UNDEF phase 3 2015-2019 UNDEF fas 3 2015-2019 FN:s demokratifond, United Nations Democracy Fund (härefter UNDEF), arbetar på uppdrag av FN att stärka demokratiprocesser runtom i världen genom att vidareförmedla medel till aktörer inom civilsamhället som arbetar för demokratisering. Ett aktivt civilsamhälle ges därmed prioritet i arbetet för stärkt demokrati. UNDEF är FNs enda organisation som har ordet "demokrati" i sitt namn vilket är av symboliskt vikt för dess arbete internationellt och fonden har således en tydlig roll inom FN familjen. UNDEF ger mellan 40-70 projektstöd per år som fokuserar på något av följande områden: i) Community aktivism; ii) Rättsstatens principer och mänskliga rättigheter; iii) Media och yttrandefrihet; iv) Ungdomars deltagande; v) Kvinnors egenmakt (empowerment); vi) Stärka civilsamhällets kapacitet att interagera med staten; och/eller vii) verktyg för kunskap. 

Sidas utökade stöd till fonden uppgår till 50 000 000 SEK som fördelas under åren 2018 och 2019. Sida stödde fonden med 45 000 000 SEK under pågående insats, fördelat över åren 2015, 2016 och 2017. Sverige är tillsammans med sex andra givare en medlem i UNDEFs rådgivande styrelse, p.g.a. Sveriges stöd till fonden, tillsammans med givarrepresentanter från andra länder, experter och civilsamhället. Både syd- och nordbaserade givare finns representerade i styrelsen och Sverige innehar en aktiv roll i dess arbete, vilket ger goda möjligheter att påverka insatsens styrning, inriktning, uppföljning och implementering. Sida och Sverige ser UNDEF som en strategisk partner givet dess fokus på direktstöd till civilsamhället för ökad demokrati,  goda kapacitet att effektivt vidareförmedla medel till relevanta aktörer bl.a. på gräsrotsnivå, samt dess påverkande roll som del av FN-familjen. Detta, samt positiva resultat från en extern utvärdering genomförd av UNDEF på Sidas initiativ år 2016, föranleder en ökning av Sveriges bidrag till UNDEF. UNDEF phase 3: The United nations Democracy Fund, work around the     globe commissioned by the UN to strengthen democracy processes in the world - through on channelling to partners within civil society. Such partner aims to strengthen democracy broadly. UNDEF extend support to approx. 50-60 projects per annum focussing on: grassroots activism,   rule of lawe and human rights, and womens empowerment etc. Outcome 1: Opportunities for civil society organizations to implement UN funded projects supporting human rights and democratic participation

This outcome is focused on the work of the UNDEF Secretariat to ensure that civil society organizations have opportunities to implement projects including through providing support to grantees in project management. Results are focused on implementation as well on administration. Therefore this outcome focuses on the management and efficiency of UNDEF itself. This can be measured by the substantive and technical support provided to grantees; the degree to which allotted funds are disbursed to projects in each Round; the regular monitoring of milestone events to ensure projects are on track; and by the number of post-project evaluations.
The UNDEF report to the Advisory Board and Evaluation reports will be means of verification for this outcome.

Outcome 2: Broad reach to global civil society
The broad reach to civil society can be measured by the number of applications received with the majority being new organizations every year. The UNDEF database is the principle means to verify this and is available to all stakeholders for the purpose of transparency. These results are part of the UNDEF report to the Advisory Board.
A further resource available is the wealth of lessons learned from over 10 years of UNDEF projects. The UNDEF lessons learned platform allows all stake holders, civil society organization, practitioners including academics, think tanks or other donors, to search by themes, tools or regions for applicable learning to their own interests or situation. In order to measure the degree to which these lessons are useful, UNDEF will report on the percentage of project proposals submitted to UNDEF that apply this knowledge.
Another important aspect of UNDEFs broad reach to global society is its strong record of events, publications and outreach activities from its Secretariat but also the outreach activities implemented by the grantees. In addition, following the independent institutional evaluation in 2016, UNDEF will increase its collaboration with academic researchers and think tanks including through publications, regular annual meetings and contributions to research activities.

Outcome 3: Impact of UNDEF funded projects on the promotion of the participation of all groups in democratic processes and human rights

The third area for reporting results are what UNDEF projects achieve. Each annual UNDEF funding round responds to current priorities of civil society organizations, within the thematic priorities agreed by the UNDEF Board. Each reporting year includes projects from different rounds and in any given year there will be a diversity both of specific project objectives, activities and impact. Hence, UNDEF proposes proxy indicators to illustrate the impact of UNDEF funded projects. These indicators are currently mostly quantitative in nature and allows for a certain aggregation.
Complementing the largely quantities indicators, based on projects completed within the reporting year, a case study project from one of each of UNDEFs eight focus areas will be provided.