News – Page 27 – The Partnering Initiative

April 16, 2015 By Julia Gilbert

Zambia BIDF brings together government, business, and NGO for a Marine Safety Dialogue

In March, The Zambia Business in Development Facility (ZBIDF) facilitated a Marine Safety Dialogue, bringing together members of the government, business, and development agencies, to identify collaborative and innovative solutions to marine safety challenges. The workshop took place a little over six months after the tragedy in which 26 citizens, including 22 schoolchildren, lost their […]

March 23, 2015 By Julia Gilbert

Mozambique Business in Development Facility supports Skills Development Partnership for Construction Sector

By Manuel Mutimucuio, Senior Inclusive Business and Innovation Advisor, SNV World Mozambique Construction group Stefanutti Stocks and ADPP (Mozambican NGO) have signed a MoU to address skills development and employment in the construction sector in Mozambique. The Mozambique Business in Development Facility (LINK) brought the parties together and believes that this is an important step as massive job […]

March 20, 2015 By Julia Gilbert

How not to reinvent the wheel: learning from the International Partnering Landscape

What can the international partnering landscape tell us about cross-sector partnerships for sustainable development? When setting up a new initiative, understanding what has gone before is arguably as important as local context and future ambition.

March 12, 2015 By Julia Gilbert

10 Steps to Perfect (Enough) Partnership

In all but the simplest collaborations, problems, inefficiencies, issues to overcome will always arise. This is not surprising. The intricate dynamics of partnerships are constantly changing within a complex and often muddled set of influencing factors: the socio-economic-political context; the varying characteristics, needs and resources of the partners, donors and stakeholders; shifting partner priorities and commitment; and key people changing and therefore a need to rebuild relationships.

February 4, 2015 By Darian Stibbe

2015 -The year of partnership?

A TPI Retrospective of 2014 and Preview of 2015 Dear friends and colleagues, With their explicit inclusion within the post-2015 sustainable development goals to be announced in September, cross-sectoral partnerships have never been higher up both the international development agenda and the business sustainability agenda. In many ways, 2015 marks a turning point in the field: […]