The Standby Partnership Network
Standby Partnerships
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the Standby Partnership Network
Standby Partnerships provides surge capacity support to United Nations (UN) Agencies through the deployment of expertise to emergencies. Standby Partners are a diverse group of NGOs, government agencies, donors, private sector organisations, foundations and intergovernmental bodies.
In more than 30 years of operation, Standby Partnerships have expanded considerably by gaining new participating UN Agencies, Funds, Offices and Programmes and Standby Partners. Standby Partnerships now respond to over 1,000 requests for technical experts yearly, and deploy in more than 100 countries. The contribution to UN emergency responses represents up to USD70 million in a given year.
The Standby Partnership (SBP) Network commenced in 2013 to coordinate between members and improve the quality of standby deployments. Today 16 UN offices, agencies, funds and programmes are supported by 38 deploying organisations. This diverse range of partners come together in the Standby Partnership Network to ensure that high quality technical expertise is available to be deployed to over 100 emergency contexts.
2024 Annual Report
The 2024 report outlines the operations of members of the Standby Partnership Network, including 964 deployments in-field during 2024 and a total partnership value of $70 million.
Success stories and joint monitoring highlight the critical impact of our deployments over the past year. Network highlights over 2024 in signing new partnerships, training experts, improving PSEA measures and strengthening impact monitoring and duty of care for deployees reflect the dedication and collaboration of our partners.
