The Minister of Local Governance in the interim Government of National Unity, Badr Al-Din Al-Tumi, discussed with UN officials a proposal to establish a UN-administered Recovery and Sustainable Development Facility in Libya.
This took place during a meeting between Al-Tumi and the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Libya Georgette Gagnon, in the presence of the UNDP Resident Representative Dr. Christopher Laizer and UNDP team members, as well as representatives from other key governmental institutions.
The attendees reviewed successful similar experiences in Iraq, Uzbekistan and other countries. According to a UNDP statement, the meeting “provided an improved understanding of how UN-managed trust funds operate in crisis contexts and in collaboration with development partners.”
Additional experts from UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Arab States and the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office also participated to outline the proposed facility’s mechanisms.
The facility would serve as a coordinated, systematic and sustainable means of allocating resources to spur recovery and coordinated reconstruction efforts in Derna and other areas impacted by the floods in both the short and medium terms.
It is meant to enable the Libyan government, development partners and the UN to inject strategic investments aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals and the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework. Over the long term, the facility is expected to become a primary vehicle for establishing other reconstruction funds in Libya.