The decision-making body of the Fund, provides high-level strategic direction for management and operational oversight. Responsibilities include approving allocations across and within pillars, reviewing criteria for the spread of available resources, reviewing and updating the fund management strategy and project-level risks, and overseeing fund resource mobilization, external partnership, and public relations strategies.

The Secretariat is responsible for fund operations, providing policy and technical advice as well as administrative support to the Steering Committee. The Secretariat also follow up on all aspects of financial allocation and manage programme cycles.

The DCF Secretariat is housed in the United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies.

The UNDP MPTFO administers the Fund under the pass-through management modality. The Fund's administration services costs are 1% of received contributions. Participating UN Agencies receive funds through the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent is responsible for the receipt, administration and management of contributions from donors, disbursement of funds to Recipient Organizations, and consolidation and dissemination of progress and financial reports to donors.

Participating UN Organisations (PUNOs) - i.e: UN Specialized Agencies, Funds and Programmes - are the main implementors of projects under the DCF. They join the fund through signature of the DCF Memorandum of Understanding with the Administrative Agent. Each Participating UN Organisation will assume full programmatic and financial accountability for the funds disbursed to the Administrative Agent. Indirect costs/remuneration of the Participating UN Organization recovered through programme support costs will be seven per cent (7%).

Financial contributions to the Fund are accepted from governments of Member States of the United Nations, intergovernmental organizations or non-governmental organizations, private sector companies or individuals.

The Steering Committee may invite donors and other stakeholders to form Advisory Groups per project, as appropriate. These Advisory Groups shall be advisory in nature only and have no decision-making role(s).

In line with the UN Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG) Guidance Note on a New Generation of Joint Programmes (JP), where there is a strong programmatic rationale, non-UN partners may join a Joint Programme and implement, in parallel, with their own resources. In this context, non-UN Partners may include academic institutions, research organisations, think tanks, philanthropies, and other institutions with resources that further the success of a project.