SDG Impact Accelerator

A Project Board composed of the MFA as the executive of the Project, UNDP CO, SBB, IRH donors which are Eczacıbaşı Holding, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Limak Holding, World Food Programme was established. PB was responsible for the overall direction and management of the project and whereas UNDP was the Implement agency. In line with the monitoring mechanisms of UNDP, PB meetings and all reporting are conducted in regard with the project activities, budget management, implementation progress and all other advances. In order to support implementation plans, SDGia Team along with the support of 3RP portfolio, monitors the progress on daily basis and PB members are informed regularly. During the accelerator program and implementations there have been numerous coordination meetings with the founders of the program; Garv, Akyas, ChangewaterLabs, Tykn, Gravity Earth, Sertifier, Mark Labs, Zaka. In accordance with the progress of each pilot, there have been demo gatherings where the pilots are presented to all partners including local and national partners such as Turkish Red Crescent, Tübitak, Kilis Municipality, INGEV, Gaziantep Chamber of Industry. Moreover, a Communication Plan was prepared in order to disseminate actions. UNDP has mobilized a team as an in-kind contribution of more than 15 staff aside from operations support. In Phase II the PB is led by the MFA, UNDP, and UNTB for LDCs with the support of government institutions and UNDP COs in Uganda and Bangladesh. A Project Team was mobilized for the Phase II. All project activities are conducted in line with the monitoring mechanisms of UNDP, PB meetings and all reporting are conducted in regard with the project activities, budget management, implementation progress and all other advances.