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 between USD70-90 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 more than 50 deploying organisations.