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Wings of Aid & Peace (WAP) recognizes that complex humanitarian challenges require collaboration.
We seek responsible partnerships that bring together complementary knowledge, capacities and resources to strengthen humanitarian response, recovery, resilience and locally informed action.
For WAP, partnership is more than an institutional relationship.
Effective partnerships should contribute to better outcomes for people and communities affected by humanitarian crises.
We seek to develop relationships based on shared humanitarian objectives, clearly understood responsibilities, mutual respect, accountability and appropriate organizational standards.
Partnership decisions should consider the needs of communities, the purpose of the collaboration, organizational capacity, potential risks and the value that each party can contribute.
Humanitarian crises can involve interconnected challenges including displacement, food insecurity, disrupted services, protection risks, weakened livelihoods and social tensions.
No single organization can address every dimension of these challenges alone.
Responsible collaboration can help organizations combine expertise, strengthen coordination, improve learning, reduce unnecessary duplication and develop more appropriate responses.
WAP therefore seeks partnerships where collaboration can add meaningful value to humanitarian and community outcomes.
Communities are not simply recipients of humanitarian assistance.
They possess knowledge, experience, capacities and perspectives essential to understanding humanitarian needs and developing appropriate responses.
WAP seeks to recognize communities as important partners throughout its work.
This includes creating appropriate opportunities for community participation in:
Community participation helps strengthen the relevance and accountability of humanitarian action.
Local and community-based organizations can bring important contextual knowledge, relationships and experience to humanitarian action.
WAP seeks to engage constructively with appropriate civil society and local actors where collaboration can improve programme relevance, community participation, local capacity and humanitarian outcomes.
Humanitarian needs can continue beyond the immediate emergency.
Where appropriate, collaboration between humanitarian, recovery and development actors can help communities move from urgent assistance toward greater resilience and stability.
WAP seeks to explore partnerships that can responsibly connect immediate humanitarian response with relevant recovery, livelihoods, resilience and community-strengthening approaches.
Partnerships can also strengthen knowledge and institutional capacity.
WAP may collaborate with appropriate organizations or institutions to strengthen:
Knowledge partnerships should ultimately contribute to stronger organizational practice and better humanitarian programming.
Entering into a partnership does not remove organizational responsibility. WAP seeks to apply appropriate review and due diligence to formal partnership relationships according to their nature, scale and risk.
WAP seeks partnerships characterized by:
Shared Purpose : A clear understanding of what the partnership seeks to achieve.
Mutual Respect : Recognition of the knowledge, responsibilities and contributions of each party.
Clarity : Clearly defined roles, responsibilities and expectations.
Accountability : Responsibility for commitments, resources and conduct.
Transparency : Appropriate sharing of relevant information.
Community Focus : Keeping the needs, dignity and perspectives of affected communities at the centre.
Learning : Creating opportunities to exchange knowledge and improve practice.
Do No Harm : Considering the potential effects of partnership activities on communities and the operating context.
Where a formal partnership is established, WAP seeks to ensure that the relationship is supported by appropriate documentation and management arrangements.
Depending on the nature of the partnership, this may include:
Partnership performance should be reviewed where appropriate so that challenges can be identified and addressed.
WAP seeks to communicate partnerships accurately.
Displaying an organization's name or logo can imply an institutional relationship, endorsement or funding connection.
For this reason, partner names, logos and descriptions should be published only where WAP has confirmed that the relationship exists and that public disclosure is appropriate.
The description of a partnership should accurately reflect its nature and should not imply funding, endorsement, accreditation or another relationship that does not exist.
WAP welcomes appropriate conversations with organizations and institutions interested in responsible collaboration around humanitarian response, recovery, resilience, community participation and peacebuilding.
Potential partnerships should align with WAP's mission, values, programme priorities and organizational responsibilities.
Organizations interested in exploring collaboration can contact WAP through the official partnership inquiry channel.
WAP seeks partnerships that strengthen—not replace—accountability.
We aim to build relationships in which responsibilities are clear, communities remain central and collaboration contributes to stronger humanitarian action.
As WAP develops, we seek to learn from partners, strengthen local and institutional capacity and build relationships that support responsible, relevant and sustainable approaches to humanitarian challenges.
The value of partnership is ultimately measured by what collaboration enables organizations and communities to achieve together. WAP seeks to work with appropriate partners to combine knowledge, strengthen capacity, improve humanitarian action and contribute responsibly to recovery, resilience and peace.
