Blog by TPI Associates – Todd Kirkbride and Ian Dixon. What happens when a football club hires the world’s best players for each position but continues to train them individually, rather than as a team adapting to each other’s strengths and weakness? Most certainly they will have a less than stellar winning record that will […]
Archives for 2020
The Partnership Journey of Foundations and Grantee Partners for Shared Leadership, Ownership and Greater Impact
On 21 July 2020, The Partnering Initiative (TPI) held a virtual learning and networking event in collaboration with Pioneer Partners of the Partnering for Philanthropic Impact programme, Z Zurich Foundation and Johnson & Johnson Foundation. Speakers included: Jenny Ekelund, TPI Senior Advisor Darian Stibbe, Executive Director of TPI David Nash, Z Zurich Foundation and grantee […]
The First Edition of the SDG Partnership Guidebook is now available
We have officially launched the SDG Partnership Guidebook! On 14 July 2020, TPI’s Executive Director Darian Stibbe participated in VNR Lab “Beyond the Voluntary National Reviews: mobilizing support and building national partnerships” and officially launched the new publication. The SDG Partnership Guidebook aims to convey the magic of how multi-stakeholder partnerships at country level can […]
TPI joins the Voluntary National Review Lab on partnerships as part of the 2020 HLPF
Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) represent a critical follow-up and review mechanism of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – member States are encouraged to conduct regular and inclusive VNRs of progress at the national and sub-national levels .The 2020 United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) featured VNRs from 47 countries with the Labs providing an […]
TPI moderates HLPF event: Developing transformational partnerships to catalyze SDG implementation
As part of the 2020 SDG Learning, Training and Practice series linked to the UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF), TPI’s Executive Director Darian Stibbe moderated a session on developing transformational partnerships towards the SDGs. This capacity building and knowledge workshop was organized by TPI together with the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs […]



