Tools for Building Better Partnerships
Approached by a consortia of Swiss organisations - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, and Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue – BPD was asked to gather feedback on the implementation of a suite of instruments developed through the consortia’s lead of a multi-stakeholder process.
The suite of tools includes four items:
- Self-Assessment Tool - Checking the State of Governance in a Utility (digital);
- Implementation Guidelines (paper and digital);
- Policy Principles (paper and digital); and
- Online searchable database (online and CD) – includes further materials on topics such as project phases of planning and renewal.
Suggesting practitioner and policy-relevant frameworks for public-private partnerships, the tools are relevant for partnerships involving combinations of civil society, public or private sectors; and partnerships within sectors such as public-public partnerships. Key themes include: accountability, customer focus, power-balances, shared incentives and poverty responsiveness.
BPD’s Role
Until early 2008, BPD’s intention is to broadly share and gather feedback for refining the tools by testing their application in different types of institutional arrangements and project settings; using the materials in BPD’s own training activities; and incorporating the materials into BPD’s own research and analysis.
Joint Feedback
Water and sanitation practitioners in civil society, public and private organisations are working with us to test these tools. If you are interested in being part of the testing of these forward-looking ideas, please contact: Urooj Amjad by email or call on +44 (0)20 7793 4795.
The tools can be accessed online at www.partnershipsforwater.net or paper copies posted at your request. The tools are available in English, Spanish, and French.
We look forward to hearing from you.