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Global Pulse is entirely funded through voluntary contributions from individual UN Member States and private philanthropic organizations. We are grateful to the UK and Swedish Governments for providing initial financial support for the initiative, and to the Rockefeller Foundation and Rockefeller Brothers Fund for hosting Global Pulse events.

Global Pulse has also benefited from many hours of expertise generously invested in the project by its UN system partners. UNDP, UNICEF, WFP and the UN's Department for Public Information have seconded full-time staff members to the Global Pulse Team.

Global Pulse is a multi-year project that requires continuous fundraising from a broad range of stakeholders. We welcome any expression of interest from donors who would like to help expand and accelerate the work of the initiative.

As Global Pulse is a multi-disciplinary initiative with a broad network of supporters and stakeholders, to maximize impact and avoid duplication of efforts, Global Pulse has created two formal advisory mechanisms. Global Pulse has established a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) comprised of more than 15 UN agency representatives to ensure that its work adds value to ongoing UN agency monitoring efforts. The TAG meets at strategic moments to advise the Global Pulse Team on priorities and implementation.

To ensure that the Global Pulse initiative closely and transparently engages with Member States, a Friends of Global Pulse Group has been established in New York. Members include representatives from the following countries: Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Brazil, Croatia, Egypt, Indonesia, Lithuania, Malawi, Mexico, Senegal, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Uganda and the United Kingdom.