## Funds for Capacity Development

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Funds for Capacity Development](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/trust-fund/thematic-funds)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/en/capacity-development/trust-fund/thematic-funds/index.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/en/capacity-development/trust-fund/thematic-funds/index.json)
- [Bundle manifest](/en/capacity-development/trust-fund/thematic-funds/bundle-manifest.json)

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### Overview
- The IMF’s Thematic and Country Funds are special vehicles that enable pulling of resources for providing a strategic and specialized capacity development work in key areas of IMF’s expertise, such as fiscal policy, data quality, debt management, financial stability, and anti-money laundering.
- The funds also mobilize donor engagement in case of countries with particular capacity development needs.

### Brochures and informational materials
- Funds for Capacity Development
- Capacity Development Thematic Funds
- Partnerships for Capacity Development
- IMF Capacity Development Thematic and Country Funds

### Country Fund examples and purposes
- Somalia Country Fund
  - Purpose: Provides necessary capacity development to Somalia as the country strengthens its operating and technical capacity to make economic and financial institutions become more effective, transparent, and accountable.
- Ukraine Capacity Development Fund
  - Purpose: Scales up technical assistance and training in support of the Ukrainian government’s ambitious economic and financial reform agenda, aligned with reforms under Ukraine’s Extended Fund Facility-supported program.

### Thematic Funds and contributing partners
- Global Public Finance Partnership
  - Partners: Belgium, Denmark, European Union, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
- Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT)
  - Partners: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, United Kingdom
- Debt Management Facility (DMF); joint with the World Bank
  - Partners: African Development Bank, Austria, Canada, European Union, France, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
- Data for Decisions (D4D)
  - Partners: China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland
- Financial Sector Stability Fund (FSSF)
  - Partners: China, Germany, Korea, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland

### Funds focused on particular countries (funds pulling resources to support particular countries)
- Somalia Country Fund
  - Partners: Canada, European Union, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, United Kingdom
- Ukraine Capacity Development Fund
  - Partners: Canada, European Union, Finland, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Poland, Slovak Republic, Switzerland

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## Content in this bundle

- **Capacity Development Thematic Funds**
  - [Capacity Development Thematic Funds (Markdown version)](/-/media/files/capacity-developement/brochures/capacity-development-thematic-trust-funds-brochure-2025.pdf.md){rel="alternate" type="text/markdown"}
  - [Capacity Development Thematic Funds (PDF)](/-/media/files/capacity-developement/brochures/capacity-development-thematic-trust-funds-brochure-2025.pdf){rel="external" type="application/pdf"}
- **Global Public Finance Partnership**
  - [Global Public Finance Partnership (Markdown version)](/-/media/files/capacity-developement/partners/gpfp-program.pdf.md){rel="alternate" type="text/markdown"}
  - [Global Public Finance Partnership (PDF)](/-/media/files/capacity-developement/partners/gpfp-program.pdf){rel="external" type="application/pdf"}

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## References

- [Partnerships for Capacity Development](https://www.imf.org/en/Capacity-Development/Partners)
- [Data for Decisions (D4D)](https://www.imf.org/en/Capacity-Development/d4d-fund)
- [Financial Sector Stability Fund (FSSF)](https://www.imf.org/en/Capacity-Development/trust-fund/financial-sector-stability-fund-fssf)
- [Ukraine Capacity Development Fund,](https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2024/02/12/pr2444-ukraine-capacity-development-fund-launches-operations)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/trust-fund/thematic-funds_