Partners
The 2003-2007 country programme has established a number of NGO partnerships that have enhanced and complemented the effectiveness of UNICEF’s work. The majority of these partnerships will be brought forward to the new country programme cycle in 2008-2010 and yet more may be engaged as the professionalism and capacity of these new civil society partners grows in the coming years:
NGOs and Civil Society
Care Society (Special Needs Education and Child Rights Advocacy)
HAMA JAMIYA (Child Rights Advocacy)
Rights for All (Child Rights Advocacy)
JOURNEY (Drug Abuse Recovery and Drug Awareness Education)
Live & Learn (Environmental Education & Behaviour Change Communication)
Maldives Human Rights Commission (Advancing respect, protection and promotion of Human Rights in the Maldives)
Government
Line ministries are the main partners in planning and implementing projects.
Ministry of Education/Educational Development Centre
Ministry of Health/Department of Public Health
Ministry of Gender and Family
Ministry of Energy, Environment and Water
Maldives Water and Sanitation Authority
Maldives Police
Ministry of Justice
National Narcotics Control Bureau
Ministry of Planning and National Development
Ministry of Information, Arts and Culture
Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Department of External Resources
National Disaster Management Centre
Ministry of Atolls
UN Partners
UNDP
WHO
UNFPA
UNODC
UNESCAP
UNESCO
World Bank
Asian Development Bank
Public Private Partnerships
Dhiraagu (Information Communication Technology)
Cambridge International (Educational Curriculum Development)
Ogilvy (Social Marketing)
Banyan Tree Resort (Environmental Awareness)
TV Maldives (Advocacy & Behaviour Change Communication)
Voice of Maldives (Advocacy & Behaviour Change Communication)
Villa TV (Advocacy & Behaviour Change Communication)
Other Institutions
Indhira Ghandhi Memorial Hospital/Family Protection Unit
Maldives College of Higher Education/Faculty of Health Sciences
Kelaniya University (Sri Lanka)
Newcastle University (Australia)
Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV)
Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO)
