India, Brazil and South Africa Facility for Poverty and Hunger Alleviation (IBSA Fund)
A unique forum which brings together India, Brazil and South Africa – three large democracies, three major economies, three multicultural, multi-ethnic, multilingual and multi-faith countries on three different continents.
The IBSA Fund is a remarkable example of cooperation among three developing countries, which pioneered the implementation of South-South cooperation initiatives for the benefit of other Southern countries in partnership with the United Nations system. The purpose of the Fund is to identify replicable and scalable projects that can be disseminated to interested developing countries as examples of good practices in the fight against poverty and hunger.The fund, which was established in 2004 and became operational in 2006, supports projects on a demand-driven basis through partnerships with local governments, national institutions and implementing partners. The projects that it supports are concrete expressions of solidarity for the benefit of the most vulnerable and marginalized people, with the objectives of promoting food security, addressing HIV/AIDS, extending access to safe drinking water, and promoting quality education and gender equality, all with the aim of contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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The Board of Directors of the IBSA Fund is composed of the Deputy Permanent Representatives of India, Brazil and South Africa to the United Nations in New York. The Board approves summary proposals and detailed projects and continuously provides strategic direction to IBSA projects to ensure their successful implementation through strong South-South partnerships.
The United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) is the Fund Manager and secretariat of the IBSA Fund, supporting its Board of Directors as it establishes the strategic vision and programmatic activities of the Fund. The UNOSSC Trust Fund Management Team, working closely with the IBSA Fund experts and partners, provides monitoring, quality assurance and knowledge-management and communications across the IBSA Fund projects.
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Procedure and criteria for applying to the Fund
The IBSA Trust Fund operates through a Government-to-Government demand driven approach.
Interested governments may approach the IBSA diplomatic missions at their capitals or United Nations Headquarters in New York with a concept-note outline of the project that they wish to submit. Said IBSA missions will, in turn, forward eligible submitted proposals to the IBSA Focal Points at IBSA capitals for their consideration.
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The project proposals receiving sponsorship from at least one IBSA Focal Point at a capital are presented to the IBSA Fund Board of Directors for its consideration.
UNOSSC informs the respective United Nations Resident Coordinator of approved proposals. The Resident Coordinator then facilitates the nomination of a United Nations agency implementing partner (unless it has been previously identified) and convenes the Government and other relevant stakeholders to advance project formulation.
Criteria for evaluating IBSA Fund project proposals
1. Reduction of poverty and hunger: The IBSA Fund would support developing countries in their efforts to reduce poverty and hunger.
2. National ownership and leadership: Proposals should be clearly in alignment with the priorities of the country concerned. Regional projects might also be considered.
3. South-South cooperation: The Fund would encourage mutual exchange of experiences and cooperation between developing countries, in particular good practices in reducing poverty and hunger.
4. Use of IBSA country capacities: The Fund particularly encourages the use and the transfer of capacities and expertise available in IBSA countries.
5. Strengthening local capacity: The proposal should pay special attention to identifying and strengthening local capacities.
6. Ownership: The Fund gives priority to projects in which national entities in the project countries participate and continue to work in a longer-term perspective.
7. Sustainability: The proposal should indicate how, upon its implementation, sustainable activities will be improved or created to continue in a longer-term perspective.
8. Identifiable impact: The activities supported by the IBSA Fund would have clearly identifiable development impact attributable to the Fund.
9. Replicability: Projects should be replicable and scalable for dissemination in interested developing countries as examples of good practices in the fight against povertyand hunger.
10. Innovation: The Fund would encourage new ways of approaching development issues, with emphasis on the replication of innovative experiences already implemented in other developing countries, in particular experiences in the IBSA countries.
11. Time frame: The project proposal should normally cover a period of 12 to 24 months to ensure the achievement of medium-term impact.
12. Project size: The Fund would encourage new ways of approaching development issues, with emphasis on the replication of innovative experiences already implemented in other developing countries, in particular experiences in the IBSA countries.
Contact Information
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations
distri.delbrasonu@itamaraty.gov.br
Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations
Permanent Mission of the Republic of South Africa to the United Nations
SECRETARIAT
Ms. Dingding Sun
Programme Specialist (Trust Fund Secretariat)
E-mail: dingding.sun@unossc.org
Mr. Donaldo Lopez
Operations Specialist
E-mail: donaldo.lopez@unossc.org
