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SOS FAIM (Luxembourg) INTEGRA (Slovakia): towards a new partnership ?

Seminar “Strengthening Development Cooperation in Enlarged Europe” Luxembourg - 9 & 10 December 2004. SOS FAIM (Luxembourg) INTEGRA (Slovakia): towards a new partnership ? A collaboration initiative between two NGO’s. Contents. Presentation of SOS FAIM and INTEGRA

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SOS FAIM (Luxembourg) INTEGRA (Slovakia): towards a new partnership ?

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  1. Seminar“Strengthening Development Cooperationin Enlarged Europe” Luxembourg - 9 & 10 December 2004 SOS FAIM (Luxembourg) INTEGRA (Slovakia): towards a new partnership ? A collaboration initiative between two NGO’s

  2. Contents • Presentation of SOS FAIM and INTEGRA • Common aspects and differences of the 2 NGO’s • Context for the collaboration • Building up of the partnership • The common project • Added value and limits of the partnership • Conclusions and discussion

  3. Presentation of SOS FAIM and INTEGRA I. SOS FAIM • Independent and professional • Long term development in Africa • Three priorities: • Developing peasants organization • Supporting microfinance institutions • Public information in Luxembourg

  4. Presentation of SOS FAIM and INTEGRA II. INTEGRA • “Helping people to build their businesses to become « Islands of Integrity » and participate in the transformation of their communities” • Three Strategic Programs: - Social Enterprise Program - Micro-Enterpirse Development Program for Women - Corporate Social Responsibility Program • 10 years of development experience in Eastern Europe • Starting to operate in Africa

  5. Common aspects and differences of the 2 NGO’s • Common aspects • Professional • Similar views on Microfinance • Strong positions in their own countries • Open to new collaborations

  6. Common aspects and differences of the 2 NGO’s II. Differences • Confessional / non confessional • Different uses of the microfinance tool • Different geographical priorities • Human and financial resources

  7. Context of the collaboration • New Member States (NMS) = new donors • Political will of EC to support NMS NGO’s • SOS FAIM & INTEGRA: open-minded NGO’s

  8. Building up the partnership • Initiative of SOS FAIM • Identification of NMS NGO’s (Internet, TRIALOG, etc…) • Trip in Czech Republic & Slovakia (May ’04) (Meeting with MFA, UNDP, NGOs, embassies and universities)

  9. Building up the partnership Conclusions of the first mission: • Easier context in Slovakia than in Czech Republic • Different geographical priorities • Small NGO’s need institutional support

  10. Building up the partnership • Identification of INTEGRA as a possible partner • Identification of a joint project • Second mission in Slovakia (August ’04) • Redaction of the project • Application to EC (B-21-02-03)

  11. The common project:‘Microfinance: let beneficiaries speak’ • Development education project • Focus on the microfinance beneficiaries • Human approach (rather than a technical one) • To schools & universities, corporations, NGO’s • National campaign in the two countries • 3 years time span (2006-2008)

  12. Added value and limits of the partnership • Added value • New partnership = new ideas • Geographical crossroads approach • Common understanding between 2 NGO’s • Similar needs in the two countries • Learning from each other

  13. Added value and limits of the partnership II. Limits • Small NGO’s: limited human & financial resources • A new partnership : needs to be consolidated • Language issues • Distance between the two countries • Dependence on public funding

  14. Conclusions and discussion Conclusions: • New and still “theoretical” partnership • Building up a partnership requires time • IMPORTANCE TO MEET PEOPLE (institutional relationships = first human ones !) • Starting a new partnership = a great challenge !

  15. Conclusions and discussion Discussion (proposal …): Western NGO’s / NMS NGO’s : a fair partnership or a new business ? THANK YOU ! Thierry DEFENSE, SOS FAIM (Luxembourg) Marek MARKUS, INTEGRA (Slovakia)

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