Feedback Loops and Facilitation: Catalyzing Transformational Multi-Stakeholder Refugee Response Partnerships

Global policies such as the recent ‘Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework’ call for a profound transformation in refugee response. To this end, collaboration with non-traditional humanitarian actors, particularly the private sector has been advocated. The application of new multi-stakeholder partnerships that transcend traditional dyadic relationships have been commended by practitioners for their ability to create stable services and markets in refugee camps. However, the adaptation of multi-stakeholder partnership models to the novelties of refugee response and the dynamics among partners in these complex arrangements requires more attention. This paper explores how the creation and development of multi-stakeholder partnerships can maximize the transformational potential of collaboration for refugee response, ensure the stakeholder diversity needed to provide basic services on a stable basis, and provide a facilitation function that supports the partnership. Using an action-case methodology, the focus of the article is on the Alianza Shire, Spain’s first multi-stakeholder partnership for humanitarian action, which was established to provide energy to refugee camps and host communities in refugee camps in northern Ethiopia. Our findings suggest that i) the active participation of aid agencies in the co-creation process of a multi-stakeholder partnership may increase the transformational potential of refugee response, ii) feedback loops and the consolidation of internal learning are essential practices for the effective management of complex multi-stakeholder partnerships, and iii) the facilitator plays a critical and underexplored role in refugee response collaborative arrangements. In addition, sustainability-oriented university centers may possess a particular capacity for nurturing the transformational potential of multi-stakeholder refugee response partnerships by generating ‘safe spaces’ that foster trust-building, providing a cross-sector ‘translation’ service, and affording the legitimacy and expert knowledge required to conduct learning processes. We believe that the theoretical and practical implications of our research may contribute to the effective fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals, specially, SDG7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) and SDG17 (Partnership for the Goals).

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The Sustainable Development Goals in South Africa: Investigating the need for multi-stakeholder partnerships

Development Southern Africa ◽

10.1080/0376835x.2018.1461611 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 36 (5) ◽

pp. 555-569 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Lorren Kirsty Haywood ◽

Nikki Funke ◽

Michelle Audouin ◽

Constansia Musvoto ◽

Anton Nahman

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Development Goals ◽

Stakeholder Partnerships ◽

Multi Stakeholder

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Sustainable Financial Partnerships for the SDGs: The Case of Social Impact Bonds

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12135362 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (13) ◽

pp. 5362 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alessandro Rizzello ◽

Abdellah Kabli

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Social Impact ◽

Service Providers ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Social Impact Bonds ◽

Development Goals ◽

Stakeholder Partnerships ◽

Social Environmental ◽

Multi Stakeholder

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development brought the critical challenge of how private capital can support its new goals—the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—to the attention of finance, business and policy actors. Impact finance instruments, which aim to obtain both financial and positive social/environmental returns simultaneously, can serve as effective institutional mechanisms to support the financing of SDGs. Social impact bonds (SIBs) are part of this emerging field. SIBs represent multi-stakeholder partnerships, built on outcome-based contracts, designed to harness private impact-oriented investors, service providers and public entities to address social or environmental problems. SDG 17 considers partnerships priority instruments for the achievement of SDs targets. This paper provides an exploratory analysis into the field of Social Impact Bonds and aims to (i) understand how such instruments are suitable for involving sustainable economy actors in SDG-based partnerships; (ii) determine the interplay between SIBs and SDGs. In order to address these questions, the article presents a multiple case study that includes a cross case analysis of four SIBs experienced in different social policy areas and different countries. As secondary step, the study matches phases and activities of SDG-based financial partnerships derived from a literature review with those experienced by each SIB case study. The results show that SIBs are fully compliant with SDG-based financial partnership structures derived from the literature, and their architecture reveals a high degree of SDG investment readiness. The originality of the research consists of including SIBs in the analysis of the new financial tools for the achievement of the SDGs, and extending them into the field of partnerships for the Goals, at the center of SDG 17. The paper fills the significant gap in the current research related to the issues of financing sustainable development and financial sector instruments on sustainability.

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Catalyzing Transformational Partnerships for the SDGs: Effectiveness and Impact of the Multi-Stakeholder Initiative El día después

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12177189 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (17) ◽

pp. 7189

Author(s):

Jaime Moreno-Serna ◽

Wendy M. Purcell ◽

Teresa Sánchez-Chaparro ◽

Miguel Soberón ◽

Julio Lumbreras ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Transformational Change ◽

Shared Vision ◽

Social Needs ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Study Approach ◽

Agenda 2030 ◽

Development Goals ◽

Stakeholder Partnerships ◽

Multi Stakeholder

Partnerships are essential to delivering the transformational change demanded by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and essential to achieving Agenda 2030. It is therefore necessary to strengthen the partnering capacity of different types of organizations so they can collaborate in multi-stakeholder partnerships. However, partnership working can be costly in terms of time and other resources and is complex. Given the urgency and importance of sustainable development, illustrated by the recent pandemic and social unrest around inequity, we focused on the creation of a partnership that became effective quickly and was able to deliver societal impact at scale. Using a case study approach, the transformational potential and the early stages of “El día después” (in English, “The day after”) were analyzed as it represents a multi-stakeholder partnership forged to frame an SDG-oriented collaborative response to the COVID-19 crisis in Spain. El día después is defined as a partnership incubator, a space where public administrations interact under conditions of equivalence with all the other stakeholders, where private companies can link their innovation processes to other SDG-committed actors and social needs and where the academic sector can participate in a sustained dialogue oriented to the action. Our findings reveal that in order to catalyze the co-creation process and achieve systemic change through a set of connected multi-stakeholder initiatives, a very flexible collaborative arrangement is required, with all partners acting as facilitators. In this way, a solid interdisciplinary team is created, united around a shared vision, with trust-based relationships and a common identity fueling impact-oriented projects targeted to advance the SDGs.

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Multi-stakeholder partnerships: a catalyst to achieve sustainable development goals

Marketing Intelligence & Planning ◽

10.1108/mip-04-2020-0135 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Gabriel Eweje ◽

Aymen Sajjad ◽

Shobod Deba Nath ◽

Kazunori Kobayashi

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

Conceptual Understanding ◽

Conceptual Development ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Content Type ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Development Goals ◽

Stakeholder Partnerships ◽

Multi Stakeholder

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to critically examine the concept of multi-stakeholder partnerships in relation to the United Nations' sustainable development goals and propose a renewed multi-stakeholder partnerships framework that enables the implementation of the sustainable development goals.Design/methodology/approachThis paper employs an integrative review methodology to assess, critique and synthesize the extant literature on the multi-stakeholder partnerships and sustainable development goals.FindingsWe propose a conceptual framework of multi-stakeholder partnerships to support the sustainable development goals implementation. Thus, this paper contributes to the conceptual understanding of the multi-stakeholder partnerships mechanism that enhances the sustainable development goals implementation.Research limitations/implicationsWe propose a conceptual framework of multi-stakeholder partnerships to support the sustainable development goals implementation. Thus, this paper contributes to the conceptual understanding of the multi-stakeholder partnerships mechanism that enhances the sustainable development goals implementation.Originality/valueWe contend that this is one of the few early papers that contributes to the conceptual development of a collaborative multi-stakeholder partnerships paradigm by which such partnerships are formed and institutionalized among multiple interacting sectors to achieve the sustainable development goals.

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Transformational Collaboration for the SDGs: The Alianza Shire’s Work to Provide Energy Access in Refugee Camps and Host Communities

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12020539 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 539 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Jaime Moreno-Serna ◽

Teresa Sánchez-Chaparro ◽

Javier Mazorra ◽

Ander Arzamendi ◽

Leda Stott ◽

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Keyword(s):

Systemic Change ◽

Northern Ethiopia ◽

Refugee Camps ◽

Energy Access ◽

Additional Information ◽

Humanitarian Action ◽

Organizational Engagement ◽

2030 Agenda ◽

Collaborative Value Creation ◽

Multi Stakeholder

The potential for achieving transformation through partnerships is central to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. However, information on experiences that explore the processes that might generate systemic change is generally lacking. This article uses the Collaborative Value Creation (CVC) framework to analyze the transformational prospects of the Alianza Shire, the first multi-stakeholder partnership for humanitarian action in Spain. The partnership, which aims to develop innovative energy access solutions in refugee camps situated in the Shire region of northern Ethiopia is assessed from its creation in 2014 to the present with regard to four key partnership features: organizational engagement, resources and activities, partnership dynamics and impact. Our findings suggest that while the CVC framework is a useful tool for analyzing the evolution of a partnership to a transformative phase, additional information is required on the important role played by a partnership facilitator in assisting this process. This inquiry aims to build upon the CVC analysis by identifying and addressing some of the barriers faced by the Alianza Shire and other partnerships in attaining transformational outcomes and proposing two key enablers that can assist progression towards this: a facilitating organization that ensures the creation of collaborative shared value and an aspirational strategy for achieving significant systemic change.

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Building Back Better: Sustainable Development Diplomacy in the Pandemic Era

10.19088/ids.2021.065 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jing Gu ◽

Danielle Green ◽

Jiadan Yu

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

The United States ◽

Development Cooperation ◽

Management Approach ◽

Power Dynamics ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

The World ◽

Stakeholder Partnerships ◽

Multi Stakeholder ◽

Dynamic Relationships

This report critically examines the nature of the distinction between traditional inter-state diplomacy and sustainable development diplomacy. It then sets out the institutional changes which are necessary for the achievement of sustainable development diplomacy. Multi-stakeholder partnerships have been identified as a key means of implementation for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Given the increasing centrality of the United States (US)–China relationship in global development cooperation, understanding the modalities of their engagement may provide useful insights into how partnerships may be cultivated and deepened to realise the SDGs. The Covid-19 pandemic and climate change have demonstrated the interconnection of the world, as well as the interconnection of challenges of the world. Sustainable development diplomacy is needed now more than ever to prioritise development strategies of different states and work on common shared challenges. Sustainable development diplomacy can only work when different actors recognise the value of the common goals and are willing to make an effort to accomplish them. Global sustainable development diplomacy requires a stronger policy agenda and greater cohesion. This report explores the idea of sustainable development diplomacy and, through two sectoral case studies, explores the nature, function, and rationale for interactive engagement. The form and structure of multi-actor relationships are a response to complex, trans-border political, social, economic, and environmental challenges which require a more nuanced and varied management approach than narrowly defined state-led development. However, the power dynamics, the modalities, and experiences of engagement that underpin these dynamic relationships, remain understudied, especially with regard to their impact on sustainable development.

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COVID-19 and Collective Action

Peace Economics Peace Science and Public Policy ◽

10.1515/peps-2020-0023 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Todd Sandler

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Collective Action ◽

Disease Surveillance ◽

Vaccine Development ◽

Treatment Practices ◽

Individual Contributions ◽

Stakeholder Partnerships ◽

Multi Stakeholder

AbstractThis conceptual article argues that COVID-19 poses myriad global collective action challenges, some of which are easier than others to address. COVID-19 requires numerous distinct activities – e.g., vaccine development, uncovering treatment practices, imposing quarantines, and disease surveillance. The prognosis for effective collective action rests on the underlying aggregator technologies, which indicate how individual contributions determine the amount of a COVID-19 activity that is available for consumption. Best- and better-shot aggregators are more apt to promote desired outcomes than weakest- and weaker-link aggregators. The roles for public policy and important actors (e.g., multi-stakeholder partnerships) in fostering collective action are indicated.

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Objectives, Keys and Results in the Water Networks to Reach the Sustainable Development Goals

Water ◽

10.3390/w13091268 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (9) ◽

pp. 1268

Author(s):

Angel Valentin Mercedes Garcia ◽

Petra Amparo López-Jiménez ◽

Francisco-Javier Sánchez-Romero ◽

Modesto Pérez-Sánchez

Keyword(s):

Energy Recovery ◽

Water Distribution ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Clean Energy ◽

Environmental Indicators ◽

Pressurized Water ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Pumping Stations ◽

The World ◽

Development Goals

The world is continuously searching for ways to improve how water is used for energy. As the population increases, so do the needs for natural resources and, in turn, the needs for energy. This research sought to show how the world has tried to achieve more sustainable forms of pressurized water distribution and to show the results that have been obtained. In this sense, technologies have been used for the production of clean energy, energy recovery instead of dissipation, reprogramming of pumping stations and hybrid systems. In many cases, much lower water and energy requirements are achieved and, in turn, greenhouse gas emissions related to water use are reduced. Sixty-one different water systems were analyzed considering different energy, economic and environmental indicators. The different operation range of these indicators were defined according to sustainable indicators.

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