The QFFD is a public corporation and is affiliated with Qatar’s Council of Ministers. The fund, which provides grants, concessional loans and other forms of development finance on behalf of the state of Qatar, is overseen by a Board of Directors headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 2023, the QFFD continued to focus on several key institutional initiatives. To deliver on the SDGs, and through a results-based approach, the QFFD has further strengthened its strategic partnerships on both the multilateral and bilateral levels by co-funding humanitarian and development interventions and providing multi-year unearmarked support and core contributions to several United Nations agencies.
In addition, the fund continued improving its governance framework for better policy alignment and aid predictability. It also enshrined its internal efficiency and accountability through digitisation and other organisation-wide development initiatives and capacity-building programmes. Finally, the QFFD further strengthened its internal procedures to ensure compliance and adherence to adopted policies, national laws and regulations, and international good practices, particularly those related to combating terrorist financing and extreme violence, money laundering, and other illicit financing schemes.
Other Qatari entities involved in the country’s development co-operation are Qatar Foundation, Qatar Airways, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Public Health, the Doha Institute, and Qatar University.
