Ways to engage

Strategic member

What you commit. An annual core contribution, indicatively NOK 1–2 million per year, on a multi-year understanding rather than a single grant.

What you get. Structured access to expertise, learning, visibility and country-level support where there is alignment with your own programme.

What the Centre commits. A quality-assured technical platform available to the whole network, and published results.

How it is documented. A partnership agreement with the Centre, setting out the contribution, the governance participation and the reporting cycle.

Sponsor

What you commit. Financing service delivery for a named National Society: adviser time and the travel, accommodation and per diem that delivery requires.

What you get. The engagement runs through the Centre's intake, triage, delivery and quality assurance, and closes with a report you receive alongside the Society.

What the Centre commits. Delivery to the published service scope, peer review of every output, and coordination with anyone else engaged in the country.

How it is documented. A sponsorship arrangement covering the named engagement.

Country collaboration

What you commit. The in-country costs of a programme you already run, financed directly with the National Society.

What you get. The technical work, the triage discipline and the quality assurance, without building or contracting that capability yourself.

What the Centre commits. Technical expertise and quality assurance of the design. The Centre is not a contracting party to your in-country agreement.

How it is documented. A project agreement made directly between the National Society and you, with the Centre copied in and involved in quality assurance.

Four things partners ask about

The Centre is not a consultancy. Core funding keeps a global technical platform available to the whole network, rather than buying a project-by-project service. That is the distinction that makes an unrestricted contribution worth more than its face value.

The 17 NSIF countries need collective investment at roughly NOK 200,000–300,000 each. NSIF is the IFRC National Society Investment Fund. Small money, high leverage, and the clearest single ask the Centre makes.

The separation is deliberate. The Centre provides technical expertise and quality assurance. Country-level implementation costs are financed separately, by the Society or by a sponsor.

Roles combine. A strategic member can also sponsor country work, and most do.