UNRISD phase-out support UNRISD utfasningsstöd 2020-2022 United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) har ansökt till Sida om stöd på 27 mSEK för genomförandet av sitt program 2020-2022, "Research for Social Change - Overcoming Inequalities: Towards a New Eco-Social Compact". Sida är en långvarig finansiär av UNRISD och dess forskningsprogram.

Insatsen syftar till att stöda UNRISD i genomförandet av sitt program, som syftar till att genom att bidra med samproducerad evidens, analys, idéer och strategier som kan påverka debatter och policyformulering på ett sätt som kan minska ojämlikhet och skapa förutsättningar för mer inkluderande och hållbar utveckling.

Utöver detta syftar insatsen, som innebär en utfasning av Sidas stöd til UNRISD, till att ge UNRISD optimala förutsättningar att uppnå finansiell hållbarhet även efter Sidas utfasning, och, om inte detta är möjligt, stöda UNRISD i utvecklandet och genomförandet av en handlingsplan för kontrollerad avveckling/institutionell omlokalisering av hela eller delar av UNRISDs verksamhet.

Programmets totala budget är 7 862 130 USD, varav kärnstöd på 1 388 000 USD från schweiziska SDC, 600 000 USD från Finland, och 300 000 från schweiziska FDFA också har budgeterats. Utomstående finansiering består till största del av projekt- och programfinansieringsintäkter, samt kvarstående medel från tidigare avtalsperiod, där 440 841 SEK från Sidas förra avtal med UNRISD ingår. Då detta program samfinansieras med andra givare, och då dessa kvarstående medel överförs från tidigare avtalsperiod, ska avtalets aktivitetsperiod anses ha inletts den 1 januari 2020.. The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) has applied to Sida for funding of 27 million SEK to carry out its work programme for 2020 - 2022 "Research for Social Change - Overcoming Inequalities: Towards a New Eco-Social Compact". Sida is a longstanding institutional donor to UNRISD.

The intervention aims at contributing to a better understanding of and greater pluralism in transformative policies, practices and approaches to social development, by providing co-produced evidence, analysis, ideas and strategies that can shape debates, policy formulation and practices that reduce inequalities and foster more equitable, inclusive and sustainable development outcomes.

In addition to this, the intervention, which covers a phase-out period of Sida's support to UNRISD, aims at providing UNRISD the best possible opportunity to achieve financial sustainability in the aftermath of Sida's withdrawal, and, should this prove unattainable, support UNRISD in an orderly closure/institutional relocation of its activities.

The intervention’s total budget is 7 862 130 USD, out of which institutional support from Swiss SDC accounts for 600 000 USD, Finland 600 000 USD, and Swiss FDFA 300 000 USD. The outstanding amount of income largely consists of project and program finance, in addition to unspent funds from the previous work programme, which include 440 841 SEK from Sida's preceding agreement with UNRISD. Since the new programme is co-funded with other donors, and since unspent funds from the previous agreement are included, the activity period of the new agreement is deemed to have begun on January 1, 2020. Insatsens övergripande mål är följande:
"Through the implementation of its work programme in 2020-2022, UNRISD will contribute to a better understanding of and greater pluralism in transformative policies, practices and approaches to social development. UNRISD will contribute evidence, analysis, ideas and strategiesco-produced with its research networks, including academics from national universities in low-income countriesthat aim to shape debates, policy formulation and practices that reduce inequalities and foster more equitable, inclusive and sustainable development outcomes."
För att åstadkomma detta har UNRISD formulerat följande 5 specifika mål:
"- Produce evidence, analysis, knowledge and ideas that put social dimensions at the centre of sustainable development.
- Develop the capacity of Southern researchers, particularly in LICs and LDCs, to carry out interdisciplinary research on social dimensions of sustainable development issues.
- Inform and influence the norms, policies and practices of sustainable development.
- Convene and catalyse knowledge-sharing, interdisciplinary engagement and debate.
- Secure institutional and financial stability, predictability and sustainability through resource mobilization and effective governance."
På så sätt förväntas insatsen bidra till följande utfall:
"- Relevant, high-quality knowledge improves understanding of and enhances pluralism in the policies, practices and approaches to sustainable development.
- The capacity of Southern researchers to produce high-quality, relevant research on the social dimensions of sustainable development is enhanced; the work of the global development community (research, policy, advocacy, practice) is informed by Southern and gender equality perspectives.
- The work of the global development community (research, policy, advocacy and practice) uses research evidence, analysis, knowledge and ideas in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; UN agencies and Member States are informed by research findings in their efforts to combat the contemporary challenges of inequalities and unsustainable practices, and to achieve more equitable, inclusive and sustainable development.

- Two-way knowledge sharing and exchange across research, policy, advocacy and practice communities leads to better understanding and greater pluralism in policies, practices and approaches to sustainable development; Under-represented viewpoints and alternative policy options, including from LICs and LDCs, inform high-level audiences."