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2016-17
A year ago, with the SDGs freshly launched, we readied ourselves for a busy year at TPI working towards our vision: a world where widespread cross-sector collaboration at global and country level is mainstreamed, and where business has reached its full potential as a partner for sustainable development.

And 2016 proved to be action-packed: training individuals; supporting organisations, partnerships, and global institutions; developing new partnership catalysing platforms; leading research and developing new guidebooks and tools; and engaging business into the world of international development. We have continued to apply our energy and experience across all five of the essential building blocks required to achieve collaboration at scale.

1. Supportive international and national policies

TPI worked with NGOs, governments, UN agencies, and extensively with the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, to influence mindsets and the development agenda towards more systematically driving collaboration, particularly with the private sector, for the SDGs.

2. Platforms for partnership that can systematically convene all actors and catalyse collaboration

TPI’s Business Partnership Action (BPA) programme – an official ‘Global Partnership Initiative‘ – continues to support the creation of locally owned and run country-level platforms to catalyse partnerships.

3. Partnerships are set up to follow best practice:

  • Working with the Practitioner Hub for Inclusive Business, TPI developed a major new resource for partnerships for Inclusive Business including new tools, blogs and .
  • TPI supported the IHP+ in developing a new governance structure for the International Health Partnership for Universal Health Coverage 2030, through research on constituency approaches to Steering Committee composition in Global Partnerships and the engagement of the private sector. Our recent blog outlines some of the key findings of this research.
  • Early in the year TPI supported the development of the Toilet Board Coalition and the creation of an independent secretariat.

4. Organisations and institutions are ‘fit for partnering’

In 2016 TPI worked with a number of NGOs, businesses and UN agencies, to ensure they have the right systems, processes, leadership, and skills for partnering.

5. Individuals have the essential partnering competencies: 

  • TPI has continued to develop its training offering, with open courses in Oxford and now also, in collaboration with Global CAD and the Barcelona International Peace Resource Centre, in Barcelona. TPI also delivered tailored trainings to a wide range of organisations across sectors, including World Vision, the World Bank, Morgan Sindall, Bonsucro and Christian Aid.

Looking forward, in 2017, we are stepping up another gear through our ‘global impact’ action research programmes to accelerate partnering for the SDGs. In addition to our ongoing work to build platforms that catalyse partnerships, we are continuing to develop The Partnering Academy, a major initiative to make partnering skills training accessible globally.

We are also currently developing action research programmes focussing on how Global Partnerships can much more effectively engage the private sector and maximise their impact at country level, and on how companies can become institutionally ‘fit for partnering’ to be able to partner effectively for the SDGs.

One of the best things about 2016 has been the opportunities we have had to work on exciting, innovated programmes with inspiring, like-minded organisations and individuals across the world. We look forward to working with many of you again in 2017.

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Julia Gilbert Senior Programme Manager and Knowledge Lead

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