Development Account projects

The Development Account is a capacity development programme of the United Nations Secretariat aiming at enhancing capacities of developing countries in the priority areas of the United Nations Development Agenda. The Development Account is funded from the Secretariat's regular budget and implemented by 10 entities of the UN Secretariat (DESA, UNCTAD, UNEP, UN-Habitat, UNODC, ECA, ECE, ECLAC, ESCAP and ESCWA). The Account was originally established in 1997.

Currently, the Statistics Division is coordinating (among others) the 17th Tranche Development Account Programme on Statistics and Data.

The Statistics Division has been engaged in 21 projects since the inception of the Development Account programme. These projects are shown below.

You can also visit the DESA Developement Account website for more information including a database of all Development Account projects.

Time Frame Project Code Tranche Title Status Description Website
2025-2028 2528A T17 Evidence-based climate action through artificial intelligence and data innovation for Caribbean SIDS Active
2022-2025 2225A T14 Resilient and agile national statistical systems to meet post-COVID-19 data needs to recover better Active
2021-2024 2124C T13 Administrative data for disaggregated Sustainable Development Goals indicators in Africa, Asia and the Pacific and Latin America Active
2020-2023 2023A T12 Time Use Data for better policies in African, Western Asian and Latin American countries Closed
2020-2023 2023B T12 Environmental-Economic Accounting for evidence-based policy in Africa and Asia Closed
2018-2019 1819D T11 Strengthening geospatial information management in developing countries towards implementing the 2030 Agenda Closed
2018-2019 1819E T11 Collection and use of international migration data in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants Closed
2016-2017 1617A T10 Programme for Statistics and Data Closed
2014-2015 1415AU T09A Enhancing national statistical capacity to measure, monitor, assess and report on progress on achieving post-2015 goals and targets for sustainable development Closed
2014-2015 1415B T09 Supporting Member States in developing and strengthening environment statistics and integrated environmental-economic accounting for improved monitoring of sustainable development Closed
2012-2013 1213G T08 Supporting developing countries measure progress towards achieving a Green Economy Closed
2012-2013 1213H T08 Strengthening the geospatial information management capacities of developing countries for better policy making at national, regional and international level Closed
2010-2011 1011AB T07 Enhancing Key Statistics and Indicators to Monitor Progress toward the Millennium Development Goals and Other Internationally Agreed Development Goals Closed
2008-2009 0809F T06 African statistical knowledge networks in support of progress toward the internationally agreed development goals Closed
2008-2009 0809H T06 Strengthening statistical capacity in support of progress towards the internationally agreed development goals in the countries of the Southern Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Closed
2006-2007 0607AF T05B Building Statistical Capacity in the Low Income Countries of South East Asia Closed
2006-2007 0607T T05 Strengthening statistical capacity in support of progress towards the internationally agreed development goals in the Southern African Development Community region Closed
2004-2005 0405V T04 Strengthening statistical capacity-building in support of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the Economic Community of West African States Closed
2002-2003 0203T T03 Strengthening statistical capacity in the region of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia Closed
2000-2001 0001G T02 Strengthening the regional capacity for statistical development in South-East Asia Closed
1998-1999 9899H(iii) T01 Strengthening capacity in the compilation of statistics and indicators for United Nations conferences, follow-up in the CARICOM region Closed