The U.K. Department for International Development’s partnership strategy under a new leadership team is in flux, as development organizations eagerly await the results of ongoing aid reviews.
Rory Stewart, the newly appointed minister for international development and member of Parliament, offered his views on the barriers to successful global development partnerships at the annual Tropical Health and Education Trust conference in London yesterday. Stewart told Devex he hopes to begin impacting DfID’s partnering style by first listening to practitioners to get a sense of what’s driven successful partnerships among DfID’s suppliers.
Nonprofit grant-making institution THET currently operates 157 projects worldwide by facilitating partnerships between health institutions and training organizations. The minister praised the organization for its innovative use of small grants, a slightly longer five-year funding cycle and a modest 30 million pound ($36 million) budget.
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Molly Anders is a former U.K. correspondent for Devex. Based in London, she reports on development finance trends with a focus on British and European institutions. She is especially interested in evidence-based development and women’s economic empowerment, as well as innovative financing for the protection of migrants and refugees. Molly is a former Fulbright Scholar and studied Arabic in Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.
