Partnerships Central

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Jack Whelan (ICC) Darian Stibbe (CASDP) ICSU
Meeting, July 25, 2003 jack.whelan_at_iccwbo.orgsti
bbe_at_casdp.org
Partnerships Central
Facilitating, promoting and building the capacity
of partnerships for sustainable development
Supported by
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Renewed focus on Partnerships

• Since the Rio Summit, cross-sector partnerships
  have been gaining recognition as a practical
  approach to the elusive goal of sustainable
  development.
• The World Summit for Sustainable Development in
  2002 refocused attention on partnerships,
  reiterating their utilization as an essential
  implementation mechanism of development goals,
  while showcasing 250 partnerships.

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Whats missing?

• No shortage of enthusiasm
• But, what has been missing is a clear route to
  channel stakeholders good intentions into
  concrete action.
• Means, Motivation and Opportunity

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Whats needed?

• If sustainable development goals are to be
  achieved through partnerships, hundreds of
  thousands of actors, taking part on a voluntary,
  commercial or mandatory basis, will require
  information and services specifically tailored to
  the distinctive needs of partnerships.

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Whats needed?

• A forum through which the enthusiasm, knowledge,
  experience, connections and people necessary for
  partnerships can crystallize
• A central hub and starting point for partnerships
  activity, linking out to and tying together
  complementary initiatives
• A mechanism to spread the lessons of (often
  under-publicized) research, studies and success
  stories to a mass audience through a
  decentralizing network

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Whats needed?

• A channel to facilitate dialogue among all actors
  and multiply innovative partnership solutions
  through communication, knowledge-exchange and
  dissemination of good practice
• A method to link partnership achievements to
  government commitments and development goals,
  demonstrating policy in action
• The ability to improve the efficiency and
  transparency of information among donors, project
  implementers and other resource providers
• The means to facilitate the creation of new
  partnerships.

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Means, Motivation and Opportunity

• Partnerships Central has been established as a
  framework to deliver to the widest constituency
  within industry sectors and at the local level,
  the means, motivation and opportunity necessary
  for partnerships to become a major force in
  sustainable development.

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What PC delivers

• a global showcase of all types of partnerships at
  all levels, showing whats out there, what works,
  what doesnt, and mapping the impact of
  partnerships onto international development
  goals
• issue and country-specific portals disseminating
  focused information and providing issue and
  region-specific networking and knowledge-exchange
  tools
• a resource of living examples of good practice
  and innovation

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What PC delivers

• how-to guides to building, managing and
  governing partnerships
• a databank of partnership-friendly funding
  sources
• a global directory of partnership specialists and
  brokers
• partner matching and advisory services

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What PC delivers

• a library of useful resources, links, relevant
  articles, news and events and information on
  governmental policies
• a comprehensive database of links out to
  complementary activities.

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An innovative, distributed exchange platform

• Issue and Country portals featuring targeted
  information and learn-by-example tools.
• Unique collaborative approach Portal Enabling
  Groups (PEGs) bring together the knowledge,
  experience and connections of experts within
  sectors (e.g. water stakeholders) and countries
  (e.g. national and community actors).
• Completes the knowledge network by extending the
  internet -based, information pipeline into the
  hands of a greater number of actors at the
  national and community levels.

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Implementation and Dissemination
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PEG Example Agriculture interested parties

• International Federation of Agriculture Producers
  (IFAP)
• International Fertiliser Industry Association
• UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
• CropLife International
• FutureHarvest
• Sustainable Agriculture Initiative
• International Fund for Agricultural Development
• US Department of Agriculture
• Grocery Manufacturers Association
• Unilever, Bayer, Pfizer

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Sector Portal Enabling Group (PEG)

• Provide direction, identify priority areas
• Provide content (news, guides, links, research
  etc.)
• Encourage the submission of partnerships to the
  project showcase
• Help to ensure the quality of projects
• Identify examples of good practice for more
  extensive case studies and news stories
• Promote the portal, identify funding sources, and
  speak on behalf of Partnerships Central and the
  portal activities at seminars/conferences

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How will PC be funded?

• Institutional
• Major corporate sponsors
• Grants from foundations, development agencies
  etc.
• For each Portal
• (Small!) contribution from each member of the PEG
• Portal sponsorship by one or two companies
• Other grants identified by the PEG

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Where are we now?

• Launching South Africa Country Portal for 1-year
  anniversary of WSSD.
• Creating first PEGs (agriculture, energy, water)
• Scheduling first meetings for Autumn 2003.
• Developing the alliance with UNDP / UN Global
  Compact
• Continuing to secure corporate sponsorship
  start-up funding grants

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Get Involved!

• http//partnershipscentral.org
• info_at_partnershipscentral.org