International cooperation

In the Nordic countries we cooperate with other national UN Associations and those UN organisations that have a Nordic office (UNDP, WFP and UNHCR). We meet with our partner organisations regularly. Cooperation for us may mean various things: coordinating advocacy work, shared applications for funding, information-sharing campaigns e.g. regarding development education aimed at schools or organizing Model-UN meetings together.

On European level we cooperate with other national UN Associations and especially with the United Nations Regional Information Centre UNRIC in Brussels. We meet our European cooperation partners in various meetings that are organized e.g. by the European Liaison group consisting of national UN Associations.

In the UN system, national UN Associations are represented by the World Federation of United Nations Associations WFUNA. The organisation was founded in 1946 and it has been holding a consultative status in ECOSOC since 1947. The WFUNA general assembly is organised every three years. Nordic UN Associations usually nominate a candidate for the executive committee together.