Partnering For Impact: How to Maximise Business’ Contribution to the SDGs? Wednesday 24th September, 08.00am – 09.30am – Business Call to Action’s Annual Forum With one year to go until the adoption of a new global development agenda, this event will focus on the practicalities of how best to deliver the new framework and SDG priorities. Although responsibility […]
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Building Effective Partnerships for Development – developing professional competencies
By Darian Stibbe, TPI Executive Director In September, the Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals will present their report to the UN General Assembly. While the exact details on the specific goals, targets and indicators are still being finalized, one aspect is clear: public-private or multi-stakeholder collaboration will be essential to achieving those […]
Building Partnerships in Asia – How are we doing?
by Amanda Bowman, Director The Partnering Initiative I was in Singapore earlier this month, participating in the CSR Asia Community Investment Forum, which focused this year on Building Partnerships. About 100 corporate, not for profit and academic sector leaders from around the region attended, and the Forum was followed by a two-day partnership training. As […]
Building a successful platform for Partnership
Platforms for partnership are a vital approach to more systematically drive the creation of cross-sector partnerships for development. They provide a systematic mechanism to convene government, business, NGOs, donors and other development actors around a particular issue or geography.
Zambia Business in Development Facility is recruiting
The Zambia Business in Development Facility (ZBIDF) is a new multi-stakeholder platform to engage business, facilitate dialogue and innovation and directly support public-private partnership action on key business and development challenges. The ZBIDF mission is to systematically support and catalyse cross-sector partnerships in order to unleash the power and resources of business on poverty reduction and […]