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Endearing Myths, Enduring Truths: Enabling Partnership Between Business, Civil Society And The Public Sector

 

 

May 2001
A publication of the Knowledge Resource Group, Business Partners for Development

The Proposition

Business Partners for Development (BPD) was established to study, support, and promote strategic examples of partnerships involving business, civil society and government working together in and for communities around the world.

BPD's core purpose had been to explore the proposition that such trisector partnerships:

  • Provide development and business benefits
  • Can be much more widely used throughout the world
  • Can be scaled up to national and regional levels

BPD in Action

BPD has been a project-based learning initiative. Its engagement in, and support and development of, specific partnerships has intended to serve the dual purposes of:

  • Promoting their effectiveness
  • Learning and communicating what role different sectors in society can play in a collaborative approach to sustainable development

From 1998 to 2002, more than 120 companies, civil society organizations and government agencies have participated in 30 different 'focus projects' and programmes in 20 countries. These activities were selected by the four 'BPD Clusters'. The Clusters were chosen partly based on themes (youth development and road safety) and partly on sectors (water & sanitation and oil, gas & mining). Each Cluster's activities have been managed through its secretariat, housed within the nongovernmental organization (NGO) that helped convene that Cluster.

 
BPD’s Three Phases
PHASE ONE was completed in 1998/1999 and focused on building the partner network and Clusters, and identifying and initiating the focus projects.
PHASE TWO continued until December 2001, focusing on implementing the Cluster work plans. The 30 focus projects and programmes across BPD have an aggregated budget of U.S.$47.6 million. By the end of 2001, U.S.$11.2 million was spent on delivering partnership improvements, research, knowledge generation and administration.
PHASE THREE ran concurrently with the final year of Phase Two. It focused on systematizing and communicating the learning gained across BPD to encourage its effective application in the further development of partnership approaches.
 
   

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