New and emerging donors are gaining an increasingly prominent role in international development,contributing unique skills and approaches. However, they sometimes face common challenges, ranging from limited human and institutional resources to a lack of field presence and risk of aid fragmentation.

Over the last 15 years, UNDP has become the partner of choice for new and emerging donors in Europe and Central Asia, having worked with a wide range of countries including the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Romania, Russia, and Turkey.