The Implications of Different Governance Models for

Multi-stakeholder partnerships

Jennifer Adams, USAID

19 November 2013

Key Components Of Multi-stakeholder Partnerships

Informal, flexible

Defined and structured

Examples• EITI• Busan Treaty

• New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition

• Grand Challenges for Development• Child Survival Call to Action

• USAID – AusAID partnership• Walmart partnership agreement• Global Partnership for Resilience (w\

Rockefeller)

Purpose &

Outcomes• Share information • Affirm relationships• Visibility, public relations

• Innovate or achieve transformational change

• Mobilize new funding and concrete contributions

• Align efforts • Coordinate existing funding and activities• Build on existing relationships

Financing• Existing funds will be aligned to shared

goals• Existing funds continue to be maintained

separately by participating stakeholders

• New funds obligated • Funds from stakeholders put in a common

trust or secretariat• Specialized tool for aggregating funds

(Grand Challenges for Development)

• No funds obligated

Governance/

Accountability• Leadership committee• Advisory board

• Independent secretariat with staff and funding

• Agreed-upon metrics and reporting protocol• Published/public accountability reports

• None

Scope or

Strategic

Level

• Sector level• Region level

• Multi sector• Multi region• Agency-wide or organization-wide

• Program level• Country level

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• Governance structure:– Founding partners (range of partners includes SIDA, Gates Foundation, Duke Energy)

form steering committee

– Steering committee provides funding and technical advice, and chooses which innovators receive funding

– Applicants include innovators from business, NGOs, universities

• Benefits far outweigh challenges– Aggregate and streamline funding

– Share expertise

– Leverage networks on the ground

• Challenges– Some coordination obstacles include stakeholders’ varying priorities, different metrics

and funding cycles

Grand Challenges for Development Structure

POWER AFRICA INITIATIVE

Bilateral Donors

Private Sector

IFIs Partner Country Gov’ts

US Government

Partners

Type of support Technical assistanceFunding

Technical assistanceFunding

Policy reform commitments

Private investment

USG will align and coordinate stakeholder resources to support the common goals of Power Africa, maintaining independent channels for delivery for each stakeholder

Draft illustration of Power Africa partnership structure

Technical assistanceFunding

GovernanceTerms of partnerships will be developed and maintained separately for each stakeholder. There will be no central governance structure.

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Letter of intent

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No Central Governance

Mechanism of commitment