2: Collaboration, Communications and Outreach
Strengthening collaboration, communications and outreach Other Information:
One of the key roles of the UN University is to serve as a convenor of the international community of scholars. This requires
the University to be open, to share information and to extend the reach of its programmes and its dissemination activities
to a global audience. The UNU Charter stipulates that “as a world-wide system of research and training centres and programmes,
the University will have its location at the site of each centre or programme.” This presents a challenge for the University
to be invested in its host countries, in particular, to be well rooted in the academic and policy-making communities in its
host countries. T he UN University, as a voluntarily funded United Nations organization, depends heavily on support made available
by governments, bilateral and multilateral development assistance agencies, foundations and other public and private sector
sources. The UN University Endowment Fund provides a minimum assured income to support long-term planning and programming
for most parts of the University system. Nevertheless, the University remains too dependent on annual contributions made available
by hosting governments. There is a clear need to enhance the financial base of the University and to diversify the sources
of financing for its work.
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