United Nations Children’s Fund · Sources reviewed 2026-11-04
Global priorities
- The 2026–2029 plan focuses on child survival and development, learning and skills, reduced child poverty, protection from violence, and resilience to disasters and climate/environmental risks. National systems and children facing the greatest disadvantage are central. [1]
Grant application reference
Access and application process
- Organisation profile
- A completed UNPP profile includes legal registration evidence and the partner declaration. INGO headquarters create subsidiary country-office profiles; profile completion precedes a concept-note submission. [2]
- Selection and agreement
- Open selection starts with the CFEI and concept note. After selection, UNICEF and the partner develop the programme document, budget and agreement; selection is not yet an award. [5]
Key documents and attachments
- Concept note
- UNICEF’s concept-note template is distinct from other agencies’ templates; the specific CFEI supplies the applicable objectives, criteria and additional attachments. [3]
- Programme Document
- The official Programme Document library provides language versions. The programme document records the agreed intervention; it is a later partnership document, not a substitute for the initial concept note. [4]
- Agreement and assurance evidence
- The March 2025 guidance explains the Programme Cooperation Agreement, programme documents, budgets, supply plans, PSEA assessment and financial assurance. Required supporting evidence depends on stage and partner risk. [5]
Donor methodology
- UNICEF’s partnership principles combine results-based management, national capacity, complementarity, accountability and cost-effectiveness, tied to country-programme or humanitarian-response results. [6]
Assessment and scoring
- Country offices publish context-specific selection criteria. Appraisal considers the partner’s comparative advantage, programme fit, delivery capacity and cost-effectiveness. No single global percentage grid is established by the cited guidance; partner capacity/PSEA assessment is separate from proposal scoring. [5]
Civil society programme partnerships, not UNICEF procurement. The CFEI and current country-office instructions determine submission requirements; publication of templates does not establish an open opportunity.
Official sources
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