By George Laryea-Adjei,
Director of Programme Group at UNICEF
Two weeks ago, our Executive Board endorsed UNICEF's Strategic Plan for 2026–2029. It comes at a critical moment. Conflicts, climate shocks, economic uncertainty and shrinking resources threaten to roll back hard-won gains for children. In such times, advancing children’s rights demands collective resolve, evidence-driven choices and investment at scale.
The Plan is built on focus, scale, impact and differentiation. By 2029, together with governments, partners and communities, we aim to achieve five Impact Results for children. To save 10 million children’s lives and ensure at least 500 million children are healthy, well-nourished and developmentally on track. To enable 350 million children and young people to learn and gain skills for life and work. To lift 100 million children out of multidimensional poverty, ensuring greater access to social protection and livelihoods. To protect 350 million children from violence, including child marriage, female genital mutilation, online exploitation and violent punishment. And to safeguard 500 million children from disasters and environmental risks by strengthening community resilience and climate-smart systems.
We will scale by moving beyond pilots to population-level results. Policy by policy. System by system. Partner by partner. Where evidence exists, we will take it nationwide. Where it does not, we will build it and then grow it.
We will differentiate by tailoring strategies to diverse national contexts, from low-income and fragile settings to upper-middle-income countries with very different challenges, so resources are deployed with precision for the greatest and most lasting results.
We must keep programmes effective, efficient and principled, strengthening national systems so results endure long after our support ends. We thank our Executive Board, our Member States, our partners and our colleagues for advancing programmes that endure and deliver for children.
Two weeks ago, our Executive Board endorsed UNICEF's Strategic Plan for 2026–2029. It comes at a critical moment. Conflicts, climate shocks, economic uncertainty and shrinking resources threaten to roll back hard-won gains for children. In such times, advancing children’s rights demands collective resolve, evidence-driven choices and investment at scale.
The Plan is built on focus, scale, impact and differentiation. By 2029, together with governments, partners and communities, we aim to achieve five Impact Results for children. To save 10 million children’s lives and ensure at least 500 million children are healthy, well-nourished and developmentally on track. To enable 350 million children and young people to learn and gain skills for life and work. To lift 100 million children out of multidimensional poverty, ensuring greater access to social protection and livelihoods. To protect 350 million children from violence, including child marriage, female genital mutilation, online exploitation and violent punishment. And to safeguard 500 million children from disasters and environmental risks by strengthening community resilience and climate-smart systems.
We will scale by moving beyond pilots to population-level results. Policy by policy. System by system. Partner by partner. Where evidence exists, we will take it nationwide. Where it does not, we will build it and then grow it.
We will differentiate by tailoring strategies to diverse national contexts, from low-income and fragile settings to upper-middle-income countries with very different challenges, so resources are deployed with precision for the greatest and most lasting results.
We must keep programmes effective, efficient and principled, strengthening national systems so results endure long after our support ends. We thank our Executive Board, our Member States, our partners and our colleagues for advancing programmes that endure and deliver for children.
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