The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has joined the Canada Forum for Impact Investment and Development (CAFIID), a national platform connecting Canadian organizations and professionals committed to advancing impact investing and innovative finance for sustainable development. This membership provides UNCDF with a strategic space for dialogue, learning, and collaboration on mobilizing capital to achieve measurable social and environmental outcomes.
UNCDF’s engagement with CAFIID aligns with its mandate to deploy catalytic concessional first-loss capital, derisking investments in Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States, and fragile contexts, while attracting domestic and international private finance. Through this membership, UNCDF aims to collaborate with Canadian peers, contribute to exchanges on innovative finance for emerging markets, and participate in events that explore how capital can better support development outcomes.
In addition, UNCDF seeks to engage in knowledge sharing and ecosystem building across Canada’s impact and development finance community, reinforcing the connection between Canadian impact investors and frontier market opportunities. At a time of declining Official Development Assistance and widening global financing gaps, innovative finance is critical for advancing the Sustainable Development Goals. UNCDF’s membership in CAFIID strengthens its role as the UN system’s advance derisking partner, helping build markets and mobilize greater capital for sustainable development.
