The Colombia Business in Development Hub is hosted by ANDI, the National Business Association of Colombia, a non-profit organization whose main purpose is to expand and promote economic, social and political principles within a free enterprise system, based upon beliefs that include human dignity, political democracy, social justice, private property and liberty. Scoping was completed in 2013, with […]
The Zambia Hub
With support from Sida, the Zambia Business in Development Hub started operating in September 2014. Hosted by AMSCO, the Hub includes a National Coordinator and three full time brokers, each focussing on a specific sector, and actively brokering a range of partnerships. TPI has been extensively supporting the Hub through capacity-building of the hosts, mentoring, […]
The Partnering Alliance
Driving the quality and effectiveness of multi-stakeholder collaboration for the post-2015 development agenda Convened by The Partnering Initiative and the Collective Leadership Institute, the Partnering Alliance (PA) is an ambitious multi-stakeholder initiative with the following aims: To agree a common language, definitions and typology around cross-sector or public-private collaboration thereby both demystifying the area and ensuring […]
When to Partner
Maximising opportunities and strengthening systems Partnerships between business, the public sector and civil society are not the answer to all sustainable development challenges, and there is clearly a risk if partnerships are simply adopted in a random way or in inappropriate circumstances. Some key questions to ask prior to considering a partnership approach to sustainable […]
The Benefits and Risks of Partnering
Each sector brings a different set of values, priorities, resources and competencies to a partnership. The challenge of any partnership is to bring these diverse contributions together, linked by a common vision in order to achieve sustainable development goals. Organisations choose to partner because they cannot achieve their desired goals by other, non-partnership means. In […]