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The Value of Partnerships & Membership in the IEPCP

The Value of Partnerships & Membership in the IEPCP. Inaugural IEPCP Bi-annual Members’ Forum March 2012. Mandy Geary, Executive Officer IEPCP. Refresher: What we do. Facilitate networks & partnerships across boundaries

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The Value of Partnerships & Membership in the IEPCP

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  1. The Value of Partnerships & Membership in the IEPCP Inaugural IEPCP Bi-annual Members’ Forum March 2012 Mandy Geary, Executive Officer IEPCP

  2. Refresher: What we do... • Facilitate networks & partnerships across boundaries • Facilitate collaborative & productive relationships resulting in value add & synergy • Build capacity in partners & sectors (Capacity Building or ‘CB’)

  3. Key domains of IEPCP activity using a CB framework :

  4. Partnership - What is it exactly? • 2 or more organisations (services, agencies, people…) who make a commitment to: • working together on something that concerns both • developing a shared sense of purpose and agenda • generating joint action towards agreed targets2 2 Stern R & Green J (2005) ‘Boundary workers and the management of frustration: a case study of two Healthy City partnerships’ in Health Promotion International, 20(3): 269–276

  5. Partnerships can be ‘fluid’ (core membership needs to be consistent) Nos & types of IEPCP partnerships

  6. IEPCP membership model:

  7. How do we ‘do’business? • Be sure there’s a need : • Should we partner? • What overall purposes will the partnership serve? • How will we define ‘success’ of the partnership? • What degree of partnership is needed? • Decide the right support structure - keep it simple & clear Ref: VCOSS Guide to Partnering

  8. Checklist of Steps: Setting up a Partnership 1. PRIORITY SETTING AND PROBLEM DEFINITION • Shared understanding of problems and goals • Shared commitment • Identification of resources • Collective identification of stakeholders and convenor 2. REACHING AGREEMENT • Establish ground rules • Jointly agree on agenda • Agree on how to solve problem 3. IMPLEMENTATION • Build external support for agreed solutions • Institutionalise agreements • Monitor agreements • Monitor Relationships 4. EVALUATION • Use a validated tool to check the quality & effectiveness of your partnerships & • SHARE THE LEARNINGS FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING !

  9. What is needed to keep it working well?

  10. What needs to change in order to partner successfully? • Effective partnerships require each of us to move...

  11. Challenges to be overcome: • Benefits are not seen, experienced or understood • Suspicions about partnership & its purpose • Leadership required from all members & from the team at operational level • Consistency of membership needed to maintain connection & momentum • Must have apparent & executive authority, breadth of power & responsibility • Must have realistic aims, adopted globally • Must have adequate resourcing (financial & non-financial)

  12. Overcoming these challenges: • Benefits must be seen, experienced and understood • Suspicions about partnership & its purpose must be addressed • Demonstrate leadership from all members & the team • Consistency in core membership to maintain connection & momentum • Must be apparent & executive authority, breadth of power & responsibility • Aims & expectations must be realistic & adopted globally • Adequate resourcing (financial & non-financial)

  13. Have clear directions and expectations:

  14. Apply a Continuous Quality Improvement approach to partnership work:

  15. Have an answer to the question – what’s in it for me?

  16. The benefits of partnership include: • Providing new and better ways of thinking about problems & solutions = better outcomes • Strengthening relationships with the broader community • Providing opportunity for sharing workload & resources = value add • Building capacity in partners • Motivating people to pull together, driving & sustaining the partnership • Ability to take actions that go beyond what any participant can do alone = SYNERGY Synergy: the extent to which the partnership can do more than any of its individual participants can on their own.

  17. The benefits of membership include: • Strengthening relationships with other agencies working in the same space • Sharing your workload & resources = value add • Building capacity in your workforce & organisation • Promoting your services/ & joint achievements • Motivating people to pull together • Coordinating & integrating services • Participating in training activities at subsidised rates = cost savings & workforce development • Access to others’ knowledge, expertise & resources • Eligibility for financial support • Experiencing the benefits of SYNERGY

  18. Range of IEPCP partners 2011-12

  19. Thank you! Any questions?

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