So much, it seems to me, of the potential for disagreement, conflict and confusion in partnerships relates to funding. Local partners that have been independently established and created by an individual and group of people will naturally usually some idea or plan about what they were established to do. Perhaps an organisation was envisioned by [...]
I have been saddened in the past few years to see the demise of both, Healthlink and One World Action which I viewed as examples of organisations where the need for positive partnership principles and practice were recognised and applied. Then sorting through my emails over Christmas I found one from the late [...]
When I was the Executive Director of AbleChildAfrica I often used to feel frustrated at the difficulties I faced in articualating our relationship with the partner organisations with whom we worked. Almost all the donor we applied to for funds required genuine and effective relationships with overseas partner organisations who implemented projects but few, if [...]
Continue Reading →The idea behind this site is to encourage dialogue. I wanted to do so because I have so often heard concern and uneasiness from people across the international development sector about partnerships not working well.
What I advocate here is the creation of a space where we can begin to share stories and good practices. [...]
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