Year: 2011
Type: book
Abstract: &KDSWHU )DFLOLWDWLQJ 063V ± D VXVWDLQDEOH ZD\ RI FKDQJLQJ SRZHU UHODWLRQV" -,0 :22'+,// $1' 6,021( 9$1 98*7 3UHIDFH The framework offered in this article has evolved over more than ten years, thanks to a wide range of experiences of different MSPs.It has also been tested and refined through the annual three-week international course on facilitating MSPs and social learning, run by the Centre for Development Innovation (CDI).Moreover, experiences with several learning trajectories in this field (with Dutch NGOs like SNV, ICCO, Cordaid and Hivos and the APF network and international organisations like IFDC, FAO and IFAD) deepened our understanding of the complex aspects of such MSPs.At the beginning of 2011, CDI plans to publish a full-fledged booklet, in which we share our insights on the multiple aspects involved in facilitating and understanding MSPs for sustainable change.The summary given below is just a foretaste of all you can read about -and hopefully respond to -in 2011. 7KH PXOWLVWDNHKROGHU IUDPHZRUN D GHHSHU XQGHUVWDQGLQJ RI FRQIOLFWLQJ FKDQJH SURFHVVHVIncreasingly, (development) organisations and practitioners are involved in initiating, being part of, supporting and facilitating a wide variety of multi-stakeholder partnerships, coalitions, platforms and processes.MSPs are understood as processes of constructive political engagement in which power, conflict and politics are central.Although there is a need for such collaboration between government, business, NGOs and citizens, the knowledge that there is nothing neutral about them, makes the practice of enabling these processes to be effective and sustainable, far from simple.
Authors: A.J. Woodhill, S.M. van Vugt
Language: English
Subfield: Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1562447160