Seed’s Partnerships Support
Channel works with each 2007 Award Winner over a period
of 12 months to develop, and then implement a “Support
Services Plan”. The implementation phase is underpinned
by a small bursary.
The Seed Support Channel for the
Seed Awards 2007 is currently run by The Collective
Leadership Institute (CLI). CLI is based in Berlin,
Germany, working with an international team of associates
in Latin America and Africa.
Seed support responds to the needs
that each individual partnership identifies. The specific
support packages will therefore be unique, though might
include some of the following elements:
Partnership building:
helping the partners work together in the most effective
and efficient way; mentoring individual partners; identifying
problems and facilitating conflict resolution; improving
balance and communication within the partnership; assisting
with legal aspects and agreements etc.
Capacity development:
providing tools, training, field trips to other successful
programmes, technical assistance and access to experts
to help the partnership implement its work programme;
assistance with business plans, financial projections
etc.
Opportunity building:
facilitating access to funders and connections with
local authorities, other organisations and programmes
and potential new partners; running workshops to assist
engagement of local stakeholders etc.
Profile raising. The
Support Channel helps to publicize the partnerships,
where appropriate, and attempts to leverage further
support from other interested organisations.
For any queries related to the Support
Channel for the 2007 Seed Awards, please contact Kristiane
Weber of CLI (kristiane.weber@collectiveleadership.com)
or Ross Andrews at the Seed Secretariat (ross.andrews@seedinit.org)
Seed Support Channel 2005/6
The Seed Support Channel for the Seed Awards 2005 was
run by Partnerships Central, a programme of the Centre
for the Advancement of Sustainable Development Partnerships
(CASDP).
Overview of the
highlights of support to the 2005 winners
For any queries related to the
support given to the Seed Awards 2005 cohort, please
contact: Darian Stibbe, CASDP (darian.stibbe@casdp.org)
or Ross Andrews at the Seed Secretariat (ross.andrews@seedinit.org)
.
