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Promoting and Defending Multilateralism

The Promoting and Defending Multilateralism Program seeks to defend and promote the values of multilateralism amid rising global tensions and polarization. This work is guided by the belief that collaborative, multilateral approaches are essential to solving pressing global issues.

Program Areas

Key Partners and Funders

  • African Development Bank
  • African Union
  • Chatham House
  • Center for Global Development
  • International Monetary Fund
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
  • Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
  • Open Society Foundations
  • Oxfam
  • United Nations Development Programme
  • United Nations Development Coordination Office
  • United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
  • United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
  • United Nations Foundation
  • UNOPS
  • United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office
  • UN Trade and Development
  • United Nations University – Centre for Policy Research
  • World Bank

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