Papua New Guinea

Core Resources
UNDP's corporate headquarters provides each UNDP Country Office with a specified amount of money every year to undertake its programme activities. UNDP Papua New Guinea currently receives approximately USD 2 million per year in core resources.

Programme Country Cost Sharing
In PNG the government contributes a specified amount each year to the operational cost of the local UNDP office.

Third-party Co-financing
Under a third-party co-financing agreement, a bilateral donor government, an international financial institution or a private entity contributes funds to a specific project. UNDP Papua New Guinea receives, on an annual basis, varying amounts of co-financing mainly from bilateral donors, such as the Government of Australia.

Trust Funds
Trust funds, such as the Global Environment Facility (GEF), are funds managed by UNDP and are mechanisms that have been established to receive contributions from one or several governmental or non-governmental donors, including private corporations and individuals. They support a specific theme, a particular project, a region or a country. UNDP Papua New Guinea receives most of its trust fund contributions for environmental projects and activities from the Global Environment Facility.

Major Sources of Funding in PNG
By donor

*These figures reflect how much was available to use and not the expenditure amount.

By Thematic area

**HIV/AIDS has been moved to fall under Poverty and the MDGs as per the 2008 Strategic Plan.

***Gender is considered a cross-cutting issue and disbursements are represented under other programmes.

Total size of programme in US dollars in 2008: $6,327,000

Disbursements for each Annual Workplan by the end of 2008