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By accepting this accreditation the successful candidate agrees to
act in a professional manner and to demonstrate integrity in their
duties as a Partnership Broker. They are morally bound to abide
by the following principles:
- To keep abreast of new developments in the
theory and practices of brokering successful partnerships for
sustainable development.
- To apply the most practicable tools at each
stage of the partnering process (giving due acknowledgement to
the source of any tools used from elsewhere) and demonstrate
innovation in the development and application of new
tools where appropriate to the situation.
- That when acting as an internal broker from
within one of the partner organisations, recognise that it is
acceptable to pursue the interests of ones own organization, but
that this aim should be exercised by applying brokering skills
to the mutual benefit of all parties and to the partnership’s
goals for sustainable development.
- That when acting as an external broker, take
every opportunity to build the capacity of the partnership to
manage its own affairs, either directly through the partners themselves,
or by strengthening local capacity in external brokering, and
avoid promoting ones own continuation in a partnering process
unless justified and acceptable to all relevant parties.
- To avoid promoting a partnering process when aware of a realistic
alternative that would deliver better sustainable development
outcomes.
- To avoid taking actions in respect of a partnering process
that might lead to harm to individuals or third-parties
without prior endorsement for these actions from all parties placed
at risk.
- To know the limitations of ones own capabilities
and the circumstances in which to request assistance from others.
- With respect to ones own concerns of an ethical or
legal nature, to demonstrate a responsible attitude by
raising these concerns with the partners.
To protect the overall quality of the scheme, ODI and IBLF reserve the right to withdraw accreditation status.
- Multi-sector Partnerships - A multi-sector partnership describes a strategic alliance between organisations drawn from the three sectors of society - government, business and civil society - who commit to work collaboratively on a project or programme to pursue sustainable development goals, and in which all partners contribute from their core competencies, share the risks, and benefit by achieving their own, each others, and the overall partnership's objectives.
- Partnership Brokers - A partnership broker is a 'go-between'. He or she acts as an intermediary within or between different parties in an active rather than passive manner, guiding a partnering process, interpreting one party to another or negotiating some kind of agreement. A partnership broker inspires others to work together, building collaboration between partners, encouraging the adoption of behaviours that enable the partnership to function effectively, and developing or protecting the principles and vision of the partnership.
- Internal brokers - individuals from (or working for) an organisation who take on the role of preparing their organisation for working in multi-sectoral partnerships, negotiating their organisation's involvement in a partnership, and/or playing a key role in maintaining a partnership arrangement, tracking performance or securing mutual benefits.
- External brokers - independent third-parties contracted to plan or facilitate consultation or negotiations to develop a partnering arrangement, and/or to research, maintain, monitor, review or evaluate partnerships over time.
- Generic vs Specific - Many aspects of the partnership broker's role are generic in character. The processes of partnership exploration, building and maintenance are largely common to all forms of multi-sector partnering and therefore require generic rather than specific skills. Specificity arises in relation to:
- technical expertise - for particular types of partnership programmes or projects the broker either needs to have the necessary technical background or be in a position to contract-in the relevant expertise.
- local culture - cases where the broker needs to be familiar with, and respectful of, local customs, history and traditions.
- behaviour or patterns of facilitation dependent upon whether the partnership is operating at the community, district, regional, or national level.
- Interest-Based Negotiation - the principles of interest-based negotiation can be used and adapted by a broker to help in developing robust and effect multi-sector partnerships:
- Build trust and working relationships through mutual understanding and meaningful communication.
- Focus on revealing underlying interests rather than positions to develop partnership objectives and assumptions.
- Widen the options for solutions through the creativity and lateral thinking that comes from joint problem solving, for example, in agreeing design parameters and resources contributions.
- Reach agreement that satisfies underlying interests and adds value for all parties, and capture this as appropriate in some form of Partnering Agreement.
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