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How can the EU better defend & transform multilateralism?

ENSURED is funded by the EU's Horizon Europe programme. Posts reflect views of project partners only.

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🏛️New report on global institutions!

Drawing on ENSURED's 15 case studies, our latest research by @hdijkstra.bsky.social shows that reform is far from straightforward, but there remains unexploited potential.

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Reforming Global Institutions in an Era of Geopolitical Strain: Evidence from 15 Case Studies - Research Report | ENSURED
Global governance is often described as being in crisis, yet demand for effective international cooperation has never been higher. Drawing on ENSURED's 15 case studies, this report asks: How can inter...
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January 19, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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‍🛣️ENSURED is hitting the road!

Our researchers are kicking the year off by presenting their findings at seminars across Asia.

This January, they will visit:
🇯🇵 Japan
🇨🇳 China
🇮🇳 India

More info 👇
And we’ll be posting updates across our socials, so be sure to follow along!
Events: Presenting ENSURED Research in Asia - Event | ENSURED
ENSURED researchers will be presenting the findings of their research at dissemination seminars across Asia.
www.ensuredeurope.eu
January 8, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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📽️ICYMI: ENSURED x CIVICUS Webinar

In this 2️⃣nd installment of our webinar series, 4️⃣panellists explored the future of the WHO Pandemic Agreement. A tentative win for multilateralism, it’s still unratified due to debates over Pathogen Access & Benefit-Sharing (PABS).

Watch it here: ⬇️
In Conversation with Civil Society: Reforming the Global Health Regime - Event Summary | ENSURED
This webinar brought together researchers and civil society practitioners to discuss the implications of the newly adopted World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Agreement and the future of global h...
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January 8, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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🚨🗣️ ENSURED Expert Survey

New research by Soetkin Verhaegen, @hdijkstra.bsky.social & @tsommerer.bsky.social offers a global assessment (based on a survey of 763 experts) of how 110 international organisations are coping in today’s turbulent world.

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Robust, Effective, and Democratic Global Governance for a World in Transition: Evidence From the ENSURED Expert Survey - Research Report | ENSURED
Based on the ENSURED Expert Survey, this report offers a global assessment of how 110 international organisations (IOs) are coping in today’s turbulent world.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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NEW PUBLICATION: In August-September 2025 we surveyed 763 experts in 48 countries on the challenges for Global Governance. This @ensured.bsky.social report has the results 🌐

1️⃣ Expert scores on 110 IOs
2️⃣ Forecasting of challenges
3️⃣ Conjoint on IO survival

www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...
Robust, Effective, and Democratic Global Governance for a World in Transition: Evidence From the ENSURED Expert Survey - Research Report | ENSURED
Based on the ENSURED Expert Survey, this report offers a global assessment of how 110 international organisations (IOs) are coping in today’s turbulent world.
www.ensuredeurope.eu
December 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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🚨 REPORT | "Actorness in Different Shades? Comparing EU External Action Across Global Governance Institutions"

Drawing on 15 ENSURED case studies, @franziskapetri.bsky.social, @stevenblockmans.bsky.social, Edith Drieskens & @cerenjilan.bsky.social analyse how the EU performs across 5 policy areas.
Actorness in Different Shades? Comparing EU External Action Across Global Governance Institutions - Research Report | ENSURED
How strong an international actor is the EU in a shifting geopolitical landscape? Findings show significant variation in actorness across policy areas and highlight that different forms of EU support ...
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December 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Today marks 10 years of Resolution 2250 on the Youth, Peace and Security agenda. Where are we at now?

A new ENSURED blog takes stock of progress on youth-led peacebuilding and outlines what will be needed for the decade ahead.

🔗 www.ensuredeurope.eu/blog/ten-yea...

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“Youth Should Lead the Way”: Lessons from Ten Years of Programming on the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda - Expert Blog | ENSURED
Ten years after Resolution 2250 launched the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) agenda, youth-led peacebuilding has proven its transformative potential across diverse contexts. To fulfil this agenda’s pr...
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December 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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How can the EU turn the CoE’s new AI Framework Convention into a global standard?

ENSURED’s latest policy brief by Wade Hoxtell (@gppi.bsky.social) outlines four ways to solidify the EU's leadership in AI governance:

✨ratify the treaty
🛠️shape the CoP
🌍build up capacity
🤝align EU digital policy
Anchoring Global AI Governance: How the EU Can Leverage the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence - Policy Brief | ENSURED
As AI evolves faster than regulation, the Council of Europe’s new treaty offers a rare chance to anchor technology in democratic values. How can the EU turn this promise into global leadership on trus...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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New ENSURED report from @tsommerer.bsky.social &
@haeunchoi.bsky.social examines how IOs are performing under rising geopolitical and democratic strain.

Based on 2 updated datasets (1980–2023), it offers a system-wide view of IO performance and openness in today’s global order.

What they found 👇
Between Stability and Stagnation: The Performance and Openness of International Organisations in a Changing Global Order - Research Report | ENSURED
As global governance faces rising geopolitical pressures, understanding how IOs are performing is increasingly vital. Drawing on two updated datasets, this report maps how IO effectiveness and inclusi...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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📢NEW REPORT!

Increasingly, women’s and LGBTQI+ rights are being contested on the global stage.

In ENSURED’s latest report, Ha Eun Choi & @andrealiese.bsky.social chart how resilient human rights governance is in the face of contestation. 👇

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The Global Governance of Sex and Gender: Women's and LGBTQI+ Rights Amid Regress, Reform, and Resilience - Research Report | ENSURED
After decades of progress and some landmark wins, women’s and LGBTQI+ rights are becoming increasingly contested on the global stage. How resilient is human rights governance in the face of pushback?
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December 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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🌍 Join us for the 1st ENSURED webinar: Youth Perspectives Meet Planetary Crisis

🗓️ 2 Dec, 14:00 CET
🖥️ Online

We’ll explore how youth can shape global climate governance & influence UNFCCC/Paris processes.

👇 Learn more & register
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In Conversation with Civil Society: Youth Perspectives Meet Planetary Crisis - Event | ENSURED
With global temperatures crossing 1.5°C, youth voices are reshaping the climate agenda. Join us for this ENSURED webinar as we bring research and youth advocacy together to identify where young people...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Interesting new study on the CoE Framework Convention on #AI 👇
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Our colleagues from Centre of Public Finance and @charlesuni.cuni.cz examine 2 global tax reforms.

👉 Check the new Ensured Research: How can we stop billions lost to tax avoidance each year?

🔗www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications/reforming-global-tax-governance
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ensured.bsky.social ENSURED @ensured.bsky.social · Nov 25
📝 REPORT: Tax Reform

💲Corporate profit shifting costs governments billions in tax revenue.

Our latest report, by Tomáš Boukal, Petr Janský, Miroslav Palanský & Michal Parízek (Charles University), explores 2 multilateral initiatives tackling this issue👇
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Reforming Global Tax Governance: OECD and UN Paths to Effective and Participatory Tax Reform - Research Report | ENSURED
Every year, governments lose hundreds of billions due to tax avoidance and profit shifting. How can the global tax initiatives meant to address these issues be both effective and democratic?
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November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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🌻It's been 30+ years since the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) entered into force. Is the CBD still getting the job done?

In a new ENSURED report, Franziska Petri, Jayati Srivastava, Edith Drieskens & Noa Lameire examine the state of biodiversity governance👇
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Moving Global Biodiversity Governance Forward: How to Strengthen the Convention on Biological Diversity - Research Report | ENSURED
More than 30 years after the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) came into force, the world is still struggling to slow biodiversity loss. Is the CBD still up to the task?
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November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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📝 REPORT: Tax Reform

💲Corporate profit shifting costs governments billions in tax revenue.

Our latest report, by Tomáš Boukal, Petr Janský, Miroslav Palanský & Michal Parízek (Charles University), explores 2 multilateral initiatives tackling this issue👇
www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...
Reforming Global Tax Governance: OECD and UN Paths to Effective and Participatory Tax Reform - Research Report | ENSURED
Every year, governments lose hundreds of billions due to tax avoidance and profit shifting. How can the global tax initiatives meant to address these issues be both effective and democratic?
www.ensuredeurope.eu
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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🚨 New Research on the world’s first legally binding treaty on AI:

Wade Hoxtell (@gppi.bsky.social) explores the negotiation process behind the Council of Europe’s new “Framework Convention.” How robust, effective, & democratic will this treaty prove to be?👇 www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications...
Global AI Regulation at a Time of Transformation: The Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence - Research Report | ENSURED
The Framework Convention on AI is the first binding international AI treaty. What do the negotiations and early design of the convention tell us about its likely trajectory, strengths, and weaknesses ...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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📝 REPORT: WHO Reform

During COVID-19, all eyes were on the World Health Organization (WHO) 👀. It exposed structural weaknesses and underlined the (already-existing) need for reform.

In a new ENSURED report, Óscar Fernández and Mirko Heinzel (Maastricht University) take stock of these reforms 👇
Reforming the World Health Organization After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Diagnosis and Prognosis - Research Report | ENSURED
How well has the World Health Organization’s reform agenda since 2020 addressed the longstanding and emergent challenges the organization faces? The post-COVID-19 reform agenda shows significant momen...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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🤝 As global multilateralism undergoes a period of readjustment, how can the EU and the Global South work together to shape its future?

Last week, ENSURED researchers gathered in Rio to discuss with scholars from across the Global South. The event summary 👇:
www.ensuredeurope.eu/news-events/...
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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🌍 As COP30 begins in Belém, the very idea of collective climate action hangs in the balance.

In a new ENSURED blog, expert Laura von Allwörden reflects on what’s been “lost and gained” as the once-powerful norm of global climate action comes under strain.

🔗 www.ensuredeurope.eu/blog/somethi...
“Something Lost, Something Gained?” Worry and Hope for Climate Action at COP30 - Expert Blog | ENSURED
As Western powers retreat and Brazil steps up, COP30 becomes a crucible for the very norm of global climate action. Will Belém’s push for implementation help bolster collective climate governance or e...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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👥 How democratic are international organisations? Do all states have an equal say? And what role do non-state actors, like scientists or civil society actors, have to play?

Read ENSURED's latest research for some common challenges that undermine IO democracy: www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications
October 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Join ENSURED in Paris! 🇫🇷

In an roundtable co-hosted with @ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social & @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social, we’ll reflect on a decade of implementation & the road to Belém.

🗓️ 15 Oct, 17:30 CET
📍 Jacques Chapsal Amphitheatre, Paris

🔗 Learn more: lnkd.in/dMky_C-j
October 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Can international organisations be both effective and robust — or must one always come at the expense of the other?

Read about the trade-offs IOs must navigate to deliver results while remaining resilient to existential challenges: www.ensuredeurope.eu/publications
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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If you don't pay your bills, you don't get to use the escalator
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 24
An escalator malfunction that required President Trump to walk up one flight of steps at the United Nations had false claims swirling on social media that it was a deliberate act of sabotage by UN staff. nyti.ms/3IDjidS
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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💡In case you missed last week's event in Berlin on "Crafting Global Narratives – Strategic Communications for Multilateralism," read up on what was discussed: www.ensuredeurope.eu/news-events/...

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Is the EU Telling a Compelling Story About Multilateralism? - Event Summary | ENSURED
On September 9, 2025, in Berlin, the GPPi team kicked off their research exploring how the EU can revive and improve its narratives in defense of multilateralism with an event hosted at the Robert Bos...
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September 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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📚 UN Global Compacts on Migration & Refugees: Where do they stand today?

New report from @felixpeerboom.bsky.social, @liliantsourdi.bsky.social & @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social, with support from Andrey Makarychev.

🧵 A quick thread:
Transforming Global Migration Governance Through and Beyond the Global Compacts - Research Report | ENSURED
The UN’s Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees create room for dialogue, but remain non-binding and underfunded. With limited political will for reform, their role will likely be confined to forum...
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September 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM