The FUNDS 2012 survey was conducted in February and March 2012 and provides a detailed account of the relevance and effectiveness of the organizations within the UN Development System as well as an account of the key challenges and priorities moving forward.
The survey contains information from 3345 respondents covering 153 countries around the world.
14 – 16 May 2012, Wilton Park, UK
This conference on the Future of the UN Development System (FUNDS) is in partnership with the Geneva-based FUNDS project and the New York-based Ralph Bunche Institute and supported by the Norwegian, the Netherlands and the Swiss governments . It seeks to make the current UN development system more effective in the context of evolving global challenges and is part of an ongoing and dynamic process towards greater reform.
The FUNDS project is pleased to present the report of the November 2010 conference, which it co-sponsored with the Wilton Park, on the Future of the UN Development System.
Key conclusions of the report: The efficiency of the UN development system and the need to reform it has been much discussed but with little progress and with gathering frustration and concern. The core problem is decision making; the historical design of the system and its fragmentation has resulted in the lack of any overall control which is not subject to the national interest of members.