UN Renewal
Our work in this thematic area strives to strengthen efforts for renewal and change in the United Nations system.
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The UN faces vast challenges in ensuring peace and security, promoting sustainable development, protecting human rights and delivering humanitarian aid. While it is uniquely placed and has legitimacy to address global threats and challenges, a continued leading role of the UN in these areas will require comprehensive changes to the system.
Our work in this thematic area strengthens efforts to renew and promote positive change within the UN system by generating and presenting knowledge, analysis and new ideas to decision makers. We thereby strive to facilitate discussion and encourage follow on actions.
Thematic priorities
Leadership and management
Stimulating dialogue focused on ethics, integrity, transparency and accountability.
Financing the UN system
Analysing UN funding trends, challenges and opportunities for new approaches to financing development.
Functions of the UN system
Supporting analysis and dialogue on UN repositioning in light of Agenda 2030 and the Sustaining Peace Resolutions.
Leadership and management
Encouraging inspired and principled UN leadership
Through publications and training, our work on leadership and management seeks to inspire constructive dialogue on how to foster visionary and principled leadership in the UN.
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Financing the UN system
Informing UN reform debates with an annual report on UN financing
Since 2015, we have, in partnership with the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office, produced an influential annual report on financing of the UN development system.
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Functions of the UN system
Engaging in the development and operationalisation of the Funding Compact
To support the development of the UN Funding Compact, we contribute to international meetings and produce studies in partnership with the UN Development Cooperation Office.
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Henrik Hammargren 
Kate Sullivan
Young UN: Agents for Change