UN-OHRLLS, with the support of Canada, has launched an initiative which seeks to take stock of Least Developed Countries' (LDCs) access to multilateral sources of funding. It also aims to facilitate knowledge sharing amongst LDCs on best practices for increasing access to international financial resources. To this end, it hosted two virtual regional roundtables to ask questions, explore barriers, and build a better understanding of LDCs’ access to finance.

The roundtables were organized into two sessions, organized relative to geography/time zones: Monday, 28th - Wednesday 30th of November for Africa and Haiti LDCs, and Tuesday, 6th - Thursday 8th of December for Asia Pacific LDCs. These roundtables featured knowledge sharing presentations from multilaterals, climate funds and UN agencies to provide LDC attendees a better understanding of accessing finance that is available to them.

Documents

• UN-OHRLLS Roundtables SummaryPDF

Remarks & Presentations

• Welcome Remarks by Susanna Wolf, Team leader LDC Unit, OHRLLSPDF
• Opening Remarks by CanadaPDF
• Asian Development FundPDF
• ESCAP: Access to finance in Asia Pacific LDCsPDF
• Integrated National Financing Frameworks: LDCs’ Access to FinancePDF
• UN Capital Development Fund: Access to finance in LDCs in AsiaPDF
• UNDP: Integrated national financing frameworks and LDC graduationPDF
• World Bank: Access to IDA FinancingPDF
• Global Environment Facility at the African Development BankPDF
• Green Climate Fund: Empowering Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to raise and realize their climate ambitionsPDF
• GEF: Climate Finance Support to Least Developed CountriesPDF
• IMF: FAD – CD relating to Climate ChangePDF
• OECD: Access to Financing in the LDCsPDF
• UNDP: Integrated national financing strategiesPDF