About Partnership
WFUNA and the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect are currently collaborating to develop valuable ways of promoting R2P within the Asia-Pacific region throughout our joint networks.
WFUNA actively collaborates with the national United Nations Associations around the globe, which are our core constituents. We work together with the United Nations’ civil society organizations, governments, philanthropies, universities and companies. Members of our team serve on various committees and advisory groups of leading nonprofit organizations, government agencies and the United Nations.
Some of our Past and Present Partners are:
Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
About Partner
The Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect's mission is to advance the Responsibility to Protect principle within the Asia-Pacific Region and worldwide, and support the building of capacity to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
Collaborative Projects
Responsibility to Protect - mobilizing public and political will
BluWorld
About Partner
BluWorld provides global e-mail accounts, educational content, employment needs, entrepreneurship, networking, story / experience sharing, mentoring and volunteering opportunities to youth and others who are coming online in developing countries.
About Partnership
WFUNA is on the Advisory Board of BluWorld.
Conference of NGOs (CoNGO)
About Partner
The Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO) is an independent, international, non-profit membership association of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). It facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and decision-making.
About Partnership
WFUNA is the Secretary of the CoNGO Board of Directors.
Environmental Science and Policy | Columbia University SIPA
About Partner
As part of the Master's Program in Environmental Science and Policy at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, teams of graduate students serve as consultants for a variety of non-profit and public agencies.
About Partnership
The team working with WFUNA is a diverse group of individuals all with the shared goal of working towards a more sustainable planet and future for all global citizens.
Collaborative Projects
- Go Beyond, WFUNA's Climate Change Program
Executive Office of the Secretary-General (EOSG)
About Partnership
WFUNA leadership meets regularly with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his Executive Office and collaborates on specific issues.
Federation of Korean Industries
About Partner
FKI is a multifunctional association for domestic industries, which exists in the form of an incorporated body. The official name of the organization is the Federation of Korean Industries, which consists of Korea's major conglomerates and associated members. The main objectives of the organization are to help promote sound economic policies, and to internationalize the economy to further enhance the free market economic system and the development of the nation.
About Partnership
WFUNA partnered with the Federation of Korean Industries to provide students attending local schools in Korea with scholarships to attend educational trainings on UN principles and related material.
Global Action to Prevent War (GAPW)
About Partner
Global Action to Prevent War is an emerging transnational network dedicated to practical measures for reducing global levels of conflict and to removing the institutional and ideological impediments to ending armed conflict and severe human rights violations.
About Partnership
WFUNA and Global Action have primarily been collaborating in the context of our work on the Responsibility to Protect.
Collaborative Projects
Responsibility to Protect - mobilizing public and political will
Hope to the Future Association
About Partner
Hope to the Future Association (HFA) is a nonprofit association dedicated to helping children through education and sustainable sponsorship. HFA carries out diverse projects designed to provide children about the world with a better quality of life.
About Partnership
WFUNA and the Hope to the Future Association are partnering on educational initiatives for secondary school students, including taking part in WFUNA's Training at the UN: Korea program and launching a youth-based activities in Korea.
Collaborative Projects
Training at the UN Focuses on UN System and MDGs, February 2013
WFUNA Signs with Hope to the Future Association to Launch Training at the UN: Korea, September 2012
International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP)
About Partner
A project of the World Federalist Movement (WFM), the INTERNATIONAL COALITION FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT (ICRtoP) brings together NGOs from all regions of the world to strengthen normative consensus for RtoP, further the understanding of the norm, push for strengthened capacities to prevent and halt genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity and mobilize NGOs to push for action to save lives in RtoP country-specific situations.
About Partnership
WFUNA is a member of the ICRtoP. We meet regularly to exchange information and collaborate on ways to increase the role of civil society in advocating for and advancing the R2P norm.
Kyunghee University
About Partner
Kyunghee University is a private research university based in the Republic of Korea, with several campuses committed to the fulfillment of a "cultural world for humanity" as the leader of the future of academics and the creator of common values for humanity.
About Partnership
WFUNA and Kyunghee University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to launch a two-week youth camp program in the summer of 2013, at Kyunghee University's Global Campus.
Collaborative Projects
WFUNA Signs with Kyunghee University to Launch Youth Camp: Korea, December 2012
NGO/DPI Executive Committee
About Partner
The Executive Committee of Non-Governmental Organizations Associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information (NGO/DPI Executive Committee) acts as a liaison between the NGO community and DPI in connection with the provision of services, the production of materials, the use of UN facilities and all other matters that meet the information-related needs of NGOs associated with the UN.
About Partnership
WFUNA is an Ex-Officio member of the NGO/DPI Executive Committee.
Parliamento Andino
About Partner
The Andean Parliament is the governing body and control of the Andean community, representing 120 million people of this community. It was created on 25 October, 1979 in La Paz through a Constitutive Treaty signed by the foreign ministers of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela in order to strengthen their economies through free trade, the elimination of tariffs, and customs union.
About Partnership
WFUNA, UNA-Colombia, and the Andean Parliament are currently collaborating to promote the wide dissemination of the United Nations spirit
Research Center of United Nations and International Organizations
About Partner
The Research Center of United Nations and International Organizations is the research arm of the Beijing Foreign Studies University in Beijing, China.
About Partnership
WFUNA and RCUNIO has formed a strategic partnership for both the Dag Hammarskjold Symposium and the Advanced Training at the United Nations: China program, launched in 2012 and continuing in 2013. Read more
Collaborative Projects
- Second Dag Hammarskjold Symposium, Beijing, China, December 2011
- Advanced Training at the United Nations: China, Geneva, October 2012
- WFUNA Implements Advanced Training at the UN: China, Geneva, February 2013
The City of Bogota
About Partner
The Principal Mayor and District Council are responsible for city administration
About Partnership
WFUNA, UNA-Colombia, and the City of Bogota are collaborating to strengthen the awareness of the United Nations and the issues of nuclear disarmament, the Millennium Development Goals, and climate change amongst the people of Bogota
United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)
About Partner
As the public voice of the United Nations, DPI promotes global awareness and greater understanding of the work of the United Nations, using various communication tools including radio, television, print, the Internet, videoconferencing and increasingly other new information technology.
About Partnership
Previously a partner for the annual Global MUN(GMUN) conference, WFUNA now collaborates with UN Information Centres (UNICs) around the world to support UNAs as well as to establish new UNAs. WFUNA representatives attend the DPI/NGO conference each year and has regular meetings with Directors of DPI Departments including Education Outreach, NGO Relations and the Strategic Communications Division.
Collaborative Projects
Collaboration with UN Information Centres in the field, DPI/NGO activities
United Nations Global Compact (The Global Compact)
About Partner
The Global Compact is a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.
About Partnership
Discussions are ongoing on shared priorities and possibilities for collaboration. WFUNA has been represented at Global Compact events such as the Global Compact Leaders Summit.
United Nations NGO Liaison Service (UN-NGLS)
About Partner
UN-NGLS is an inter-agency programme of the United Nations mandated to promote and develop constructive relations between the United Nations and civil society organizations.
About Partnership
WFUNA and NGLS developed a joint proposal for running “Civil Society Training Courses at the United Nations”and are currently fundraising to be able to implement this program.
Collaborative Projects
This project is currently in the fundraising stage
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
About Partner
UNFPA is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity.
About Partnership
UNFPA provided WFUNA with financial support for publishing “Youth at the UN: A Handbook for Establishing a National Youth Delegate program to the United Nations”. WFUNA participates in meetings of the UNFPA Global Youth Advisory Panel.
World Federalist Movement - Institute for Global Policy (WFM-IGP)
About Partner
The World Federalist Movement (WFM) is an international citizen's movement working for justice, peace, and sustainable prosperity. The Institute for Global Policy (IGP) was founded in 1983 by four WFM leaders as the research and policy analysis arm of the World Federalist Movement.
About Partnership
The World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy (WFM-IGP) has launched a project called Responsibility to Protect - Civil Society (R2P-CS) It aims to deepen the debate within various sectors of the international community about the findings of the report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty called "The Responsibility to Protect", and related documents on preventing conflicts and protecting civilians. It aims to promote international norms around the obligation of governments, in particular through the United Nations, to respond earlier and more effectively to emerging crises such as a potential genocide. The project seeks to deepen civil society involvement in ensuring that governments fulfill this obligation. For more information, please visit the R2P page.
