Partnerships

Partnerships are integral to the operation of the Justice for the Poor program. Collaboration with local partners is critical in ensuring that justice reform and legal empowerment programs are relevant, legitimate and implemented effectively. Collaboration with government, civil society, donor organizations and institutions enhances the expertise that can be brought to the program and enables a cross-sectoral approach to justice issues. Justice for the Poor works together with partners to conduct research, develop policy, provide advice, and fund activities.

To mainstream justice in development, Justice for the Poor also works in partnership with a range of project teams across the World Bank Group, including the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network, the Social Development Department, the Development Research Group and the International Finance Corporation. Justice for the Poor supports these teams to address justice and conflict management issues in the design, implementation and assessment of their work.

Justice for the Poor maintains several strategic partnerships including :

Australian Government’s Overseas Aid Program (AusAID) 
The collaboration with AusAID is central to Justice for the Poor’s East Asia and Pacific Initiative. AusAID supports activities in Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, as well as regional thematic work and knowledge sharing activities.

Australian National University’s State, Society & Governance in Melanesia Program

The J4P program collaborates with researchers and academics from ANU on projects in Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea. 

Namati: Innovations in Legal Empowerment

Justice for the Poor partners with Namati on social accountability and legal empowerment interventions in Sierra Leone and Nigeria. 

Open Society Justice Initiative

Justice for the Poor works with the Open Society Justice Imitative to support and evaluate legal empowerment initiatives in Sierra Leone and Indonesia.  

United States Institute of Peace 
Justice for the Poor works with the United States Institute of Peace on knowledge events and in establishing a community of practice.

For information about partnerships at the country level, please visit the pages of the individual J4P country programs.