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Capacity Building

Capacity Building

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The CSO, through Ireland's Institute for SDGs (IIS), supports reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals.

SDG 17.9.1 Dollar Value of Financial and Technical Assistance (Including Through North-South, South-South and Triangular Cooperation) Committed to Developing Countries

SDG 17.9.1 Dollar value of financial and technical assistance (including through North-South, South-South and Triangular Cooperation) committed to developing countries - information is published by the Department of Foreign Affairs, and the OECD.

Information on Ireland’s official development assistance (ODA) is provided in indicator SDG 17.2.1 in the Finance chapter, and the OECD report OECD Development Co‑operation Peer Reviews IRELAND 2020. Ireland's Bilateral ODA by major purposes is presented in the OECD Peer Review.

€2.3 billion
Ireland’s total ODA increased to €2.3 billion, representing 0.64% of GNP, in 2022
€976 million
Ireland's ODA in 2021

UN SDG Information

The UN SDG Indicators Database provides the following information on SDG 17.9.1 metadata.

Target

The target for this indicator is Target 17.9 which is to:

"Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation."

Definition

Gross disbursements of total ODA and other official flows from all donors for capacity building and national planning.

Concept

The DAC defines ODA as those flows to countries and territories on the DAC list of ODA recipients and to multilateral institutions which are:

i) provided by official agencies, including state and local governments, or by their executive agencies; and

ii) each transaction is administered with the promotion of the economic development and welfare of developing countries as its main objective; and is concessional in character and conveys a grant element of at least 25 per cent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 per cent).

Additional data on Ireland’s development indicators are published on the OECD website.