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Emergency Preparedness and Response – Contingency Partnerships (EPR-CP) 2026, led by UNICEF Mongolia, seeks to establish activation-ready partnerships with civil society organizations to strengthen emergency preparedness, enhance humanitarian response coordination, and sustain essential services for children and families affected by emergencies across Mongolia. The initiative responds to the country’s exposure to climate-related, environmental, geophysical, technological, and socioeconomic hazards, including severe dzud conditions and flooding that have disrupted livelihoods and essential services. Through this contingency partnership framework, UNICEF aims to improve readiness for emergencies, support timely and inclusive humanitarian assistance, strengthen anticipatory action and disaster risk reduction, maintain critical services, and reinforce community resilience, emergency logistics, and national and local response systems. Activities may include conflict sensitivity and humanitarian access initiatives, emergency preparedness and disaster risk reduction measures, food security interventions, and market or vulnerability assessments. The framework will cover the period from 1 December 2026 to 30 November 2030, with an initial implementation period indicated from 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2027. Funding amounts will be determined through jointly developed contingency programme documents that define interventions, geographic coverage, expected results, resource requirements, implementation responsibilities, and activation arrangements.

Eligibility

Applications are open to qualified civil society organizations (CSOs) with the capacity to support emergency preparedness, humanitarian response, and resilience-building initiatives in Mongolia. Applicants should demonstrate relevant technical expertise, operational capacity, and the ability to collaborate effectively with UNICEF and other humanitarian stakeholders. Following selection, eligible organizations must be willing to jointly develop contingency programme documents with UNICEF, outlining proposed interventions, geographic scope, expected outcomes, indicative budgets, implementation modalities, and emergency activation procedures. Evaluation will consider organizational experience, preparedness and response capabilities, capacity to operate in emergency contexts, alignment with UNICEF’s humanitarian objectives, and ability to contribute to coordinated, accountable, and inclusive responses for vulnerable populations.

Post Date: November 10, 2026