Deadline: 26-Nov-2025
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund is inviting expressions of interest from national and international civil society organizations to support the advancement of child-sensitive social policy and social protection initiatives in the Central Region of Uganda.
This opportunity forms part of UNICEF’s broader Social Policy and Social Protection Programme, which aims to ensure that by 2030 more children and adolescents in Uganda are able to live free from poverty and multidimensional deprivation. The programme focuses on systemic, evidence-based reforms that strengthen government capacity, improve public financing for social services, and ensure inclusive, adaptive safety nets for the most vulnerable households.
The initiative is guided by a transformative vision that recognizes the interconnected drivers of child poverty. Achieving lasting change requires households to have stable incomes and build productive assets through decent employment, financial inclusion, entrepreneurship, and access to technology. It also depends on social protection systems that are inclusive and resilient, capable of responding effectively to economic shocks, climate-related crises, and humanitarian emergencies. Additionally, children must have equitable access to high-quality public services such as health, education, and nutrition, supported by adequate infrastructure, trained personnel, and community engagement.
Under this call, selected partners will contribute to two key program outputs. The first focuses on strengthening national and sub-national capacities to generate and apply evidence on child poverty and to improve public and private financing for child-focused services. This involves policy advocacy, data systems strengthening, and promoting equitable budget allocation. The second output seeks to enhance the delivery of child-sensitive and adaptive social protection systems. Partners will support efforts to expand coverage of social safety nets, improve coordination across sectors, advance social registry interoperability, and integrate humanitarian and development responses to better serve children, refugees, and those with disabilities.
This call is open to both national and international civil society organizations with strong technical expertise in policy advocacy, public finance, social protection, and community-level programming. Successful organizations will demonstrate experience working with government partners, capacity for evidence generation and policy engagement, and a commitment to promoting inclusive and equitable social systems for children and adolescents.
Through this initiative, UNICEF aims to collaborate with partners who can contribute meaningfully to shaping a Uganda where every child grows up with dignity, opportunity, and a fair chance at a better future.
For more information, visit UN Partner Portal.
