Module 9: Partnership

with and for Local

Communities
 Different definitions of
Partnership
It is the state or
condition of being with a
partner, or being in
participation,
association, and joint
interest.
 Itis the augmentation of
relations between individuals
or groups or partners; it has
a written contract and
agreement. (Random House
1999)

 Definitiongiven by the
Overseas Development
Institution (ODI)
In the context of community
engagement, solidarity, and
citizenship, partnership has
already been practiced for
decades by different
countries and groups in
various forms. UNITED NATIONS (UN)

Partnership was regarded as

MILLENNIUM SUMMIT IN 2000

an integral part of the UN’s

Millennium Development
The implementation of
MDGs ended in 2015.
Subsequently, 17
Sustainable
Development Goals
(SDGs) had been set to
continue the
To cite, there are 2 agendas for
partnership:
Develop global collaboration with
specific mechanisms and systems
that will ensure and back up the
achievement of sustainable
development goals.
Promote, develop, and
operationalize different forms of
partnerships involving different
In the Philippines,
partnership has been
a vital strategy or
mechanism in
development
engagement.
 Types of Partnership
during the Contemporary
o Public-privatePeriod
partnership
o Government organizations with
nongovernment organizations (GO-NGO)
o Nongovernmental organizations with
nongovernment organizations (NGO-NGO)
o Government organizations with
peoples’ organizations (GO-PO)
o Nongovernment organizations with
peoples’ organizations (NGO-PO)
 Other examples
 Academic institutions with
communities.
 Partnerships are also established
among community organizations,
groups, and support groups.
o Associations
o Alliances
o Federations
 Church-based organizations,
religious organizations, and
 Multistakeholders
Partnership (MSP)
 Itrefers to the “alliance
between parties drawn from
government, business, and civil
society that strategically
aggregate the resources and
competencies of each to resolve
the key challenges of a
specific locality as an enabler
 A Basic Typology of
Multistakeholder
Model Joint Joint
Partnerships
Strategi Collecti
Project Program c ve
Alliance Impact
Definition Short-term, one- Collaboration Platform for Initiated based
time among a small ongoing on a long-term
collaborative set of partners collaboration commitments to
effort among a to implement a around one or a common
small set of program to more related agenda by the
partners, often to address a aligning partners group of cross-
develop or pilot specific aspect in support of a sectors needed
an innovative of a social common agenda to realize a
product or problem and joint system-wide
approach investments change around a
social problem
 There are certain principles to consider for the sustainable
development of an MSP. These principles are the following:
1. MSP must be applied at the right time and for the right needs.
2. The possible gains of an MSP must be identified and analyzed
against to other options, possibilities and threats.
3. An MSP can be effective and can unction well if the partners
collectively promote and advocate the interests of all those
concerned.
4. All partners can and must share their distinct resources and
competencies to be able to meet the targets and objectives of
the development plan.
5. Written and other forms of documentation are necessary to the
partnership.
6. Evaluation will play an important role in measuring concrete
success indicators of partnership.
 Partnership Building in Community
with the Local Groups
 In relation to community engagement, the discussion
will focus on the basic governance unit of our society -
the barangay - and how local groups get involved in
partnerships.
 A local group is a number of people who formally and
informally belong to organizations, associations,
territories, clusters, sectors, beliefs, and interests in a
specific community.
 Aside from local groups, there are also other groups,
called external groups or support groups, who are
present and operating in the community.
 Multistakeholders Partnership and
Participatory Local Governance
1. Governance
Police Powers
Taxation Powers
Power of eminent domain
2. Empowerment
3. Local Governance
 Local Governance and
Decentralization
Devolution
Deconcentration
Debureaucratization
Democratization
 Barangay as a Concrete Setting for
Local Governance and Partnership
 Barangay as an organization
 Barangay as a corporation
 A barangay has other special tasks
 There are structures and processes in
the barangay as mandated by the Local
Government Code (LGC) which can be
strategically maximized by the
community, local groups, and external or
The following processes are legally
instituted b the LGC that can be
tapped as other forms of people’s
participation and partnership building:
 System of recall
Power of initiative and referendum
Mandatory consultations and public
hearing
 Power, Empowerment and
Partnership: Some Development
Ethical Considerations and Guides
for Partnerships with and for
Local Communities
Power and Empowerment
Power
– Is the definitive access and control of
resources. (Turner, 2006; Ferrer,1996)

Every member, class, gender or sector

in the society is subject to enjoy power.
Power must be exercised in such a way
that it can serve the development of the
majority.
Empowerment
– Is a concerted and organized action by the
people of the community who have been
disempowered.
- It is a process of transitioning or acquiring
power from the hands of the few to the
majority.
- It is a process of establishing countervailing
structures of power, like cooperatives,
people’s/community organizations, sectoral
organizations, federations and other forms of
organizations which may provide opportunities
 Levels or Types of People’s
Participation
1. Manipulatory
2. Token
3. Partnership
4. Empowerment
Level/ Type of Manipulation Token Partnership Empowerment
Participation
For what? Participation is Participation in Both agency Disadvantaged
a tool to minor and people’s group has
facilitate decisions; elite organization additional
program makes major agree on joint power, access
implementation decisions program and control of
shared new resources
responsibility
Decision Outsiders or The rules are Joint decision Disadvantaged
Makers development provided by groups or
agencies development sector
agencies
Role of People Receiver Supervised Active Decisive group
passive actor participant Participant
 Six Principle Developed and
Proposed by Oxfam International
1. Shared Vision
2. Complement of purpose and value
added
3. Autonomy and independence
4. Transparency and mutual accountability
5. Clarity on roles and responsibilities
6. Commitment to joint learning