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AfDB / IFAD Joint Evaluation, Update on Partnership Evaluation Template – IFAD HQ, Rome, March 7th
AfDB / IFAD Joint Evaluation of Agriculture
& Rural Development in Africa:
A Review of Partnerships
Benchmark Review and
Evaluation Template
(odcp consult, Arthur Zimmermann & Baptist Sieber)
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AfDB / IFAD Joint Evaluation, Update on Partnership Evaluation Template – IFAD HQ, Rome, March 7th
Today‘s Presentation
Purpose:
• Update on our work related to the Benchmark Review
and the development of the Partnership Evaluation
Template
• Discussion on emerging findings
Structure:
(1) The Assignment
(2) Our approach to the assignment
(3) Emerging findings
(4) Questions & Discussion
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AfDB / IFAD Joint Evaluation, Update on Partnership Evaluation Template – IFAD HQ, Rome, March 7th
(1) The Assignment
Three core tasks:
(1) Scan world literature to identify good practices and
subsequently the determinants of successful
partnerships
(2) Identify the incentives, disincentives used to develop
and nurture partnership activities found in other
organisations
(3) Define a template against which AfDB and IFAD
partnerships performance can be assessed
Timeframe:
15th of February until 30th of April
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AfDB / IFAD Joint Evaluation, Update on Partnership Evaluation Template – IFAD HQ, Rome, March 7th
(2) Our Approach - some assumptions
• Most Partnerships for Development are multi-sector
and multi-level partnerships
Civil Society Private Sector Global
MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE
State
National
Regional
Local
MULTI-SECTOR GOVERNANCE
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AfDB / IFAD Joint Evaluation, Update on Partnership Evaluation Template – IFAD HQ, Rome, March 7th
• Ideally, partnerships follow a generic partnership cycle
Decision to go into /
stay in partnership
1
Reviewing Setting up the
success 4 Partnership 2 partnership
Cycle
3
Operating efficiently
and effectively
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AfDB / IFAD Joint Evaluation, Update on Partnership Evaluation Template – IFAD HQ, Rome, March 7th
(2) Our Approach - key questions
A) What management principles can we distil from successful
partnerships for development?
Screening literature and reports for cases of successful and
well documented development aid partnerships
Policy Networks (GEF, World Commission on Dams, CGIAR)
Multi-Sector Partnerships in water and sanitation projects
(Business Partners for Development BPD Water and Sanitation
Clusters)
Bilateral partnerships from GTZ, SIDA, DFID, SDC
Analysing the lessons learned
Drawing out the success factors for the management of
partnerships – see next … examples
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AfDB / IFAD Joint Evaluation, Update on Partnership Evaluation Template – IFAD HQ, Rome, March 7th
Cont.: examples
• What management principles can we distil from successful partnerships for
development?
Drawing out the success factors for the management of partnerships –
examples:
Common goal: both partners share a common overarching goal, e.g. to fight
both rural poverty and environmental degradation
Complementarity of skills and experience: both institutions bring in their
own specific skills and create synergies
Clarity of roles and responsibilities, e.g. role of an executing agency, role
of financing institution, role of partner in monitoring and evaluation
Established coordination mechanisms and reporting/accountability
mechanisms
Building on existing assets and filling gaps
Understanding partner incentives and conflicts
Flexibility to adapt to changes
Fostering mutual trust and respect
Managing interfaces
Inclusion of all relevant actors
Maintaining structured informality
…
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AfDB / IFAD Joint Evaluation, Update on Partnership Evaluation Template – IFAD HQ, Rome, March 7th
B) What management principles can we distil from the
theory of partnership and network management?
Screening world literature for innovative approaches
on partnership and network management
Systemic approach to partnership management:
understanding partnerships as a set of interdependent
dimensions
New economics of organisations: facing the problem of
delegation in aid partnerships (Principal-Agent Theory)
Collaborating in Partnerships: Exit, voice and loyalty as
strategic options for the actors involved (Theory of
Hirschmann)
Drawing out the success factors for the management
of partnerships
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AfDB / IFAD Joint Evaluation, Update on Partnership Evaluation Template – IFAD HQ, Rome, March 7th
C) What management principles can we distil from
the donor commitments in the Paris Declaration?
„Aid Effectiveness Pyramid“
OWNERSHIP Partners set
the agenda Management for
Results & Mutual
Accountability
ALIGNMENT • Alignment with the partner’s
agenda
• Relying on partner’s systems
•Establishing common arrangements
HARMONISATION •Simplifying procedures
•Sharing information
e.g. The functioning of accountability mechanisms has three key determinants:
- Availability and use of information
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AfDB / IFAD Joint Evaluation, Update on Partnership Evaluation Template – IFAD HQ, Rome, March 7th
(3) Emerging Findings - key dimensions of partnerships
1) The Structure and Governance Dimension
How is the partnership organized and how is it taking
decisions on its work?
2) The Process Dimension
How do the different actors interact and learn in the
partnership?
3) The Performance Dimension
What has been achieved in terms of outcome and
sustainability?
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AfDB / IFAD Joint Evaluation, Update on Partnership Evaluation Template – IFAD HQ, Rome, March 7th
(3) Emerging Findings - the evaluation framework
Structure & Governance
INDICATORS
Partnership
Strategy
Partnership
Organisational
Governance
set up
Relevance of Partnership
Objectives Culture
Efficiency and Communication
effectiveness
Performance Impact &
Sustainability
Learning & Process
Innovation
INDICATORS
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AfDB / IFAD Joint Evaluation, Update on Partnership Evaluation Template – IFAD HQ, Rome, March 7th
(3) Emerging Findings - a concrete example
Less than optimal performance of partnerships may result from the way a
partnership has been set up. To assess the organisational set up of a
partnership, we look at different aspects:
• Complementarity of partners
To which degree do the involved parties bring a comparative advantage - in
terms of complementary competencies - to the partnership?
• Roles and Functions
To what extent do the partners know why they are there, what they bring to
the alliance, what to expect from others, and of course what to be achieved
together?
• Coordination mechanisms
To what extent did the partnership establish inter-organisational
coordination and communication mechanisms?
• Harmonisation
To what extent did the partnership define concrete common arrangements,
i.e. joint activities, sharing of implementation facilities?
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AfDB / IFAD Joint Evaluation, Update on Partnership Evaluation Template – IFAD HQ, Rome, March 7th
Thank you very much for your attention.
…and we look forward to your comments and inputs.
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AfDB / IFAD Joint Evaluation, Update on Partnership Evaluation Template – IFAD HQ, Rome, March 7th
(4) Discussion
1) Do you agree on the overall approach to the
evaluation of IFAD/AfDB partnerships?
2) Are there other aspects than the ones
mentioned which should be incorporated into
the evaluation template?
3) Do you know of any other, well-documented
partnership cases we could take into
consideration for this contribution to the
overall evaluation process?
