United Nations University (UNU)The United Nations University (UNU) is a global think tank and postgraduate teaching organization within the United Nations System.
UNU engages in policy-relevant research, capacity development, and knowledge dissemination in furtherance of the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
The work of UNU contributes to solving pressing global problems that are the concern of the United Nations and its Member States.
 For the past five decades, UNU has been a source of impartial research on sustainability, human security, and economic development.
With hundreds of researchers working at institutes in 12 countries, UNU's expertise spans the full breadth of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, generating policy-relevant knowledge to effect positive global change.
UNU collaborates closely with other UN entities and leading research institutions across the globe.
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  The United Nations University’s Vice-Rectorate in Europe (UNU-VIE), established in 2007 in Bonn, Germany, is one of two UNU Vice-Rectorates and the only one located in Europe.
It supports the institutional development of UNU, facilitates collaboration across UNU and the UN, as well as fosters strategic partnerships - particularly with the Global South - and shares knowledge and expertise through the development of joint activities and projects.
In addition, UNU-VIE conducts frontier research reinforcing existing UNU programming and supporting the implementation of key UN priorities.
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