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Empowering Grassroots Women Through Transformational Partnerships in Agricultural Value Chains

24/10/2017

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

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The Gender Transformative and Responsible Agribusiness Investments in South East Asia (GRAISEA) programme works to promote women’s economic empowerment in agricultural value chains. The agricultural sector is heavily reliant on women workers, but these women do not have equal access to resources – only 12 percent of the three million landowners in Asia are women, […]

Education resource

Building Successful School Partnerships: A guide for schools

01/01/2006

1 documents

Languages: English

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Overview

School partnerships have the potential to excite your learners about the wider world, broaden their understanding of life in other countries and instil a desire to create positive change. This guide outlines the cornerstones of establishing great ties and is filled with case studies and practical tips to help your school reap the rewards. Grasp […]

Journal article

Canterbury to Cameroon: a new partnership between faiths and the World Bank

01/08/2005

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

The World Bank and world religions are two of the most powerful forces in the developing world. The Bank has access to vast financial resources, while faiths have vast social access and credibility. Partnership between the Bank and religious groups could have a significant impact on development efforts, but dialogue between them appears impotent. That […]

Journal article

Partnerships, learning, and development: a case study from Ghana

01/02/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

Decades of development practice suggest the fundamental importance of improving aid-delivery systems and stakeholder competence in order to improve the well-being of poor people. However, it is questionable whether the aid system is able to change its attitudes and values through such partnerships in a way that will do this. This paper suggests that for […]

Journal article

Money, power, and donor-NGO partnerships

01/05/2010

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

The term ‘partnership’ can be considered something of a Trojan Horse, disguising the reality of the complex relationships in imbalances of power and inequality, often expressed through the control of one ‘partner’ over the other. With particular reference to the experience of a small, UK-based NGO working in Uganda (Hives Save Lives – Africa), this […]

Journal article

Rethinking monitoring in a complex messy partnership in Brazil

01/11/2010

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

Since 1996, CTA-ZM, a local Brazilian NGO, has been developing better ways to understand its work on pro-poor institutional transformation in Minas Gerais. It operates within a ‘messy partnership’ which includes farmer trade unions, associations, social movements, and academic institutions. The combined challenge of institutional transformation and messy partnerships has made it clear that mainstream […]

Research report

Missed Opportunities: The case for strengthening national and local partnership-based humanitarian responses

03/11/2013

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

This study is the first output of a research project commissioned by five UK-based international humanitarian non-governmental organisations (INGOs) – ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam GB and Tearfund. The main purpose of the project was to look at the current and future potential of partnerships with national non-governmental organisations (NNGOs) in humanitarian response, based on […]

Case study

Accountability and Feedback Mechanisms in Partnerships

31/05/2016

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

One of the key challenges of working well in partnerships is ensuring a good level of engagement from all sides, so that everyone feels equally responsible and accountable for the delivery of the project, and ultimately for helping to improve the lives of marginalized and vulnerable people. So, how do we achieve this? This paper […]

Discussion paper

An Ecological Approach to Partnership

01/11/2015

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This learning paper explores insights and questions on partnerships from the perspective of the Oxfam Australia (OAU)-led program in South Africa. It examines four issues: power, contestation, trust and adaptive practice. It also presents an emergent partnership model drawing on this learning.

Research report

Oxfam Novib and Partnerships: A historical perspective

14/05/2018

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Over the last five decades, Oxfam Novib has built partnerships with thousands of civil society organizations in more than 80 countries around the world. During this time, the support of local partner organizations has been central to Oxfam Novib’s development philosophy, which is based on the strong belief that local organizations are the prime actors […]

Showing 315 matching results from Policy & Practice

Case study

Empowering Grassroots Women Through Transformational Partnerships in Agricultural Value Chains

24/10/2017

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Gender Transformative and Responsible Agribusiness Investments in South East Asia (GRAISEA) programme works to promote women’s economic empowerment in agricultural value chains. The agricultural sector is heavily reliant on women workers, but these women do not have equal access to resources – only 12 percent of the three million landowners in Asia are women, […]

Education resource

Building Successful School Partnerships: A guide for schools

01/01/2006

1 documents

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

School partnerships have the potential to excite your learners about the wider world, broaden their understanding of life in other countries and instil a desire to create positive change. This guide outlines the cornerstones of establishing great ties and is filled with case studies and practical tips to help your school reap the rewards. Grasp […]

Journal article

Canterbury to Cameroon: a new partnership between faiths and the World Bank

01/08/2005

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The World Bank and world religions are two of the most powerful forces in the developing world. The Bank has access to vast financial resources, while faiths have vast social access and credibility. Partnership between the Bank and religious groups could have a significant impact on development efforts, but dialogue between them appears impotent. That […]

Journal article

Partnerships, learning, and development: a case study from Ghana

01/02/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Decades of development practice suggest the fundamental importance of improving aid-delivery systems and stakeholder competence in order to improve the well-being of poor people. However, it is questionable whether the aid system is able to change its attitudes and values through such partnerships in a way that will do this. This paper suggests that for […]

Journal article

Money, power, and donor-NGO partnerships

01/05/2010

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The term ‘partnership’ can be considered something of a Trojan Horse, disguising the reality of the complex relationships in imbalances of power and inequality, often expressed through the control of one ‘partner’ over the other. With particular reference to the experience of a small, UK-based NGO working in Uganda (Hives Save Lives – Africa), this […]

Journal article

Rethinking monitoring in a complex messy partnership in Brazil

01/11/2010

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Since 1996, CTA-ZM, a local Brazilian NGO, has been developing better ways to understand its work on pro-poor institutional transformation in Minas Gerais. It operates within a ‘messy partnership’ which includes farmer trade unions, associations, social movements, and academic institutions. The combined challenge of institutional transformation and messy partnerships has made it clear that mainstream […]

Research report

Missed Opportunities: The case for strengthening national and local partnership-based humanitarian responses

03/11/2013

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

This study is the first output of a research project commissioned by five UK-based international humanitarian non-governmental organisations (INGOs) – ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam GB and Tearfund. The main purpose of the project was to look at the current and future potential of partnerships with national non-governmental organisations (NNGOs) in humanitarian response, based on […]

Case study

Accountability and Feedback Mechanisms in Partnerships

31/05/2016

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

One of the key challenges of working well in partnerships is ensuring a good level of engagement from all sides, so that everyone feels equally responsible and accountable for the delivery of the project, and ultimately for helping to improve the lives of marginalized and vulnerable people. So, how do we achieve this? This paper […]

Discussion paper

An Ecological Approach to Partnership

01/11/2015

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This learning paper explores insights and questions on partnerships from the perspective of the Oxfam Australia (OAU)-led program in South Africa. It examines four issues: power, contestation, trust and adaptive practice. It also presents an emergent partnership model drawing on this learning.

Research report

Oxfam Novib and Partnerships: A historical perspective

14/05/2018

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Over the last five decades, Oxfam Novib has built partnerships with thousands of civil society organizations in more than 80 countries around the world. During this time, the support of local partner organizations has been central to Oxfam Novib’s development philosophy, which is based on the strong belief that local organizations are the prime actors […]

Showing 315 matching results from Policy & Practice

Case study

Empowering Grassroots Women Through Transformational Partnerships in Agricultural Value Chains

24/10/2017

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Gender Transformative and Responsible Agribusiness Investments in South East Asia (GRAISEA) programme works to promote women’s economic empowerment in agricultural value chains. The agricultural sector is heavily reliant on women workers, but these women do not have equal access to resources – only 12 percent of the three million landowners in Asia are women, […]

Education resource

Building Successful School Partnerships: A guide for schools

01/01/2006

1 documents

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

School partnerships have the potential to excite your learners about the wider world, broaden their understanding of life in other countries and instil a desire to create positive change. This guide outlines the cornerstones of establishing great ties and is filled with case studies and practical tips to help your school reap the rewards. Grasp […]

Journal article

Canterbury to Cameroon: a new partnership between faiths and the World Bank

01/08/2005

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The World Bank and world religions are two of the most powerful forces in the developing world. The Bank has access to vast financial resources, while faiths have vast social access and credibility. Partnership between the Bank and religious groups could have a significant impact on development efforts, but dialogue between them appears impotent. That […]

Journal article

Partnerships, learning, and development: a case study from Ghana

01/02/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Decades of development practice suggest the fundamental importance of improving aid-delivery systems and stakeholder competence in order to improve the well-being of poor people. However, it is questionable whether the aid system is able to change its attitudes and values through such partnerships in a way that will do this. This paper suggests that for […]

Journal article

Money, power, and donor-NGO partnerships

01/05/2010

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The term ‘partnership’ can be considered something of a Trojan Horse, disguising the reality of the complex relationships in imbalances of power and inequality, often expressed through the control of one ‘partner’ over the other. With particular reference to the experience of a small, UK-based NGO working in Uganda (Hives Save Lives – Africa), this […]

Journal article

Rethinking monitoring in a complex messy partnership in Brazil

01/11/2010

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Since 1996, CTA-ZM, a local Brazilian NGO, has been developing better ways to understand its work on pro-poor institutional transformation in Minas Gerais. It operates within a ‘messy partnership’ which includes farmer trade unions, associations, social movements, and academic institutions. The combined challenge of institutional transformation and messy partnerships has made it clear that mainstream […]

Research report

Missed Opportunities: The case for strengthening national and local partnership-based humanitarian responses

03/11/2013

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

This study is the first output of a research project commissioned by five UK-based international humanitarian non-governmental organisations (INGOs) – ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam GB and Tearfund. The main purpose of the project was to look at the current and future potential of partnerships with national non-governmental organisations (NNGOs) in humanitarian response, based on […]

Case study

Accountability and Feedback Mechanisms in Partnerships

31/05/2016

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

One of the key challenges of working well in partnerships is ensuring a good level of engagement from all sides, so that everyone feels equally responsible and accountable for the delivery of the project, and ultimately for helping to improve the lives of marginalized and vulnerable people. So, how do we achieve this? This paper […]

Discussion paper

An Ecological Approach to Partnership

01/11/2015

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This learning paper explores insights and questions on partnerships from the perspective of the Oxfam Australia (OAU)-led program in South Africa. It examines four issues: power, contestation, trust and adaptive practice. It also presents an emergent partnership model drawing on this learning.

Research report

Oxfam Novib and Partnerships: A historical perspective

14/05/2018

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Over the last five decades, Oxfam Novib has built partnerships with thousands of civil society organizations in more than 80 countries around the world. During this time, the support of local partner organizations has been central to Oxfam Novib’s development philosophy, which is based on the strong belief that local organizations are the prime actors […]