At the heart of every partnership lies a paradox, an inherent contradiction that cannot be ignored in the process of building a successful collaboration. A primary goal of cross-sector partnership is to bring together organisations with different but complementary attributes and to achieve something together that neither organisation can achieve independently.
Archives for March 2016
Humanitarian Private Sector Partnership Platform (HPPP) launched in East Africa
Like many other regions, East Africa has been facing an ever increasing number of humanitarian crises, which have put an increasing strain on responders. As part of the ongoing efforts to bolster the effectiveness of the emergency response system in the region, the humanitarian community, in collaboration with business partners and the Government of Kenya, launched the […]
Global Partnerships Week 2016: Global Partnerships Practitioners Forum
INNOVATORS, CHANGEMAKERS, AND DISRUPTORS: NEW IDEAS IN THE PARTNERSHIPS LANDSCAPE MONDAY, MARCH 7 2016 | 9:00AM TO 5:00PM As part of Global Partnerships Week, the Secretary’s Office of Global Partnerships at the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Global Development Lab at the U.S. Agency for International Development, Concordia, and PeaceTech Lab will organize the second annual Global […]