Inclusive Partnerships
WHAT?
Inclusive Parnerships are collaborations where all partners involved are considered of equal rights and importance despite their power levels, and the value generated is fairly distributed among participating stakeholders.
WHY?
Hybrid partnerships are essential to scaling inclusive impact in Base of the Pyramid (BoP) markets, yet they are challenging to develop and deploy. Power dynamics, lack of a shared language, and pressures for short term gains are among the factors that prevent partnerships from being trully inclusive, and jeopardize the partnerships' sustainability and impact.
HOW?
The Partnership Co-design Toolkit (P.ACT) offers a disciplined approach to co-designing resilient value chain partnerships. Consisting of 12 tools organized around the co-design process, P.ACT enables practitioners to:
- ✓ Facilitate negotiation between partners
- ✓ Build stronger relationships within the partnership group
- ✓ Accelerate the partnership development process
- ✓ Increase the partnership success rate
Featured Resources
Video: Collaboration Beyond The Buzzword
Interview with Saida Benhayoune explaining the genesis of the P.ACT toolkit, its content and its applications. Excerpt from an interview conducted by Winthrop Carty of All Together Strategies on Feb 7th 2022 (11 min)
Blog Post: P.ACT: Leveling The Field For Equitable Partnerships
An introduction to the P.ACT toolkit and a deep dive into the balance sheet tool and its application in the context of a nascent partnership between a Fintech startup and a TelCom company in Uganda. Featured in CLUED-iN magazine edition #13
Case study: The Ghana Nutrition Improvement Project
A use case of the P.ACT toolkit to advance a public-private partnership between the Ajinomoto Foundation and The Ghana Health Service to improve infant nutrition in Ghana. Published by MIT D-Lab in 2021
Course: INCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIPS FOR DEVELOPMENT
Explore the challenges of hybrid partnerships for development and discover the P.ACT suite of tools: the Partnership Activation Tool, and the Partnership Co-design Toolkit.