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    Corporate, NGO leaders believe in the promise of partnerships

    Wondering what corporate and NGO leaders have to say about partnerships? Devex Impact interviewed several top executives about the benefits and challenges of working together.

    By Adva Saldinger // 07 November 2013

    Corporate and NGO leaders may not always share the same perspectives or points of view, but there seems to be a consensus around the importance of partnerships in achieving development goals.

    “You can’t really do it alone anymore,” said Scott Jackson, CEO of Global Compact. “The days of nonprofits doing small projects are gone because there is an opportunity to be scalable and to have impact on a much larger basis, but only if they partner.”

    Devex Impact interviewed Jackson and other key stakeholders and executives from NGOs and corporations about the challenges and benefits of partnerships during the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting.

    Brian Harris, Western Union’s chief product officer, offered the advice that it’s crucial for partners to spend time getting to know one another in person so they can better understand how the others work on a day-to-day basis.

    Deidre White, president and CEO of Pyxera Global, said partnerships are truly complex.

    “NGOs, government and the private sector don’t always work all that well together and we still have a long learning curve in terms of understanding how we can better align our goals and really work in lock-step towards something that delivers value to society and value to business,” she said.

    One of the main hurdles to achieving this relationship is that NGO partners often view his company merely as a donor, shared Allan Pamba, director of public engagement and access initiatives for GlaxoSmithKline.

    “We are working with our partners to make that revolution,” Pamba said. “We don’t just give you the money and walk away but we want to think through the solutions with you…to become true thought partners in finding solutions and not [have] a donor and an implementer type of relationship.”

    Explore related content:

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    Join Devex, the largest online community for international development, to network with peers, discover talent and forge new partnerships — it’s free! Then sign up for the Devex Impact newsletter to receive cutting-edge news and analysis every month on the intersection of business and development.

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    • Adva Saldinger

      Adva Saldinger@AdvaSal

      Adva Saldinger is a Senior Reporter at Devex where she covers development finance, as well as U.S. foreign aid policy. Adva explores the role the private sector and private capital play in development and authors the weekly Devex Invested newsletter bringing the latest news on the role of business and finance in addressing global challenges. A journalist with more than 10 years of experience, she has worked at several newspapers in the U.S. and lived in both Ghana and South Africa.

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