43. We decide to establish a capacity-building mechanism in the United Nations, building upon existing initiatives, that supports efforts of Member States to implement the Global Compact. It allows Member States, the United Nations and other relevant stakeholders, including the private sector and philanthropic foundations, to contribute technical, financial and human resources on a voluntary basis in order to strengthen capacities and foster multi-partner cooperation. The capacity-building mechanism will consist of:

(a) A connection hub that facilitates demand-driven, tailor-made and integrated solutions, by:

(i) Advising on, assessing and processing country requests for the development of solutions;

(ii) Identifying main implementing partners within and outside of the United Nations system, in line with their comparative advantages and operational capacities;

(iii) Connecting the request to similar initiatives and solutions for peer-to-peer exchange and potential replication, where existing and relevant;

(iv) Ensuring effective set-up for multi-agency and multi-stakeholder implementation;

(v) Identifying funding opportunities, including by initiating the start-up fund;

(b) A start-up fund for initial financing to realize project-oriented solutions, by:

(i) Providing seed funding, where needed, to jump-start a specific project;

(ii) Complementing other funding sources;

(iii) Receiving voluntary financial contributions by Member States, the United Nations, international financial institutions and other stakeholders, including the private sector and philanthropic foundations;

(c) A global knowledge platform as an online open data source, by:

(i) Serving as a repository of existing evidence, practices and initiatives;

(ii) Facilitating the accessibility of knowledge and sharing of solutions;

(iii) Building on the Global Forum on Migration and Development Platform for Partnerships and other relevant sources.