| Overview : The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) facilitates access to public and private capital for the poorest populations in the world's 46 least developed countries (LDCs). As part of its mandate to provide capital and investment instruments, UNCDF offers "last mile" financing models to unlock public and private resources, including at the national level, to reduce poverty and encourage local economic development. UNCDF's financing models operate through three axes, namely: 1) inclusive digital economies, which connect individuals, households and small businesses to financial ecosystems that catalyze participation in the local economy and provide tools to overcome poverty and manage their financial lives; 2) financing for local development, which enables municipalities to boost local economic expansion and sustainable development through fiscal decentralization, innovative municipal financing and structured project finance; and 3) investment finance, which provides catalytic financial structuring, risk reduction and deployment of investments to foster the impact of the SDGs and resource mobilization at the national level. UNCDF's digital strategy aims to leave no one out of the digital age. UNCDF supports the promotion of inclusive digital economies at national and regional levels, in close coordination with governments, regulators, the private sector and academia. Particular attention is paid to the development of appropriate services to bridge the digital divide and empower key customer segments (youth, women, migrants, refugees, and micro-small and medium-sized enterprises). The approach is organized into four areas: policies and regulations, open digital payment ecosystem, inclusive innovation, and customer empowerment: https://www.uncdf.org/article/4931/global-strategy-leaving-no-one-behind-in-the-digital-era . UNCDF is implementing its inclusive digital economy strategy that leaves no one out of Burkina Faso. UNCDF supports Burkina Faso in the implementation of its development priorities through several projects. As part of the reinforcement of these interventions UNCDF has established a partnership with the Ministry of Digital Economy, Posts and Digital Transformation to support the implementation of the National Strategy for the Development of the Digital Economy (SN@DEN) 2018 – 2027. Support covers several activities, including capacity building in connection with Program 5 entitled "Capacity to build human capital, support innovation and capitalize on national expertise". Thus, to contribute to achieving the results of this component, series of trainings will be conducted with the support of the consultants who will be selected. The overall objective of this capacity building activity is to train students, professionals in the sector, MENPTD executives in the field of home automation to provide technical solutions to meet the needs of user comfort, security, and communication (remote controls, visual or sound signals...) to support the development process of the inclusive digital economy in Burkina Faso. For further details, please click this link: https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?job_id=102497 |
