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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.

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 […]

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 […]

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

NGO-government partnerships for scaling up: sexuality education in Mexico

01/03/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Governments in developing countries need effective programmes to advance public policies and improve social welfare. NGOs often have well-tested programmes and research outcomes that are relevant to such needs, yet the scaling up of pilot programmes to national level is difficult to achieve and frequently unsuccessful. This article presents a case of successful scaling up […]

Journal article

Redefining community-state partnership in natural resource management: a case from India

01/02/2005

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

This article examines the role of the state in the Joint Forest Management (JFM) programme in the northern province of Haryana in India. In the past two decades, significant developments pertaining to institutional reforms in promoting community-state partnerships in protecting and managing forests have been undertaken in the province. By reviewing the experiences in management […]

Case study

Five Critical Factors for Working Well in Partnerships

31/05/2016

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

What are the critical factors in managing a good partnership? My experience coordinating the REE-CALL (Resilience through Economic Empowerment, Climate Change Adaptation, Leadership and Learning) programme in Bangladesh over the past five years has taught me that no matter how big the programme, or how complex, success depends on five critical factors. Partnering for Impact […]

Research report

Community Engagement: Documenting strategies of the Australian Partnerships with African Communities Program partners

01/03/2007

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Australian Partnerships with African Communities (APAC) Program set out for men and women in 132 southern African communities to lead their own development, to address the impacts of HIV and AIDS, to have increased food security, and to secure access to basic social services. Structurally, the APAC program had three objectives: Achieve food sovereignty […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Local Partnership for Rural Development in Albania

06/12/2013

3 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The ‘Local Partnership for Rural Development’ project formed part of the Oxfam GB Raising her Voice (RHV) portfolio, which aimed to support and strengthen women’s roles in shaping policy and local governance. Operating through partners in three rural areas of Albania, the project was designed to address key aspects of governance by providing negotiation structures […]

Evaluation report

Programme Partnership Arrangement Mid-term Performance Assessment: Oxfam’s General PPA

01/11/2012

1 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) is one of Oxfam’s most strategically important partners. The Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA) is a major element of Oxfam’s relationship with DFID, providing valuable opportunities for collaboration and engagement, as well as financial support for Oxfam’s work. Oxfam is one of four organisations in the UK which receive […]

Showing 321 matching results from Policy & Practice

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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

NGO-government partnerships for scaling up: sexuality education in Mexico

01/03/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Governments in developing countries need effective programmes to advance public policies and improve social welfare. NGOs often have well-tested programmes and research outcomes that are relevant to such needs, yet the scaling up of pilot programmes to national level is difficult to achieve and frequently unsuccessful. This article presents a case of successful scaling up […]

Journal article

Redefining community-state partnership in natural resource management: a case from India

01/02/2005

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the role of the state in the Joint Forest Management (JFM) programme in the northern province of Haryana in India. In the past two decades, significant developments pertaining to institutional reforms in promoting community-state partnerships in protecting and managing forests have been undertaken in the province. By reviewing the experiences in management […]

Case study

Five Critical Factors for Working Well in Partnerships

31/05/2016

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

What are the critical factors in managing a good partnership? My experience coordinating the REE-CALL (Resilience through Economic Empowerment, Climate Change Adaptation, Leadership and Learning) programme in Bangladesh over the past five years has taught me that no matter how big the programme, or how complex, success depends on five critical factors. Partnering for Impact […]

Research report

Community Engagement: Documenting strategies of the Australian Partnerships with African Communities Program partners

01/03/2007

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Australian Partnerships with African Communities (APAC) Program set out for men and women in 132 southern African communities to lead their own development, to address the impacts of HIV and AIDS, to have increased food security, and to secure access to basic social services. Structurally, the APAC program had three objectives: Achieve food sovereignty […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Local Partnership for Rural Development in Albania

06/12/2013

3 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The ‘Local Partnership for Rural Development’ project formed part of the Oxfam GB Raising her Voice (RHV) portfolio, which aimed to support and strengthen women’s roles in shaping policy and local governance. Operating through partners in three rural areas of Albania, the project was designed to address key aspects of governance by providing negotiation structures […]

Evaluation report

Programme Partnership Arrangement Mid-term Performance Assessment: Oxfam’s General PPA

01/11/2012

1 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) is one of Oxfam’s most strategically important partners. The Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA) is a major element of Oxfam’s relationship with DFID, providing valuable opportunities for collaboration and engagement, as well as financial support for Oxfam’s work. Oxfam is one of four organisations in the UK which receive […]

Showing 321 matching results from Policy & Practice

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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

NGO-government partnerships for scaling up: sexuality education in Mexico

01/03/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Governments in developing countries need effective programmes to advance public policies and improve social welfare. NGOs often have well-tested programmes and research outcomes that are relevant to such needs, yet the scaling up of pilot programmes to national level is difficult to achieve and frequently unsuccessful. This article presents a case of successful scaling up […]

Journal article

Redefining community-state partnership in natural resource management: a case from India

01/02/2005

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the role of the state in the Joint Forest Management (JFM) programme in the northern province of Haryana in India. In the past two decades, significant developments pertaining to institutional reforms in promoting community-state partnerships in protecting and managing forests have been undertaken in the province. By reviewing the experiences in management […]

Case study

Five Critical Factors for Working Well in Partnerships

31/05/2016

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

What are the critical factors in managing a good partnership? My experience coordinating the REE-CALL (Resilience through Economic Empowerment, Climate Change Adaptation, Leadership and Learning) programme in Bangladesh over the past five years has taught me that no matter how big the programme, or how complex, success depends on five critical factors. Partnering for Impact […]

Research report

Community Engagement: Documenting strategies of the Australian Partnerships with African Communities Program partners

01/03/2007

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Australian Partnerships with African Communities (APAC) Program set out for men and women in 132 southern African communities to lead their own development, to address the impacts of HIV and AIDS, to have increased food security, and to secure access to basic social services. Structurally, the APAC program had three objectives: Achieve food sovereignty […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Local Partnership for Rural Development in Albania

06/12/2013

3 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The ‘Local Partnership for Rural Development’ project formed part of the Oxfam GB Raising her Voice (RHV) portfolio, which aimed to support and strengthen women’s roles in shaping policy and local governance. Operating through partners in three rural areas of Albania, the project was designed to address key aspects of governance by providing negotiation structures […]

Evaluation report

Programme Partnership Arrangement Mid-term Performance Assessment: Oxfam’s General PPA

01/11/2012

1 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) is one of Oxfam’s most strategically important partners. The Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA) is a major element of Oxfam’s relationship with DFID, providing valuable opportunities for collaboration and engagement, as well as financial support for Oxfam’s work. Oxfam is one of four organisations in the UK which receive […]