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This course is also available in French and Spanish. Disponible en français. Disponible en español.

In this course, you will explore what an INFF can achieve, how to implement it using the INFF building blocks, and the key actors involved. The course covers the unique value of adopting an INFF, features insights from countries that have benefited from their INFF processes, and shares key lessons and best practices. It concludes with guidance on applying these lessons in your national context.

The course takes around 2-2.5 hours to complete and a certificate will be issued upon completion. 

This course was developed by the INFF Facility with financial support from the European Union and the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

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By the end of the course, you will be able to: 

• Explain the INFF concept and its value proposition 
• Identify key stakeholders and their roles in the INFF process 
• Discuss successful examples and lessons learned from early implementers of INFFs 
• Gain a general understanding of what an INFF could look like in your country

To enroll, follow these steps:

1. Create your account at the DESA Digital Learning Centre
2. Complete registration at the course link
3. Start learning!

This course is also available in French and Spanish. Disponible en français. Disponible en español.

This course is designed for technical government staff, international organizations, and development partners working on INFFs. It draws on INFF guidance and country examples to help learners apply theory to practice.

Through six modules, you’ll explore each INFF building block with practical tips for your INFF journey:

• Inception Phase: Learn to establish a baseline and create buy-in for INFF development.
• Building Block 1: Assessment and Diagnostics: Assess financing gaps and identify opportunities, challenges, and risks in your country’s financing landscape.
• Building Block 2: Financing Strategy: Formulate a coherent, sustainable, and risk-informed financing strategy.
• Building Block 3: Monitoring and Review: Understand the importance of monitoring and review, and explore suitable systems for your context.
• Building Block 4: Governance and Coordination: Learn the role of governance and coordination, identifying relevant institutions and processes.
• Takeaways and Tips: Review key lessons and practical advice.

By the end of the course, you will: 

• Gain an in-depth understanding of the purpose, principles, and key elements for each INFF building block 
• Grasp specific methods and tools for the inception phase and each building block, assess their relevance to your country’s context, and be able to develop or adopt approaches as needed 
• Be equipped to operationalize an INFF in your country

To enroll, follow these steps:

1. Create your account at the DESA Digital Learning Centre
2. Complete registration at the course link
3. Start learning!

This course focuses on financing Nationally Determined Contributions and climate objectives through INFFs, combining global guidance and country examples to help learners apply theory to practice.

In five lessons, you’ll explore the practical use of INFFs to finance national climate goals:

• Lesson 1: Understand the purpose of climate financing, its policy relevance, and the interconnection of INFF building blocks.
• Lesson 2: Explore the state of climate finance, gaps, challenges, and how INFFs can support climate goals.
• Lesson 3: Learn to apply INFF building blocks to assess policy options and principles for a climate finance strategy.
• Knowledge Check: Test your understanding with scenario-based questions.
• Wrap Up: Review key lessons and practical tips.

The course takes around 2-2.5 hours to complete and a certificate will be issued upon completion. 

This course was developed by the INFF Facility with funding from the European Union.

By the end of the course, you will be able to: 

• Explain why climate change matters in their financing policy context. 

• Describe the unique value of operationalizing each of the different INFF building blocks to achieve climate finance goals, and;  
• Discuss successful examples and lessons learned from implementers of INFFs for climate finance and reflect on opportunities within their country context. 

To enroll, follow these steps:

1. Create your account at the DESA Digital Learning Centre
2. Complete registration at the course link
3. Start learning!

UNDP’s SDG Finance Academy provides online courses covering various sustainable finance topics, including budgeting, tax, debt, insurance and risk financing, SDG investments, impact measurement and management & finance tracking and more.

These courses provide the skills to engage with governments, the private sector and other stakeholders in leveraging needed financing to achieve the Goals.

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