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Reaching the MDGs -Partnering for Development
Cases
United Nations Development Programme
Why engage with the private sector ?
“Open markets and private enterprise are the best generators of economic growth and reduced poverty.”
Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator of UNDP
Examples of Partnership Initiatives
Global
Networking Academies in LDCs — ICT for development
Who? CISCO, UNDP, UNV, USAID
What? To meet the IT skills shortage in LDC’s by establishing ‘networking
academies’ and provide training in computer networking. Academies
in 10 countries.
How? UNDP’s initial involvement started under the Asia regional
programme on ICT for development through negotiations between
UNDP - CISCO.
Venezuela
Governance — Human rights
Who? Government, Amnesty International, Statoil and UNDP
What? Build capacity within judiciary system on international human
rights law. Training of judges and federal prosecutors as trainers.
How? Statoil approached UNDP for cooperation and protection of
human rights was defined as area of common interest. This
coincided with strengthened emphasis on human rights in
national judicial system.
Examples of Partnership Initiatives
Examples of Partnership Initiatives
Who? UNDP, UN Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Merck & Co., Inc, Govt of Botswana, Botswana TV
What? HIV/AIDS Teacher Capacity Building Program brings together Brazilian communications experts and Botswana educators and media professionals. Includes development and implementation of audio-visual HIV/AIDS prevention curriculum in schools throughout Botswana.
Botswana HIV/AIDS — UNDP facilitates coalitions for change
Examples of Partnership Initiatives
Ghana
ICT to the country — Mobile Telecentre To-Go
Who? Government, UNDP, 11 companies, civil society groups
What? Introduce information and communication technology to schools,
health clinics, farms, local businesses, NGOs etc. through mobile
telecentres located in a bus.
How? UNDP organized workshop to present various ICT related
initiatives and ideas. Several companies became interested and
recognized importance of ICT.
China
Social impact and poverty alleviation West–East pipeline
Who? UNDP, Shell, PetroChina, Government, Universities and various institutes
What? UNDP is undertaking social impact assessment in preparation for the construction of West-East pipeline, to ensure that social and community concerns are taken into consideration and are being addressed, and to examine how local communities along the pipeline can best benefit from the project.
How? UNDP, based on an agreement with Shell, has engaged the Government, PetroChina and various universities, development institutes and local governments to participate in the assessment exercise.
Examples of Partnership Initiatives
Examples of Nordic partnerships
Norwegian experiences
Companies give high priority to the way they are approached Sponsorships The most important challenge is to create the dialogue and to
identify common interests There is a demand for someone to spar with When asked companies believe that they have a lot to contribute
with and that they would like to contribute positively to poverty reduction, human development etc
Economise and achieve goals otherwise not possible There were no examples of partherships having been checked to
see if they were in accordance with the developmentstrategies or PRSPs
Main issues:
Problems
Trust
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