An Old Concept For A New Future: Exploring the Innovation of Working in Authentic Partnerships in the

Solomon Islands

Katie GreenwoodSINPA Chair & Oxfam Country Director

Solomon Islands

Oxfam SCA ADRA APHEDA IWDA

Oxfam/ FSC SCA SI ADRA SI

APHEDA/RTCs

Live & Learn

SINPA

By working together, Solomon Islanders improve their long term health, well-being and livelihoods.

SINPA’s Goal

AustralianAid

What is partnership?

FSC OXFAM

Influencing Factors include:•Board governance experience•Personal experiences of staff and Board with S.I service delivery•Level and context of staff training•Expectations of operations from S.I organisational accreditation systems•Years of operating experience•Previous experiences with Donors and partners

Influencing Factors include:•Lessons from other Oxfam affiliates re: organisational development and program best practice•Requirements of AusAID and others re accountability and accreditation•Oxfam values and operating principles•Years of operating experience•Level of acceptable organisational risk

Partnership, SBA & Capacity Building

CLC Network Steering Committee

Prov.Network

Prov.Network

Prov.Network

CLC

CLCCLC

CLCCLC

CLC

CLCCLC

CLC

APHEDA SKILLS Project

Solomon Islands Government

APHEDA SKILLS Project

•Mentoring•Training•Opportunities to network•Decentralised models•Capacity assessment tools•Empowerment Evaluations•Shared responsibility•Broker relationships

Supporting Change

•Importance of good role models/champions•continually reinforce incremental positive changes in behaviour and attitude•making use of the power of the collective/majority to “speak truth to power”

Lessons

Partnership, SBA & Capacity Building

Steering Committee Development

Manipulation

Informing

Consulting

PlacationPartnership

Citizen Led

Partnership & Accountability

Civil SocietyPrimary

BeneficiariesS.I

Government

Oxfam SCA ADRA APHEDA IWDA

Oxfam/ FSC SCA SI ADRA SI

APHEDA/CLCs

Live & Learn

Australian People

AustralianAid

AustralianAid

Australian Aid

ANGO

SINPA Partner

Local partner

community

Line Ministry Influential Development Professional

Politician

SINPA Chair

Community Chief

Partnership & Power

SINPA Gender Standards

Set the stage

Make it happen

Make it stick

Why embrace change? Gender

working group take carriage Standards

=Vision

Buy in via peer review

Set goals to remove barriers

Document & celebrate success

Use momentum to

embed in culture

Facilitating Change

Oxfam SCA ADRA APHEDA IWDA

Oxfam/ FSC SCA SI ADRA SI

APHEDA/RTCs

Live & Learn

SINPA

AustralianAid

Partnership & Learning