Partnerships
This Guide briefly explores UNICEF’s range of partnerships available to support the integration of conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding approaches to WASH.
Purpose
This Guide briefly explores UNICEF’s range of partnerships available to support the integration of conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding approaches to WASH, including civil society, donors and the private sector. It provides guidance and resources to support the sector to strengthen partnerships in fragile and conflict-affected contexts (FCCs). Partnerships are the backbone of UNICEF’s work on the ground and, as the WASH sector embraces conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding as critically important approaches in FCCs, so new and strengthened partnerships must be developed in the sector to leverage and engage the right capacity and expertise. UNICEF's 2026-2030 Strategic Plan WASH Technical Note notes the importance of strengthening multi stakeholder partnerships, engaging public and private partners and provide global leadership on WASH standards, norms and coordination, including on the humanitarian, development and peace nexus. Finally, UNICEF will continue to build and present a strong evidence base to the sector, both individually and with sector partners from the UN, Civil society, youth, necessary to build the WASH for Peace business case. Moreover, partnerships must reflect the role of gender transformation and disability inclusion as key dimensions of UNICEF’s contribution to peace through WASH.
The UN Partner Portal is available to UN staff and includes a database of over 23,000 partners across multiple UN agencies. Under cross-sectoral areas, selecting the ‘Conflict Sensitivity and Humanitarian Access’ category brings up 3,514 partners, including 2150 national NGOs that list diverse conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding experiences and expertise.