This Report provides an overview of UNDP’s work to strengthen the effectiveness of development cooperation in 2017, undertaken through the Global Project on Managing Development Cooperation Effectively. The Global Project supports programme countries’ capacities to access, mobilise, manage and use development cooperation more effectively to achieve their development objectives. UNDP, as part of the UNDP-OECD Joint Support Team of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation, supports the effective functioning of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation. The Report also provides an overview of the activities undertaken by UNDP under the auspices of the Global Partnership and a provisional financial report of donor contributions and expenditures.