Opportunities

and Challenges

from Working

in Partnership: Findings from IEG’s Work

on Partnership Programs

and Trust Funds

Nick York

Director, IEGCC

Partnerships represent opportunities

Trust Funds

(funding

vehicle)

Partnership

Programs

(shared

governance)

Global and

Regional

Public Good

Title of Presentation 3

Fragmentation and selectivity

Be selective in what funds and what governing

procedures are set up

Governance and oversight

Collaborative Inertia

• Difficult to agree on aims

• Finance can dominate

partnering

• Suspicion on other

participants

• Fatigue from always

having to collaborate

• Policies and participating

changing

• Leadership being

imposed/emergent

• Manipulation/political

activity

Collaborative

Advantage

• Must have common points

• Need to share power

• Need to trust

• Drive to partner

• Opportunity to address

immediate complex

problems

• Clear and strong

leadership

• Spirit of collaborationPartnership

Establish common standards for transparency, accountability,

and effective governance of partnership programs

Linkages to beneficiary countries

Need for explicit agreements on division of labor

“One plan, one budget, one report” enforced and adopted

Weak M&E

Insist on clear goals/indicators when new programs are set up

Coordinate on independent evaluation

In summary

1. Be selective

2. Establish common standards

3. Need for explicit agreements

4. Enforce “One plan, one budget, one report”

5. Clarify goals and indicators

6. Coordinate on independent evaluation

Thank you!

Independent Evaluation Group

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