Partnerships & coordination
Two paths converging is the whole strategy.
IPI's growth is built around partnership: contributing community access, local legitimacy and conflict-sensitive delivery, while drawing on partners for technical capacity and funding scale.
Cluster memberships
04
Coordination bodies
05
Partner categories
04
Forums attended
05
Coordination
Present in the rooms where decisions are made.
Cluster participation is how a national NGO earns the trust required to deliver at scale — and how the realities of a community reach the people allocating resources.
| Body | Status | |
|---|---|---|
| FSLFood Security & Livelihoods Cluster | Active participation in FSL coordination, including CFSAM debriefings and conflict-sensitive programming forums. | Member |
| NutritionNutrition Cluster | Reporting into the Nutrition Cluster coordination team alongside the Ministry of Health. | Member |
| HealthHealth Cluster | Engagement on maternal and newborn health evidence in conflict-affected settings. | Member |
| ProtectionProtection Cluster | Coordination on GBV awareness, child protection and safeguarding practice. | Member |
| NGO ForumSouth Sudan NGO Forum | Membership application underway. | In progress |
As a young national organisation, IPI's strategy is deliberately built around partnership. Consortium arrangements let IPI contribute what it holds — community access, local legitimacy and conflict-sensitive delivery in hard-to-reach areas — while drawing on partners for technical capacity and funding scale.
Who we work with
Four kinds of partner, four different reasons.
National & international NGOs
Consortium arrangements that combine local access with technical depth and funding capacity.
UN agencies & clusters
Active cluster participation across FSL, Nutrition, Health and Protection, with coordination through OCHA and FAO forums.
Community-based & faith organisations
The structures that remain when programme cycles end — peace committees, Boma Health Workers, women's savings groups.
Government line ministries
Working with local authorities and the Ministry of Health rather than parallel to them.
Coordination log
Where IPI has been in the room.
A record of cluster meetings, debriefings and strategy forums attended — the ordinary, unglamorous work that makes a national NGO known to the people it needs to be known by.
Nutrition Cluster Reporting Meeting
Ministry of Health · Nutrition Cluster Coordination Team
OCHA Conference Hall, Juba
EQUAL — Evidence and Impact for Mothers and Newborns Living in Conflict
Health Cluster · IRC
Pyramid International Hotel, Juba
South Sudan 2025 CFSAM Debriefing
Food Security & Livelihoods Cluster · FAO
OCHA Conference Hall, Juba
Promoting Conflict-Sensitive Aid Programming in South Sudan
Food Security & Livelihoods Cluster
Conflict Sensitivity Resource Facility workshop on applying Do No Harm principles in aid delivery.
Saferworld Conference Hall, Juba
Coordination Forum Strategy Summit
Multi-cluster coordination forum
Advancing gender equality and women's empowerment through inclusive business practices and gender-responsive financing.
Radisson Blu, Juba
Consortium enquiries
Looking for a national partner with community access?
Cluster memberships
04
NGO Forum
Application underway
Government
MoH · local authorities