Partner selection criteria
- Promotes the economic and social inclusion of all sectors of society
- Addressing gender / cultural imbalances and advocates for women's / indigenous empowerment and rights
- Strengthens local governance structures and people's access to justice
- Securing people's asset ownership
- Climate change adaptation environmental awareness
- Supporting PP communications work which, through development education, campaigning, advocacy and fundraising activities, creates opportunities to influence the way people worldwide think and act
- Ability and willingness to proactively engage with volunteers
- Clear and transparent financial management
Priority Groups
- Landless and land poor
- Ethnic and indigenous minorities
- Women and children
- People living in areas prone to frequent disasters
Priority Areas
- Areas with a recognized poverty gap as determined by the UN
- Areas of proven need as indicated by in country teams
- Areas where ethnic and religious minorities live
Values and Principles
- Organisations where the contribution of each person is valued and rewarded irrespective of class, gender or ethnicity
- Organisations which seek to involve the people for whom they are working in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of their work
- Organisations which, both in structure and in practice, demonstrate transparency and accountability for their activities, particularly to the poor and marginalised for whom they are working.
- Organisations that place priority on assessing the impact of what they do
- Organisations that work directly with the poor and marginalised
- Organisations which are involved in research, publication, documentation, training, advocacy, lobbying and networking