Objectives:

• Build a constituency for the University for Peace in North America.
• Mobilize resources.
• Give input for regional and thematic educational programmes.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain liaison with UN organizations and agencies, Permanent Missions to the United Nations, non-governmental organizations and philanthropic foundations - in New York and North America - in order to mobilize support for UPEACE and its activities.
• Provide support for fund-raising through coordination with UPEACE senior officials and senior advisors on the submissions of requests for financial support from various donor countries and institutions, and philanthropic foundations.
• Develop and maintain a monitoring system for management of financial resources provided by donor countries and institutions, philanthropic foundations and other organizations.
• Conduct research and create networks of specialists in New York and North America on specific peace and security issues. Support of curriculum development programmes currently includes the following: Development, Peace and Security; and Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (DNP) Education.
• Provide substantive inputs on teaching, training, and research programmes.

Major programme development initiatives:

• Youth, Employment and Violence Programme, which is based out of New York.
• Asia & the Pacific Programme, which is based out of the New York Office.