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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Agriculture Atomic Energy Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Debt Relief Development Disarmament Economics and Finance Education Energy Environment Extreme poverty Financing for Development Governance Information New Global Institutions Outer Space Peace and Security Science and Technology Statistics Taxation Policy Trade and Development United Nations Reform Women/gender Equality Financing for Development: External debt Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development International Trade as an engine for development Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development Social Development: Poverty Statistics: Demographic and social surveys Development indicators Environmental Accounts Official statistics, principles and practices Sustainable Development: Climate change Education Finance Gender equality Indicators Poverty Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Belgium Philippines Switzerland Gabon Niger Rwanda Monaco Comoros Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Paraguay Vanuatu Eritrea Lesotho Qatar Uganda United Arab Emirates Eswatini Georgia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Bhutan Equatorial Guinea Ukraine Madagascar Thailand Namibia Ghana State of Palestine Singapore United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Pakistan Cyprus Fiji Jordan Slovakia Angola China Serbia Japan Panama Saint Lucia Micronesia (Federated States of) Gambia Iceland France Malta Tunisia Norway Antigua and Barbuda Trinidad and Tobago Mali Republic of Moldova Tonga Zimbabwe Dominica Palau Benin United States of America Argentina Indonesia Yemen Hungary Russian Federation El Salvador Sudan Cameroon Uruguay Kyrgyzstan Central African Republic Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Afghanistan Bosnia and Herzegovina Dominican Republic Czechia Tajikistan Djibouti Bangladesh Poland Azerbaijan Nauru Suriname Congo Andorra Spain Bahrain Uzbekistan Chile Germany Barbados Kenya Lithuania Canada Peru Libya Nicaragua Togo Finland Guinea Mauritania Greece Democratic Republic of the Congo Romania Montenegro Côte D'Ivoire Brazil Marshall Islands Australia Burundi Myanmar Italy San Marino Belize Syrian Arab Republic Mozambique Algeria Egypt Sri Lanka Morocco Armenia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Nigeria Portugal Ethiopia New Zealand Chad Croatia Samoa Bulgaria Ecuador Timor-Leste Brunei Darussalam Luxembourg Guatemala Grenada Turkmenistan Türkiye Cape Verde Guyana Iraq Belarus Cambodia Cuba Estonia Botswana Liechtenstein India Sao Tome and Principe Saint Kitts and Nevis Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Lebanon Kazakhstan Seychelles Mexico Nepal Mauritius Sierra Leone Israel Guinea Bissau North Macedonia Tuvalu Netherlands United Republic of Tanzania Costa Rica Oman Lao People's Democratic Republic Zambia Burkina Faso Maldives Kuwait Slovenia Kiribati Holy See Papua New Guinea Jamaica Viet Nam Austria Albania Malaysia Senegal Bahamas Colombia Somalia Haiti Honduras South Africa Solomon Islands Ireland Liberia Latvia Sweden Denmark Republic of Korea Saudi Arabia Mongolia Malawi
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Promote gender equality and empower women Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	The aim of UBUNTU is, given the particular seriousness of the current problems, to promote the construction of a world that is more human, just, peaceful, diverse and sustainable, thus contributing to bring about a transition from a culture based on force and imposition towards a culture of peace, dialogue, justice, equity, and solidarity. In order to achieve this, it will be necessary to be equipped with new procedures and institutions of democratic worldwide governance on every scale which, with other actors, and always taking into account the active participation of civil society, would guarantee:? more representative, participatory and democratic processes of decision-making that guarantee the legitimacy of political decisions ? limited and responsible exercise of power on regional, national and worldwide scales ? coherence between policies in the macroeconomic, commercial, cooperation and environmental spheres that will enable a truly social human and environmentally sustainable development throughout the planet oriented by the principles established in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ? public conception and management of global common goods and of the scientific and technological knowledge and powers of humanity, the development of which should be in accordance with the general interests of society ? preservation and development of cultural diversity in opposition to globalization With tendencies towards homogenization ? promotion of a development model based on education and health, incorporating the viewpoint of gender, in defense of life, and against violence and the proliferation of arms
Year established:	2000
Year of registration:	2006
Organizational structure:	Ubuntu is a forum of debate and action permanent in its virtual form and periodical in its physical manifestations. 1. Participants in the forum are all those organizations and/or people who accept the essence of the founding documents and wish to participate. The sovereignty of the UBUNTU Forum resides in its participants.2. The UBUNTU Forum functions in accordance with the following procedures:a) The Meeting of the forum: this is held every one or two years. The agenda and main documents are to be debated in a prior participatory process. The virtual Meeting of the forum is that which permits the permanent forum and will be carried out in the forum's virtual space. b) The Coordinating Committee (and where necessary, the Working Groups): this is the body of work and general motor which guarantees appropriate functioning, procedures and activities of the forum.c) The Ad Hoc Secretariat: this constitutes the professional management of the forum, an entity with its headquarters at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelonad) Decisions are taken by consensus whenever possible, and otherwise by simple majority of the participants. The decisions taken are never binding for a minority opinion. Any decision and/or public manifestation of the initiative must be accompanied by a list consisting exclusively of the participants who have voted in favour or expressed their support for it.
Number and type of members:	UBUNTU counts with about 110 participants. The type of members range from: a) intellectuals, b) international networks of NGOs and c) academia and media.
Funding structure:	Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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