Public Private Partnerships in Post-Conflict
Reconstruction Process:
Opportunities for Emerging Donors
Center for Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Bucharest
2 September 2010
Amir Dossal
Executive Director
UN Office for Partnerships
Working together to make a difference
Agenda
1. Why work with the Private Sector?
2. Examples of successful
Partnerships
3. What can the Center for PostConflict Reconstruction do?
1. Why work with the
Private Sector?
“Addressing global challenges requires a collective and
concerted effort, involving all actors.
Through partnerships and alliances, and by pooling comparative
advantages, we increase our chances of success.”
UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon
Partnerships with the Private Sector
• Social Partnerships - with business and civil
society are commonplace – Smart Philanthropy
• Advocacy Partnerships – promoting UN causes
• Investment Partnerships – creating new
markets; increasingly seen as an optimal vehicle
for Strategic Investing, using a business case
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Poverty Alleviation vs. Wealth Creation
Bringing Wall Street to Main Street
Making an Economic Case
Official Development Assistance (ODA)
US $103.9 billion
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
US $1.3 trillion
Creating new industry and service
sectors for sustainability
Some Examples of Social Partnerships
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Ericsson: Provided in-kind
contributions of mobile
communication equipment and
expertise for humanitarian relief
operations.
Google: The UN Environment
Program uses Google’s 3D Google
Earth browser to track
environmental changes across the
globe.
Coca-Cola: Coca-Cola’s
distribution network was a key
resource in the post tsunami relief
efforts.
• Moving the World is a multi-million dollar project in which TNT is
helping the World Food Program with logistics, communications and
fund raising for humanitarian emergencies.
• Nestle: The UN Office for Partnerships is discussing with Nestlé a
potential collaboration on the water needs in Africa. About half of
Nestlé’s factories are in rural areas in the developing world, and are
a natural platform for addressing problems of water, food
availability, and socio-economic development.
Some Examples of Social Partnerships
(cont’d)
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Dow Chemical: The Dow Chemical Company
started a round-the-world run (Blue Planet
Run) together with Motorola, Skype and PayPal,
to raise attention for over 1 billion people without
access to safe drinking water. Dow is also
providing $30 million to support the financing of
up to 2,000 community water systems, serving
11 million people without access to safe drinking
water in rural India.
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Microsoft: The Microsoft Unlimited Potential
initiative helps individuals and communities
around the globe achieve their goals and dreams
through relevant, accessible and affordable
technologies. Programme areas include
education, innovation and employment creation.
It aims to bring the benefits of relevant,
accessible and affordable software to 5 billion
more people, with an initial milestone of reaching
the next 1 billion by 2015.
Some Examples of Advocacy
Partnerships
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Nothing But Nets: A creative initiative
started through an article in Sports
Illustrated. Led by the NBA and the UN
Foundation - donate $10 to “send a net,
save a life” - pays for an insecticide
treated bed net to a family in need in
Africa, and provides education on its
proper use to prevent Malaria. More
than 1.8 million nets have been
provided so far.
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UN-Marvel Partnership: DPI and the
UN Office for Partnerships are working
with Marvel Entertainment, Inc. to
create a comic book about the United
Nations collaborating with world
renowned Marvel super heroes to
highlight global problems. The comic
book will initially be distributed free to
one million U.S. schoolchildren via
Marvel’s in-school network Cover
Concepts.
Some Examples of Investment
Partnerships
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Business Advisory Council (BAC) for the Greater Tumen Region: The
Office for Partnerships has been supporting the Greater Tumen Initiative
and developed a BAC to attract new investment to the region. It consists of
senior business leaders from the countries of the Greater Tumen Region
(the People’s Republic of China, Mongolia, Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea, Republic of Korea and Russian Federation) and foreign investors
operating in these countries.
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Regional Centre for Partnerships in the Middle East and North Africa
in Qatar (proposed): The Centre will provide a leadership role in
facilitating strategic partnerships at the regional, national, and international
levels across all sectors in support of the MDGs. It will also be a centre of
excellence for training on partnerships to enable various stakeholders to be
partnership-ready. The Centre will contribute to local capacity building and
provide employment opportunities for youth in the region.
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Global Business Council: Together with the Commonwealth Business
Council, the UN Office for Partnerships is setting-up a Global Business
Council in support of the MDGs. It will provide leadership in increasing
international trade and investment flows, create new business
opportunities, promote good governance and CSR, reduce the digital divide,
and integrate developing countries into the global market.
3. What can the
Center for Post-Conflict
Reconstruction do?
Governments/CPR
UN System
Non-State Actors
Actors and Roles
• Governments/Center for Post-Conflict Reconstruction
o Policy direction
o Intergovernmental advisory function
o Use convening power and catalytic role
o Advocacy for integrated Peacebuilding, including an
active role for the business sector
• UN System
o Coordination function
o On-the-ground knowledge and experience
o Pilots and Innovation
o Clear objectives through the MDGs
• Non-State Actors
o Leverage know-how, capacity and resources
o Catalyze enterprise solutions for post-conflict countries
o Provision of goods, services, employment opportunities
o Innovative projects and programmes
The Way Forward
• The Center for Post-Conflict Reconstruction
can provide a unique platform to bring together
ALL actors, each playing a specific role:
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Governments
International and Regional Organisations
Development and Financial Institutions
UN System
Private Sector
Foundations
Civil Society Organisations
Others
• The Country Specific Meetings could encourage
non-State actors to partner in post conflict
situations through pilot projects across sectors.
Looking Ahead
Some ideas for consideration at the country-level
• Establish an Investment Office
• Create an Enabling Environment for Private Sector Engagement
• Host an Investment Forum (incl. Partnership Roundtables)
• Create Free Trade Zones (and provide tax holidays)
• Set-up a Business Advisory Council
• Partner with Regional Development and Financial Institutions (MoU)
• System-wide Database of Projects – ‘Google for Development’
Looking Ahead
Some ideas for alliances with key institutions
Association of African Financing Institutions
ASEAN
Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy
Confederation of British Industry
Council on Foundations
European Chambers of Commerce
European Foundation Centre
International Chamber of Commerce
Keidanren – Japan Business Federation
NEPAD
OECD
US Council for International Business
US Chamber of Commerce
etc, etc
A Special Thanks to:
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H.E. Mr. Teodor Baconschi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania
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Mr. Bogdan Aurescu, Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Romania
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Mr. Doru Costea, Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Romania
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Mr. Stefan Tinca, Political Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Romania
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H.E. Ambassador Simona Miculescu, Permanent Representative of
Romania to the United Nations
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Mr. Traian Filip, Deputy Permanent Representative of Romania to
the United Nations
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Ms. Yesim Oruc, UNDP Resident Representative a.i.
Thank you for your attention!
For further information, please contact the
UN Office for Partnerships
Lucie Brigham
Chief of Office
E-mail: brigham@un.org
Phone: +1-212-963-3441
Fax: +1-212-963-1486
For more information please refer to:
http://www.un.org/partnerships
http://www.un.org/democracyfund