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Local Partnerships development
Jela TvrdonovaCordoba, 2009
Why we need partnerships in rural areas
Partnerships bring social capital which opens the door for other capitals including financial one
Partnerships are base for new, innovative, integrated and sustainable way of governance of rural areas
Genuine partnerships
From Exchange
To Change
Partnership characteristics
Common objectives Mutual advantage and support Long-term and well balanced relations Acceptance of content anf form of
cooperation Synergy effects TrustOpinion: Only if the group will reach the status
in which everybody is willing to share access to money, the real partnership is taking place
To build genuine partnership needs time and patience
Partnerships versus conflicts
Conflicts are natural and appear every era, time and society
They exist and cannot be ignored, Every ignorance just strengthen the
conflict Conflict must be spoken out, so than
it has the chance to be cleaned and stopped to block positive energy flows
Why conflicts appear
Conflicts: Relationships – emotions, miscommunications,
negative perception, misperception of stereotypes Values – religion, ethnicity Interests – economic, social Structural conflicts – roles, responsibilities,
competences, geography, Data conflicts – information, different
interpretation of data etc.It is necessary to understand what kind of
conflict is substantial for the environment
Why is it worthfull to overcome conflicts?
Conflicts are blocking development and well being of people
It is better to communicate than to fight
Communication brings solutions to problems
Solutions are bringing well being for people
How to overcome conflicts
The communication, networking with shared tasks and
respomnsibilitiesand constant „good will“ for
genuine partnerships is the way to overcome conflicts
Partnership – four most important partners in local development
Self-government Local state administration NGO´s Private sectorMotto:The power of the table: – Four legs of the table = stability - The table is the start to talk about common
problems
Partnership coverage
Sectors Territory Social status Institutions Gender
Partnership – general purposes of the collaboration
Except of individual motives and conflicts, there are always three main reasons why to colaborate and co-operate:
Sharing information Sharing contacts Sharing access to finances
Partnership – reasons of formalisation
Common account Access to financial sources Common management is formalised
and representative Common formalised decision
making process Voluntary shift of competences
How to partnerships
12 commanders to the genuine partnership Identify territory Identify natural actors Network active people Carry out activities – any kinds Invite others Meet regularly Connect existing formal and informal structures Communicate transparently and often Find common interests Develop common strategy Divide roles and responsibilities Coordinate and manage
