United Institutions
The United Institutions (UI) is a next-generation global institution, integrator platform and world forum, being developed for the international community. It is a major strategic investment in the global governance architecture and will serve a host of functions to support the international community in meeting the complex interconnected needs of today's world.
The new world body is being established against the backdrop of escalating global crises, entrenched global governance challenges, the adoption of new global agendas; and against the need for strategic investments in the following areas, inter alia,
The new world body is being established against the backdrop of escalating global crises, entrenched global governance challenges, the adoption of new global agendas; and against the need for strategic investments in the following areas, inter alia,
- Strengthening the coherence and integration of the international architecture
- Enhancing linkages and connectivity between sectors, institutions and mechanisms
- Strengthening international cooperation, partnerships and collective action
- Realization of a whole-of-society approach
- Realization of a more interconnected, inclusive, effective multilateralism and global ecosystem
- Strengthening the institutional framework for global cooperation
- Harmonization of global, regional, national and local level activities
- Strengthening engagement on the development, humanitarian, peace and human rights nexus
- Realization of the means of implementation, across global frameworks
- Revitalization of the global partnership for development
- Strengthening intersectoral and interinstitutional relations
- Building trust between sectors, institutions and policy areas
- Breaking sectoral and institutional silos
- Implementation of systemic and integrated approaches
- Strengthening institutional and sectoral capacity building
- Achieving good governance and an enabling environment
- Ensuring accountable, transparent, inclusive and effective institutions
- Realizing policy coherence across global agendas, sectors and geographies
- Strengthening multi-stakeholder cooperation, inclusion and participation
- Ensuring comprehensive, institutionalized and meaningful engagement
- Strengthening civic space and engagement
- Addressing systemic challenges within the international architecture
- Strengthening the long-term positioning of the development, peace, humanitarian and human rights sectors
- Building global team work and global solidarity
- Fostering political will and commitment
- Advancing the system-wide capacity for assembly
Mission Overview
The United Institutions will serve as a global institution, integrator platform and permanent world forum for international cooperation on sustainable development, climate, peace and security, humanitarian assistance, human rights, governance and the rule of law, for institutions in the public, civil and private sectors.
The new world body will serve and support the international community in advancing the ideals and principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter, and in establishing cohesive international relations, global partnership and solidarity towards addressing global challenges and achieving a sustainable, equitable and peaceful world for people and planet, leaving no one behind.
It is being established with a view to strengthen global governance, cooperation, integration and collective action, and to support and enable the international community to realize a more interconnected, inclusive and effective multilateralism, and link sectors, mechanisms and processes together across policy areas and geographies.
The establishment of the platform responds to the widely expressed, unmet demand from all stakeholder
constituencies for greater inclusion and engagement in global decision-making and for more integrated and effective
collaboration. It will build out the institutional framework for global cooperation, institute new functions and
capabilities, and also represent a major strategic investment and expansion of multistakeholder engagement and civic
space at the global level. It will support the realization of a whole-of-society approach that encompasses and works
across all levels, and that empowers and complements national and local action, towards achieving cohesive,
transformative, integrated and systemic change.
The world forum is intended to serve as a complement to the United Nations and other governance arrangements, mechanisms and institutions including inter alia, intergovernmental organizations and multistakeholder partnerships, while fully recognizing and supporting their individual mandates, roles, functions and comparative advantages,
The platform will enable existing structures and institutions to strengthen their interconnectivity, coordination and alignment, in a coherent and integrated manner, and to transform silos and fragmentation, into systemic and sustained cooperation, integration and collective action.
The United Institutions is a strategic investment in our global agendas including, inter alia, the 2030 Agenda, Paris Agreement, Addis Ababa Action Agenda, Sendai Framework, Sustainable Peace Agenda and the Agenda for Humanity; in mobilizing and realizing their means of implementation; and in revitalizing the global partnership to achieve them.
It is also a strategic investment in the long-term positioning of the sustainable development, climate, peace and security, humanitarian assistance, and human rights sectors, and in their collective capacity to work together, align and leverage contributions; implement systemic change; realize collective outcomes; deliver meaningful results; and achieve results at scale.
The new world body is being established as an international organization and will be governed, managed and operated via a democratic, accountable and transparent constitution and charter, by its member institutions, inclusive of the full range of stakeholder constituencies within the international community.
United Institutions funding sources will include, inter alia, a membership financial assessment programme, an endowment, and contributions from governments, philanthropic institutions, the private sector, civil society and the general public.
The new world body will serve and support the international community in advancing the ideals and principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter, and in establishing cohesive international relations, global partnership and solidarity towards addressing global challenges and achieving a sustainable, equitable and peaceful world for people and planet, leaving no one behind.
It is being established with a view to strengthen global governance, cooperation, integration and collective action, and to support and enable the international community to realize a more interconnected, inclusive and effective multilateralism, and link sectors, mechanisms and processes together across policy areas and geographies.
The establishment of the platform responds to the widely expressed, unmet demand from all stakeholder
constituencies for greater inclusion and engagement in global decision-making and for more integrated and effective
collaboration. It will build out the institutional framework for global cooperation, institute new functions and
capabilities, and also represent a major strategic investment and expansion of multistakeholder engagement and civic
space at the global level. It will support the realization of a whole-of-society approach that encompasses and works
across all levels, and that empowers and complements national and local action, towards achieving cohesive,
transformative, integrated and systemic change.
The world forum is intended to serve as a complement to the United Nations and other governance arrangements, mechanisms and institutions including inter alia, intergovernmental organizations and multistakeholder partnerships, while fully recognizing and supporting their individual mandates, roles, functions and comparative advantages,
The platform will enable existing structures and institutions to strengthen their interconnectivity, coordination and alignment, in a coherent and integrated manner, and to transform silos and fragmentation, into systemic and sustained cooperation, integration and collective action.
The United Institutions is a strategic investment in our global agendas including, inter alia, the 2030 Agenda, Paris Agreement, Addis Ababa Action Agenda, Sendai Framework, Sustainable Peace Agenda and the Agenda for Humanity; in mobilizing and realizing their means of implementation; and in revitalizing the global partnership to achieve them.
It is also a strategic investment in the long-term positioning of the sustainable development, climate, peace and security, humanitarian assistance, and human rights sectors, and in their collective capacity to work together, align and leverage contributions; implement systemic change; realize collective outcomes; deliver meaningful results; and achieve results at scale.
The new world body is being established as an international organization and will be governed, managed and operated via a democratic, accountable and transparent constitution and charter, by its member institutions, inclusive of the full range of stakeholder constituencies within the international community.
United Institutions funding sources will include, inter alia, a membership financial assessment programme, an endowment, and contributions from governments, philanthropic institutions, the private sector, civil society and the general public.
Features
The United Institutions will provide organizations and institutions in the international community with a unifying strategic framework, enabling environment and a comprehensive infrastructure for cooperation, integration and collective action at the global level.
Strategic Framework
The UI Global Strategic Framework establishes the mandate, goals, functions, services and organizing principles of the United Institutions, its thematic coverage, operational areas and constituents; as well as its institutional framework and composition. The framework also sets out the rationale, requirements and key considerations for the institution, defines the strategic role it will fulfill within the international architecture, and identifies its functional relationship with existing institutions, mechanisms and decision making processes at international, regional and national levels.
Infrastructure
The platform infrastructure will include the following components, inter alia,:
Membership | Stakeholder Constituencies
The world forum will enable engagement between the full range of institutions across the public, civil and private sectors, belonging to, or engaged in, the following policy areas, institutional categories and geographies:
Policy Areas
Institutional Categories
Geographies
Thematic Areas
The platform is developed to support and enable stakeholders to engage and work closely together on the full range of issues on the global development agenda including, inter alia, poverty, hunger, equality, water, food security, global health, education, human rights, humanitarian assistance, armed conflicts, conflict prevention, peace building, disarmament, civic engagement, democracy building, open societies, governance, integration, cooperation, complementarity, trade, debt, financing for development, disaster risk reduction, environmental protection, pollution, deforestation, ocean depletion, biodiversity loss, renewable energy and climate change.
Strategic Goals, Functions and Program Activities
Engagement Processes
The United Institutions will support and enable stakeholders to engage in intersectoral cooperation, multistakeholder engagement, collaboration, capacity building, coordination, integration, connectivity, knowledge exchange, partnerships, innovation and collective action, in a systemic, integrated, inclusive and sustained manner.
The platform is developed to provide stakeholders with coherent and effective meeting frameworks, engagement formats, tools and resources, towards realizing systemic and integrated approaches, meaningful engagements and results driven outcomes.
Coordination with Existing Mechanisms and Processes
United Institutions activities will be guided by, in support of, and in coordination with global agendas, national
development plans, and actions taken by existing mechanisms and institutions. The platform will feature an integrated coordination framework that will help ensure that United Institutions programme of work, processes and activities are coordinated and aligned with the policy cycles and processes of intergovernmental organizations and other governance arrangements at the international, regional and national levels.
Secretariat Location
The United Institutions world forum and secretariat will be located in New York, along with the United Nations, with a view to enhance system-wide coherence, coordination and integration. The secretariat will be responsible for providing management, administration, strategic support services, program services, global forum logistics, global connectivity and an extensive knowledge network.
Networked
The United Institutions will be networked and facilitate systemic, inclusive and sustained cooperation and engagement by institutions and constituencies globally across the international, regional, national and local levels. It will enable year round engagement and cooperation, both in-person at the UI secretariat complex and virtually via video conferencing and the UI knowledge network.
Global Hub | Coordination Mechanism for Institutions
The permanent forum will serve as a global hub and shared resource for institutions engaged in issues being addressed at the global level. The world body is also aimed at supporting, connecting, integrating and leveraging the collective leadership, expertise, resources and efforts of individual stakeholders, partnerships, platforms and mechanisms. The institution will provide the organizations with a dedicated, neutral and inclusive coordination mechanism and institutional home at the global level, that will enable them to collectively engage, partner, connect, integrate, coordinate, strengthen, advance and align their work in a systemic, coherent and sustained manner, across frameworks and thematic areas.
Alignment with Global Frameworks
The institutional development of the United Institutions is guided by and aligned with established global agendas and international instruments including, inter alia, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement on climate change, the Sendai framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Agenda for Humanity, UN resolutions on sustainable peace, and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development.
Strategic Framework
The UI Global Strategic Framework establishes the mandate, goals, functions, services and organizing principles of the United Institutions, its thematic coverage, operational areas and constituents; as well as its institutional framework and composition. The framework also sets out the rationale, requirements and key considerations for the institution, defines the strategic role it will fulfill within the international architecture, and identifies its functional relationship with existing institutions, mechanisms and decision making processes at international, regional and national levels.
Infrastructure
The platform infrastructure will include the following components, inter alia,:
- Global program platform
- Permanent global forums in international affairs
- Engagement with leading international institutions
- Coordination with international and national mechanisms
- Global secretariat
- Strategic support services
- Meeting and conference facilities
- Office space for representative offices
- Global network and connectivity
Membership | Stakeholder Constituencies
The world forum will enable engagement between the full range of institutions across the public, civil and private sectors, belonging to, or engaged in, the following policy areas, institutional categories and geographies:
Policy Areas
- Sustainable Development
- Climate
- Peace and Security
- Humanitarian Assistance
- Human Rights
- Governance
- Rule of Law
Institutional Categories
- Intergovernmental Organizations
- Governments
- Bilateral Agencies
- Local Governments
- Governance Mechanisms
- Multistakeholder Partnerships
- Civil Society Organizations
- Nongovernmental Organizations
- Major Groups
- Networks
- Alliances
- Coalitions
- Communities
- Philanthropic Foundations
- Financial Institutions
- Think Tanks
- Academic Institutions
- Scientific Institutions
- Corporations
- Business Groups
- Industry
Geographies
- Global
- Regional
- National
- Local
Thematic Areas
The platform is developed to support and enable stakeholders to engage and work closely together on the full range of issues on the global development agenda including, inter alia, poverty, hunger, equality, water, food security, global health, education, human rights, humanitarian assistance, armed conflicts, conflict prevention, peace building, disarmament, civic engagement, democracy building, open societies, governance, integration, cooperation, complementarity, trade, debt, financing for development, disaster risk reduction, environmental protection, pollution, deforestation, ocean depletion, biodiversity loss, renewable energy and climate change.
Strategic Goals, Functions and Program Activities
- Address global challenges and crises
- Address global development goals and agendas
- Address global commons and global public goods
- Address global and transboundary dimensions
- Strengthen global governance, cooperation, integration and coordination
- Support the realization of a whole-of-society approach
- Support the realization of a more interconnected, inclusive, effective multilateralism and global ecosystem
- Link and connect sectors, mechanisms and processes together across policy areas and geographies
- Strengthen working methods between UN member states and non-state actors
- Build and maintain trust and strategic relationships, between constituencies and across policy areas
- Strengthen coordination of international support for national development plans
- Align and leverage global efforts in a systemic, sustained and effective manner
- Support the transformation and paradigm shift towards systemic change
- Support the adoption of systemic and integrated approaches
- Strengthen policy coherence, implementation and monitoring
- Address systemic and structural governance challenges
- Strengthen development and aid effectiveness
- Build institutional and sector-wide capacities
- Break down sectoral and institutional silos
- Reduce and preventing fragmentation
- Foster greater inclusion and participation
- Foster inclusive governance
- Strengthen civic space and civic engagement
- Strengthen sectors, institutions and mechanisms
- Sustain collective commitments and momentum
- Strength political will, partnership and solidarity
- Accelerate global progress on realizing global development goals
- Achieve results at scale
- Mitigate threats to global cooperation and development
Engagement Processes
The United Institutions will support and enable stakeholders to engage in intersectoral cooperation, multistakeholder engagement, collaboration, capacity building, coordination, integration, connectivity, knowledge exchange, partnerships, innovation and collective action, in a systemic, integrated, inclusive and sustained manner.
The platform is developed to provide stakeholders with coherent and effective meeting frameworks, engagement formats, tools and resources, towards realizing systemic and integrated approaches, meaningful engagements and results driven outcomes.
Coordination with Existing Mechanisms and Processes
United Institutions activities will be guided by, in support of, and in coordination with global agendas, national
development plans, and actions taken by existing mechanisms and institutions. The platform will feature an integrated coordination framework that will help ensure that United Institutions programme of work, processes and activities are coordinated and aligned with the policy cycles and processes of intergovernmental organizations and other governance arrangements at the international, regional and national levels.
Secretariat Location
The United Institutions world forum and secretariat will be located in New York, along with the United Nations, with a view to enhance system-wide coherence, coordination and integration. The secretariat will be responsible for providing management, administration, strategic support services, program services, global forum logistics, global connectivity and an extensive knowledge network.
Networked
The United Institutions will be networked and facilitate systemic, inclusive and sustained cooperation and engagement by institutions and constituencies globally across the international, regional, national and local levels. It will enable year round engagement and cooperation, both in-person at the UI secretariat complex and virtually via video conferencing and the UI knowledge network.
Global Hub | Coordination Mechanism for Institutions
The permanent forum will serve as a global hub and shared resource for institutions engaged in issues being addressed at the global level. The world body is also aimed at supporting, connecting, integrating and leveraging the collective leadership, expertise, resources and efforts of individual stakeholders, partnerships, platforms and mechanisms. The institution will provide the organizations with a dedicated, neutral and inclusive coordination mechanism and institutional home at the global level, that will enable them to collectively engage, partner, connect, integrate, coordinate, strengthen, advance and align their work in a systemic, coherent and sustained manner, across frameworks and thematic areas.
Alignment with Global Frameworks
The institutional development of the United Institutions is guided by and aligned with established global agendas and international instruments including, inter alia, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement on climate change, the Sendai framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Agenda for Humanity, UN resolutions on sustainable peace, and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development.
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