Playing United Nations Democracy Fund; a word from New York by the Executive Head, Roland Rich

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United Nations Democracy Fund; a word from New York by the Executive Head, Roland Rich

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Contributed by Roland Rich

Length: 4 min 20 sec

Year of Production: 2011

Director:

Roland Rich

UNDEF was established by the UN Secretary-General in 2005 as a United Nations General Trust Fund to support democratization efforts around the world. UNDEF supports projects that strengthen the voice of civil society, promote human rights, and encourage the participation of all groups in democratic processes. The large majority of UNDEF funds go to local civil society organizations -- both in the transition and consolidation phases of democratization. In this way, UNDEF plays a novel and unique role in complementing the UN's traditional work -- the work with Governments -- to strengthen democratic governance around the world. UNDEF subsists entirely on voluntary contributions from Governments; in 2010, it surpassed 110 million dollars in contributions and now counts 39 countries as donors, including many middle- and low-income States in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

In four Rounds of Funding so far, UNDEF has supported a total of more than 330 projects in more than 110 countries.

For the CIVICUS assembly, UNDEF is proud to introduce four of its grantees:

Andrea Torres-Hermoza from Un Techo para Mi Pais
Wilna W Quarmyne from Ghana Community Radio Network
Kazi Nazrul Fattah from BRAC
Ben Peterson from Journalists for Human Rights

UNDEF will be represented by its Executive Head, Roland Rich.

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