News Category: Sector
January 15, 2018
Qatar and OCHA sign a Four-Year Financing Agreement
Qatar announced un-earmarked funding of USD 40 million over four years – USD10 million annually from 2017 to 2020 – to support the core budget of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The signing ceremony...
January 15, 2018
Bill Gates praises Qatar’s Efforts to Finance Development Projects
Bill Gates, Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, commended Qatar's efforts to finance development projects across various countries, as the Qatar Fund for Development signed an agreement on April 13, 2016 to provide a grant of $ 50...
January 15, 2018
Qatar contributes $ 10 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Qatar donated $ 10 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria during the 5th replenishment conference of the Fund in Montreal, Canada. Minister of Public Health H.E. Dr. Hanan Mohammed Al Kuwari announced the donation during...
January 15, 2018
Qatar donates over $26 million to UNHCR in 2017
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has received over $26 million contributions from the State of Qatar in year 2017, making Qatar the UNHCR's top donor in the Middle East and North Africa region. According to the UNHCR...
January 14, 2018
Qatar Fund for Development donates $ 57 million for the Electricity Sector in the Republic of Libya
Qatar Fund for Development asserted that supporting the electricity sector in the Republic of Libya is part of Qatar's ongoing commitment towards its brothers in Libya Qatar Development Fund has completed the implementation of a project on supporting the electricity...
January 14, 2018
An Office opened in Tunis to Finance Development Projects
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and the Government of Tunisia on the opening of a QFFD office in Tunis. The MoU was signed by H.E. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs...
January 14, 2018
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Qatar Fund For Development Fund (QFFD) Sign a strategic partnership development Agreement
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Qatar Fund For Development Fund (QFFD) signed on 24 May 2016 in Istanbul, on the sidelines of the World Humanitarian Summit, a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen their cooperation and strategic partnership...
January 14, 2018
Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) sign Agreement to combat cholera in Yemen
The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) signed a $5 million cooperation agreement with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to combat cholera in Yemen. The agreement was in response to UNICEF's emergency appeal to eradicate cholera in Yemen. In a...
January 9, 2018
Qatar donates $ 20 million to Haiti to support Education, Health and Shelter
130 countries attended a conference held at the United Nations headquarters, New York entitled "Towards a New Future for Haiti” to urge donors to provide $11.5 billion over the next 10 years for the reconstruction of the Caribbean nation that...
January 9, 2018
Qatar donates $30 million to Hurricane Harvey Victims
Qatar has pledged $30 million to help people in Texas rebuild after Hurricane Harvey, according to Meshal bin Hamad Al Thani, Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the United States on Thursday, reported by the Associated Press. The news agency reported that...