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Application to Become a TAP Network Partner

Thank you for your interest in becoming a TAP Network "Partner" and joining a vibrant and diverse community of civil society champions on SDG16+! You can find more information on the benefits and expectations of being a TAP Network Partner in the TAP Network Membership Overview guide here.

About TAP Partners
The TAP Network’s engagement structures are broken down into two main categories: “Members” and “Partners,” with each enjoying very different sets of privileges and benefits.

TAP Network “Partners” are organizations that take part in the substantive work of the TAP Network, and work closely with each other through various engagement structures and channels. These “Partners” make explicit commitments that outline their work to advance the overall mission and objectives of TAP Network on the issues they work on. In exchange for making these commitments, “Partners” enjoy an exclusive set of benefits and privileges, and can benefit from direct support, both technical and financial, from the TAP Network Secretariat. Partners are expected to report on their progress towards these commitments every two years, with interim mid-term reports uploaded onto the TAP Network website every year. By way of this process, TAP Partners are explicitly committed to helping take TAP’s agenda and work forward, and are identified as TAP’s key champions and go-to implementation partners.

For a complete list of benefits and privileges exclusive to TAP Partners, please visit TAP’s Join Us page.

Benefits of becoming a TAP Network Partner:
You can find more information on all of the many ways that your organization will benefit from being a TAP Network Partner in the TAP Membership Overview guide here.
For more information, questions or additional guidance please reach out to John Romano (romano@tapnetwork2030.org) or Elena Marmo (marmo@tapnetwork2030.org)

TAP Partner Application Guidance:
To begin the application process for your organization to become a TAP Network Partner, please complete the form below. For more detailed guidance on the TAP Partner Application and drafting commitments, please consult the instructions here.

When completing the application, it is important that your organization demonstrates how the mission and objectives align with advancing the SDG16+ and accountability for the 2030 Agenda. Furthermore, the application should also demonstrate how your organization’s work embodies the principles of transparency, accountability and participation. Successful applications provide sufficient relevant detail needed to paint a clear picture of their organization’s mission, vision, objectives and work as it relates to TAP’s shared values as a network.

Outlining your Organization's "Commitments" around SDG16+:
TAP Network Partners are expected to outline concrete, clear and actionable commitments or objectives to implementing SDG16 and/or towards accountability for the 2030 Agenda more broadly. The more specific organizations can be when submitting commitments, the stronger the commitment and subsequent follow-up will be. It is also important for these commitments to fit the S.M.A.R.T. criteria: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound.

Since these commitments will be showcased publicly on TAP’s Partner Action Platform, it is important to highlight the great work and realistic but lofty ambitions of your organization, and to clearly outline how you will go about implementing this commitment. For examples of these commitments, please browse the TAP Network Partner Action Platform here.

Showcasing your commitment on the TAP Network Partner Action Platform:
One key benefit for TAP Partners is being featured on the TAP Network Partner Action Platform, a dynamic registry of actionable commitments to SDG16+ and accountability for the 2030 Agenda. While being one of TAP Network’s main advocacy tools, the registry not only works to promote the wide-ranging work of our partners and civil society as a whole, but provides a foundation for our network partners to build more interactive and dynamic opportunities for engagement.
1.Is your organization already a TAP Network Partner?(Required.)
2.Organization Name:(Required.)
3.Organization Type:
4.Organization website:(Required.)
5.Organization Region: (Select all that apply)(Required.)
6.Organization Country Location:
7.Organization City/Locality:
8.Please broadly describe your organization’s mission and work (no more than 500 characters):(Required.)
Organization's Contacts
9.Primary Contact name:(Required.)
10.Primary Contact title:(Required.)
11.Primary Contact Email:(Required.)
Outlining your commitment: 
What kinds of commitments are expected of TAP Network Partners?

TAP Network Partners are expected to outline their commitment to implementing SDG16 or towards accountability for the 2030 Agenda more broadly. More information on how to formulate your commitment can be found here.
12.Please outline your organization’s commitment to implementing SDG16 (maximum 500 words)
(This should provide any details you'd like to include about your commitment, including your objectives, work plan, timeline or even a theory of change. This will be an important opportunity to share and showcase your work with your fellow partners and external stakeholders.) (Required.)
13.How does the work of your organization relate to the TAP Network's work related to SDG16+ and Accountability for the 2030 Agenda? Please be as specific as possible, and outline how you see your organization contributing to TAP's work on these areas, where possible.(Required.)
14.Please upload any relevant documents, reports, photos or other resources that you'd like to feature and showcase on your organization's Partner Page on the TAP Network website:
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15.Are there any current TAP Members or Partners that could speak to the qualifications and commitments of your organization?
All TAP Partner applications undergo a thorough review process overseen by the TAP Steering Committee.  Part of this process includes third party vetting.  If possible, please include the name of an organization and contact that could assist in this process.  All TAP Partner applications received will be given equal consideration regardless of your ability to provide an answer to this question.(Required.)
16.I affirm my organization’s commitment to:
- Uphold and embody the principles enshrined in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights in my organization’s work;
- All of the targets and principles outlined within SDG16 and the 2030 Agenda, including by upholding the commitment to leaving no one behind in the work of their organization, and working openly and inclusively with other TAP Network Partners or Members;
- Helping advance the overall mission and objectives of the TAP Network, including around SDG16 and accountability for the 2030 Agenda;
- Ensuring that myorganization’s work embodies the principles of transparency, accountability and participation.(Required.)
17.I understand and consent that the information collected in this survey can be used by the TAP Network Secretariat to help facilitate and coordinate TAP Partners' engagement in TAP's work going forward, and that it will be shared on the TAP Network website to showcase my organization's work and TAP commitment. I also understand that I am expected to report on progress my organization has made towards these commitments each year.(Required.)