Programmes and Influencing
We put gender equality and the persistent development challenges that girls are facing right at the heart of our organisational purpose.
Partnerships
Working with and through partners is critical to achieving our goal of positively impacting the lives of 200 million girls.
Why our partners are key to our work and values
As an outward-looking organisation Plan International recognises that working with and through partners is critical to achieving our goal of positively impacting the lives of 200 million girls over five years as emphasised in our global strategy All Girls Standing Strong Creating Global Change (2022-2027).
We build relationships with a wide variety of partners. Whether our partnerships focus on sharing skills and expertise when implementing projects together, advocacy and influencing policy and practice change, campaigning for our causes, resource mobilisation, or championing and raising awareness of our work – all of it is essential to achieve impact and reach around our goals.
We are committed to becoming a locally-led, globally connected organisation.
We are committed to becoming a locally-led, globally connected organisation and work meaningfully and equitably to support and strengthen our partners and partnerships.
Plan International is a proud signatory of the Pledge for Change: a collective initiative with the overarching purpose to shift power, decision-making and funding closer to local communities, partners, and programme participants. At its core, the Pledge acknowledges the unequal power dynamics at play in the development and humanitarian sector, and the urgent change required to address these.
We won’t stop until we are all equal.
How we work in partnership
At Plan International, we strongly believe that how we work with partners is as important as achieving our goals. Our partnerships reflect our purpose and values, and although our relationships may look very different depending on who we are working with, and what for, the principles underpinning our partnerships are the same and we strive to nurture youth-centred, mutually-respectful and power aware partnering practices.
Read more about our partnering approach and principles in our Building Better Partnerships guidance.
What kind of partners do we work with?
As shown in our 2024 Worldwide Annual Review, Plan works with a lot of partners of all different types.
Academic and Research Institutes
Civil Society Organisations
Family Trusts/Foundations and Individual Donors
Case study: MacKenzie Scott
MacKenzie Scott is the visionary philanthropist behind Amazon’s success and signatory of the Giving Pledge: publicly committing to donate 50% of her wealth in her lifetime.
In 2024, Scott joined Plan International’s mission to achieve equality for girls in Brazil with an incredible unrestricted donation of US$ 8 million.
The funds will be used to increase the impact of its work with children and adolescents, especially girls, by strengthening the organization’s capacities and also by sharing part of these resources with local partners and other initiatives that support the same cause, in order to create a sustainable ecosystem around gender equality. Click here to read Plan Brazil’s announcement.
Governments, Intergovernmental and Development Aid Institutions and Development Banks
International and National NGOs and Charitable Organisations
Networks, Coalitions & Alliances
Private Sector Companies & Foundations
Youth-led Organisations & Movements
How to partner with us
Plan International has offices in over 80 countries and our partnerships are most often led by the Plan office in the country where the partner is based. If your company or organisation is headquartered in one of our countries, please select it from the ‘Global Website’ button at the top right of this page and find the contact page for your local Plan International office.
If you are based in a country where we are not operational, but would still like to enquire about the possibility of collaborating with us then please contact our Global Hub at: GH.Partnerships@plan-international.org
In 2023, Plan International launched the Global Girls Foundation, an independent philanthropic foundation that builds partnerships with philanthropists who want to contribute their experiences and expertise to impactful projects. To find out more, visit the Global Girls Foundation website.
Accountability
Take a look at our policies and commitments for more information on how Plan remains accountable.
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