Is your private sector entity interested in joining UHC2030 and engaging with other health stakeholders to make progress on universal health coverage? Below, you can read about the necessary criteria for joining, and what you will get out of being in the partnership.
Criteria to join the Private Sector Constituency
Applicants for membership must be private sector entities that are directly working on health system strengthening. This includes for-profit and not-for-profit entities commonly organized under business or company regulations, relay on earned income for operations, and operate under shareholder governance arrangements. Associations representing the private sector and companies are also eligible.
Note: Membership in the Private Sector Constituency is not an endorsement from UHC2030 of a company’s views, opinions or activities, nor does it grant any privilege or competitive advantage.
Private Sector Constituency members are expected to:
- Publicly commit to supporting the key universal health coverage outcomes of access to quality health services for all with financial protection.
- Engage in advocacy and promotion of the UHC2030 guiding principles of equity, quality, transparency and accountability.
- Be willing to take part in open and honest dialogue about critical concerns and issues surrounding private sector engagement for health.
- Ensure that their engagement adds value to public health and the universal health coverage agenda.
- Ensure that their reputation and activities do not compromise UHC2030’s objectivity, integrity, independence and impartiality.
- Ensure that they are not involved in any way with arms or tobacco industries, do not engage with the tobacco industry nor with non-State actors that work to further the interests of the tobacco industry and do not engage with the arms industry (in accordance with paragraphs 44 and 45 of the WHO Framework of engagement with non-State actors).
In addition, Core Action Group members must:
- Sign the UHC2030 Global Compact for progress towards UHC.
- Publish activities related to achieving the principles of the Global Compact in their annual reports
Apply to become a Private Sector Constituency member
This form will take around 30 minutes to complete. You will be asked to upload the following supporting documents:
- A completed Tobacco and Arms Disclosure Statement
- A copy of your organisation's legal status
- The composition of your organization's decision-making body
- Details about your organization’s funding sources
- Details about your organization's constitution, statutes, by-laws and affiliation.
Documents may be up to 5MB each, in the following formats: .PDF, .DOC or .DOCX
