ppt Partnership skills Knowledge Professional skills Personal skills and attitude

ppt Partnership formal relationships between two or more organisations or countries that work together because of having similar aims (Collins’ dictionary), or…...

ppt Partnership A friendly but not necessarily formal relationship (american english) or………?

ppt Partnership What is partnership(not) for the donor? What is it (not) for the recipient government? Do we share the term partnership and explain what it means to us? Do we really want it? Do we act accordingly?

ppt Partnership

ppt Case: transport to go to the cocktail Actors: who are going and have an interest to solve the question? Factors: availability of transport facilities of different nature/quality; timing/co- ordination mechanisms, etc Objective: clear/agreed upon? What are relevant skills and attitude?

ppt Challenge for this training Identify, on the basis of our own experiences what the most important skills and attitude are in order to foster partnerships select some to work on!!

ppt Role play Meeting, with on the agenda: how to proceed to reach agreement on funding the education policy, in line with the PRSP Players: minister of finance, minister of education, 2 donors and 1represen- tative of a large NGO

ppt Role play Objective experience which skills and attitude are important for fostering partnership share your own experiences (informally) with other participants

ppt Role play Observers: assignment 1.Mention the skills and attitude you observed with your "counterpart". Do not judge. Refer to the skills and attitude mentioned on the posters (if possible)

ppt Role play The actors : 2. How was your attitude towards the other participants in the meeting? 3. Mention one or two of your skills that you used quite well in the meeting. 4. Mention one or two skills you were not able to use although very important.

ppt Challenge for this training Identify, on the basis of our own experiences what the most important skills and attitude are in order to foster partnerships select some to work on!!

ppt Knowledge, skills and attitude Knowledge + professional skills Personal effectiveness Skills Effective communication Attitude

ppt Partnership

ppt Success factors in partnerships Knowledge about… More transparent government Gvt increase funding in priority sector Basket funding Decentralisation Use common ground as start Ongoing dialogue and info sharing Donors willing to co- ordinate Good rapport between ministries and donors

ppt Bottlenecks in partnerships Insufficient time Deceptive budgeting Insufficient district finance capacity Staff shortage embassy/MoF Inflexible donor headquarters/parl. Stakeholder co-ord. Hidden agenda’s Government has several voices Partnership too person dependent Different value base gvt-donor Lack of partnership competence

ppt Professional skills Languages East-Africa knowledge Practical Understand interests Analytical skills Political assessment capacity Synthesising

ppt Personal skills Communication (precise,concise,etc) Capacity to listen Team work Social contacts Influencing skills Negotiating skills Mediation/ harmonising Tension reduction

ppt Attitude and partnership Trust Appreciation and acknowledgement Commitment to government ownership Facilitating approach Respect Patience and perseverance Sense of humor Allowing time

ppt Results from the role play Personal skills Building alliances Risk taking Confronting Assertiveness Divide and rule Diplomacy Attitude Polite/friendly Open or defensive Humble or aggressive Focused …… Sensitive Persuasive/convincing

ppt Learning from each other 1. Select a card you want to talk about 2. Explain why you want to discuss the issue(share experience, wants advice..) 3. Others subscribe to a group(5-8) 4. Explain, explore, analyse, conclude. 5. Present findings in plenary

ppt PRSP policy cycle Poverty Reduction Strategy Planning Policy implemen- tation Capacity intervention Poverty analyses Evaluation Monitoring/ Reporting

ppt Policy cycle, poverty issues Poverty Reduction Strategy Planning Policy implemen- tation Capacity intervention Poverty analyses Evaluation Monitoring/ Reporting Civil society participation Government procedures Institutional development

ppt Actor relations DonorsCivil society The poor Government Private Sector

ppt Ownership DonorsCivil society The poor Government Private sector

ppt Partnership DonorsCivil society The poor Government Private sector

ppt Ownership, Partnership, Leadership

ppt Policy cycle, poverty issues, agency issues Stance to poor governance HRM Selection Training Incentives Restructure agency for poverty focus Simplify disbursement Monitor agency performance pressure Poverty Reduction Strategy Planning Policy implemen- tation Capacity intervention Poverty analyses Evaluation Monitoring/ Reporting Civil society participation Government procedures Institutional development

ppt Leadership DonorsCivil society The poor Government Private sector

ppt Ownership DonorsCivil society The poor Government Private sector

ppt Partnership skills in poverty reduction