The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a global organization with 17,000 staff working in approximately 170 offices globally towards supporting governments in developing strong policies, institutions and partnerships to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. UNDP’s policy work carried out at HQ, Regional and Country Office levels, forms a contiguous spectrum of deep local knowledge to cutting-edge global perspectives and advocacy.
The Sustainable Finance Hub, an integral part of both the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS) and the Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy (BERA), is a finance and innovation platform, that draws on a critical mass of UNDP expertise, initiatives, and partnerships to support the mobilization and leveraging of resources for the SDGs and lead the implementation of the new UNDP private sector strategy and other initiatives.
The Insurance Facility and Risk Finance (IRFF), a flagship project within the SFH, leads on UNDP’s work in insurance and risk financing as well as delivers initiatives that target the ecosystems of investment actors.Working in 5 key areas: Integrating Insurance into Development, Inclusive Insurance, Sovereign Risk Finance, Insuring Natural Capital and Insurance & Investment, the IRFF will deliver innovative protection solutions in 50 developing countries by 2025. Currently, the facility is operational in 29 countries. We support the development of innovative insurance products and services that are aimed towards vulnerable people and communities while also investing in the long-term transformation of insurance markets. We are working closely with industry partners to deliver policy advice, guidance, tools, methodologies, and networks that boost country and community resilience towards socio-economic, health, climate and other shocks. The Facility’s work goes beyond insurance supply and demand. It examines legislations, regulatory and institutional capacity development, and invests in advocacy, training and education.
Under the guidance of the Deputy team leader, the intern will be support the IRFF at the country, regional and global levels, and will have the opportunity to:
- Participate in in-house training opportunities as applicable;
- Learn the structure, mechanisms, policies and practice areas of UNDP;
- Participate in dedicated trainings and UNDP online learning tools;
- Strengthen effective writing and technical knowledge
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