Cross-sectoral

UNICEF supports its programme results through coordination, partnerships, communications, planning and monitoring with a gender and equity focus, including through a subnational presence. The country programme strives for innovation and follows a risk-informed approach at all stages. Successful approaches will be documented to identify conditions for scale-up and investment.

Partnerships, advocacy and communications

Recognizing that the country’s challenges will not be solved by one organization, UNICEF unites with the public sector, private sector and civil society to improve children’s and women’s rights.

Partnerships are at the heart of everything UNICEF does. The power of partnerships allows us to expand our reach, working with a wide range of like-minded partners to deliver our universal mandate for children.

While the government of Senegal remains our chief partner, we also work with intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations; academia; UN agencies; international financial institutions and the private sector.

We nurture and build partnership to achieve wider goals for children, to close equity gaps and to address the most pressing child rights violations across the country.

We also aim to raise the consciousness of key external audiences on the importance of equitable investments in children and create opportunities for supporters and influencers to take action and support the cause of children.

We help to build awareness, knowledge and engagement around child rights among the general public, policy makers, and the media. This is done by collaborating closely with global UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors and celebrities, donors, UNICEF National Committees and international and local media houses.

Communication for development

UNICEF works with the Government, religious bodies, communities, women, adolescents, young people and community media to promote positive social and behaviour change, and to change social norms that are harmful to children and women. In particular, communities and families are mobilized to promote key family practices and to end child rights violations such as female genital mutilation or early marriage.  Work with out-of-school children and young people involves their participation in initiatives that build their skills and promote active citizenship.

Planning, monitoring and evaluation

UNICEF rallies behind the most disadvantaged children and families, ensuring that their rights are fully recognized in national and local policies, strategies, programmes and public resources. UNICEF works with public services, private institutions and civil society responsible for statistics and/or research to produce and promote the use of evidence in advocacy, planning, and monitoring and evaluation of policies, budgets and programmes for children and women.