The Implications of Different
Governance Models for
Multi-stakeholder partnerships
Jennifer Adams, USAID
19 November 2013
Key Components Of Multi-stakeholder
Partnerships
Informal,
flexible
Partnership components:
• EITI
• Busan Treaty
Defined
and
structured
• USAID – AusAID partnership
• Walmart partnership agreement
• Global Partnership for Resilience (w\
Rockefeller)
• New Alliance for Food Security and
Nutrition
• Grand Challenges for Development
• Child Survival Call to Action
• Share information
• Affirm relationships
• Visibility, public relations
• Align efforts
• Coordinate existing funding and activities
• Build on existing relationships
• Innovate or achieve transformational
change
• Mobilize new funding and concrete
contributions
• No funds obligated
• 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)
• None
• Leadership committee
• Advisory board
• Independent secretariat with staff and
funding
• Agreed-upon metrics and reporting protocol
• Published/public accountability reports
• Sector level
• Region level
• Multi sector
• Multi region
• Agency-wide or organization-wide
• Program level
• Country level
Grand Challenges for Development
Structure
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Governance structure:
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Benefits far outweigh challenges
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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
Aggregate and streamline funding
Share expertise
Leverage networks on the ground
Challenges
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Some coordination obstacles include stakeholders’ varying priorities, different metrics
and funding cycles
Draft illustration of Power Africa partnership structure
USG will align and coordinate stakeholder resources to support the common goals of Power Africa,
maintaining independent channels for delivery for each stakeholder
US
Government
Partners
Type of support
Technical assistance
Funding
Private
Sector
Bilateral
Donors
Partner
Country
Gov’ts
Private investment
Technical assistance
Funding
Policy reform
commitments
No Central Governance
POWER AFRICA INITIATIVE
Example: MOU
Example: MOU
Letter of intent
Terms of partnerships will be
developed and maintained
separately for each stakeholder.
There will be no central
governance structure.
Technical assistance
Funding
Example: MOU
Governance
Example: MOU
Mechanism of commitment
IFIs