The IDB has established a long standing relationship with the bilateral institutions and governments of the non-borrowing member countries which have helped the Bank leverage its poverty reduction programs by funding and promoting innovative approaches for projects, forging partnerships and expanding the scope of development cooperation.

Donor trust funds at the IDB are a critical source not only of grant financing for technical cooperation and investment grants, but also of know-how, expertise, and transfer of knowledge. As IDB responds to emerging development challenges, the donor community and the IDB have agreed to focus on results, strengthening grant financing in the programming process, and creating a select series of multi-donor funds that target specific priority areas.

IDB welcomes new contributions to the existing and operational funds that seek to provide grants to pilots, project preparation, feasibility studies, innovative projects, and monitoring and evaluating initiatives.

Multi-donor thematic funds

Aid for Trade Fund: Strengthens both governments and the private sector’s capacity to integrate into the global economy and to benefit from liberalized trade and increased market access. Designed in close coordination with the OECD and WTO.

Participating Donors: United Kingdom, Switzerland.

Anti-Corruption Trust Fund: Supports innovative activities that further the institutional capacity of the region as a means to prevent and control corruption, and foster transparency.

Participating donors: Norway.

AquaFund : Finances a variety of interventions in water and sanitation and guarantees a sustainable and high quality access to these services, contributing to the overall achievement of the water-related Millennium Development Goals in the region.

See the Water and Sanitation Initiative website

Participating donors: Austria

Disaster Prevention Fund : Generates documentation, prepares projects and establishes networks on disaster prevention in order to assist countries in managing risks related to natural hazards by reducing vulnerability, and by preventing and mitigating disasters before they occur.

Participating donors: Canada, Japan, Korea, Spain

Food Crisis Response Strategic Thematic Fund: Provides a two-tiered response to the foodstuff price crisis: short- to medium-term actions to alleviate the impact upon the most vulnerable (the demand side) as well as longer-term actions that increase agricultural and agro-industrial output in the region and address the trade-related policy issues (the supply side).

Initial contribution by IDB.

Gender and Diversity Fund: Aims to adopt cross-cutting strategies to foster equality, and to fight discrimination and social exclusion due to racial and ethnic origin, HIV status, gender, and mental and disabilities.

Participating donors: Austria, Canada, Norway, United Kingdom

Knowledge Economy Fund : Aims to increase competitiveness and reduce poverty in the region by developing and strengthening National Innovation Systems and supporting key scientific, technological, and business actors, so that they can become fully integrated participants in worldwide knowledge networks. Participating donors: Finland, Spain

Institutional Capacity Strengthening Fund: Aims to support institutional capacity strengthening in all government sectors and generate knowledge on innovative practices in institutional capacity building.

Participating donors: People’s Republic of China

Market Solutions to Mobilize Social Change Fund : Fosters the identification and design of new market-based solutions among multiple partners, including NGOs, governments, private companies, foundations, and social entrepreneurs, to accelerate the development of scalable and transformative solutions for low-income communities.

Participating donors: Austria

Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Multi-donor Fund: Seeks to finance renewable energy and energy efficiency; invest in biofuel development; facilitate access to carbon markets; and address adaptation needs.

See SECCI website

Participating donors: Austria, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, UK

Single Donor Funds

Danish Trust Fund for Consulting

Finnish Technical Assistance Fund

French Technical Cooperation Fund

Italian Consulting Firms Trust Fund

Italian Fund for MIF Project Preparation

Italian Fund for Microenterprise Development

Italian Fund for Information and Communication Technology

Italian Fund for Reg. Competitiveness

Norwegian Consulting Services

Portuguese Technical Cooperation Fund

Spanish Fund for Water and Sanitation

Spanish Fund for Social Entrepreneurship Program

Spanish General Cooperation Fund

Swedish Fund for Consulting Services

Swiss Fund for Consulting Services

UK Markets and Governance for Poverty Reduction Fund