Please note: as of March 2015 the Montreal Secretariat is now closed. Please check weblink for current status.
FIM is an international NGO think tank with the goal of improving the influence of international civil society on the United Nations and the multilateral system.FIM aims to provide a neutral and impartial setting for holding meetings that favour dialogue, reflection and active learning about the interaction between civil society and the multilateral system. In so doing, it hopes that these meetings will enable practitioners from the civil society to draw lessons from NGO experiences that can strengthen the voice and participation of civil society actors in all multilateral institutions.
FIM’s work programme also address the challenge of democratising world governance, which is the central theme of global conferences hosted by FIM every two/three years.
FIM’s website, also available in French, links to news, various conferences and fora, special events, and publications relevant to FIM’s mission.