Our Partners

ECW’s investments are made possible thanks to the generous contributions from our supporters. ECW would like to acknowledge the support of its donors and partners, both public and private, who enable the Fund to reach millions of children and adolescents around the world.

One of ECW’s central commitments is to catalyze significant additional resources to support access, quality, continuity, protection, equity and gender equality. To meet this target, ECW engages with government donors, the private and philanthropic sectors, and development banks, and applies innovative financing. This engagement is done through a three-pronged approach: 

1. Raising resources for the ECW global fund at the central level
2. Leveraging resources for ECW-facilitated joint programmes at the country level
3. Advocating for increased global and national resources for the education response in emergencies and protracted crises

How to Support ECW 

Public Sector

In line with the Grand Bargain, ECW encourages public sector donors to increase their public funding to education in emergencies from both development and humanitarian budgets, and provide multi-year flexible funding to ensure an efficient and effective response on the ground. 

Private Sector

ECW offers several partnership opportunities with the private sector, through financial support including gifts and matching contributions, joint communication and advocacy, in-kind and technical support and co-creation of innovative solutions.

ECW is established within the UN system and works closely with other multilateral stakeholders, such as the European Union, African Union, World Bank/Global Partnership for Education, amongst others, as well as UN entities including UNICEF, UNESCO, UNHCR and WFP. The ECW Secretariat is hosted by UNICEF, while operations are run by the Fund’s own independent governance structure. Together with its multilateral partners, ECW works at the global, regional and national levels to end siloed responses through joint programming, increased efficiency, and connecting immediate relief and longer-term interventions. 

ECW works closely with civil society partners to build a global advocacy movement supporting education in emergencies and protracted crises. Civil society partners have been a driving force behind the creation of ECW’s global movement and continue to be key stakeholders in ECW’s global advocacy efforts. Civil society is represented in ECW’s governance through three constituencies: the Civil Society Constituency, Teachers’ Constituency and Youth Constituency.

A wide range of international and national civil society organisations are also implementing ECW’s investments, ensuring the delivery of education in emergencies programmes to children and adolescents living in crisis-affected countries.