We advocate for a reformed UN system that is accountable to communities and effective in fragile and underserved contexts.

Our five functions for a people-centred UN: 

• Prevent & Protect: Resource early action, mediation, and community protection at scale—not only crisis response. 

• Deliver Public Goods Fairly: Ensure equity and accountability in climate resilience, health security, food, education, and safe digital ecosystems—who benefits, who decides, who pays. 

• Equal Voice & Accountability: Institutionalise civil society participation—from country planning to global negotiations—with transparency on how community input changes outcomes. 

• Fair Financing for Results: Shift from fragmented, earmarked funding to pooled, predictable finance that follows community-led priorities and evidence. 

• Place-based, Locally-Led Delivery: Resident Coordinators should work with and through existing, locally-born platforms wherever possible—supporting dialogue across civil society, UN, and other actors. Any joint platforms should be locally defined and led, with resourcing directed to strengthen civil society leadership. Approaches must include clear hand-over and exit strategies to ensure inclusivity, and prevent undermining existing local dynamics.