-sharing database, and hosting regional workshops in Samarkand and Belgrade. The project was implemented by UNDESA, ILO, and UNODC in collaboration with the UN development system and selected Member States. Its scheduled duration is from December 2019 to November 2022.