The Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF), adopted by over 85 countries globally serves as a planning and delivery tool to strengthen planning processes and overcome existing impediments to mobilise financing for sustainable development and the SDGs at the national level. It analyses a range of financing sources, domestic public resources, aid and development cooperation, and domestic and international private finance – and provides actionable recommendations that allow countries to develop a strategy to increase investment, manage risks, and achieve sustainable development priorities, aligned with national development priorities.

In Sri Lanka, an energy sector focused INFF was developed through a process led by the Ministry of Energy with support and technical collaboration from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The process of developing the Sri Lanka INFF has involved extensive consultations across government, private sector, development partners and academic institutions over the course of two years including through three financing dialogues convened jointly by the Government of Sri Lanka and UNDP. This has culminated in the development of the INFF financing strategy for an inclusive and equitable renewable energy transition in Sri Lanka.