P2C pledge mobilization and implementation

Analysis of new pledges submitted since the last P2C Annual Report

By 6 December 2023, a total of 845 pledges worth USD 36.78 billion coming from 408 entities representing 138 countries had been submitted to the P2C platform.

When compared against the figures presented in the P2C Annual Report 2022, in 2023, the Coalition:

• Increased by 53% the number of pledges received;
• Increased by 24% the financial resources mobilized;
• Increased by 55% the number of pledging entities;
• Increased by 20% the number of countries engaged in the Coalition.

A critical success factor in the pledge mobilization efforts continues to be the targeted campaigns and major pledge drives at global events like the LDC5 Conference and SDG Digital. ITU’s Regional Development Forums also proved to be a powerful engine for growth, accounting for most of the new pledge submissions.

A majority of the 293 new pledges submitted are oriented towards the focus areas of ADOPTION and ACCESS, most frequently targeting the pillars of skills, digital inclusion and digital innovation and entrepreneurship. Programmatic pledges continued to be the most common among the new submissions (58%); advocacy-related pledges came in second place this time (21%), overtaking the policy-related pledges (12%).

As was the case last year, government continues to be the sector with the most new pledges submitted (45%). The private sector came in second with 19%. However, when looking at financial value, the private sector took first place, pledging approximately USD 6 billion. Government was in second place with just over USD 900 million.

In 2023, on the occasion of SDG Digital, the Coalition introduced ‘SDG’ as a new field in the pledge-reporting tool. This field intends to help pledgers identify how their pledge is helping to address the SDGs. The five most frequently targeted among the new pledges submitted this year were:

• SDG 9 – Industry, innovation and infrastructure
• SDG 4 – Quality education
• SDG 10 – Reduced inequalities
• SDG 17 – Partnerships for the goals
• SDG 5 – Gender equality (47% of all new pledges include women as one of their beneficiary groups)