Abstract
The potential for achieving transformation through partnerships is central to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. However, information on experiences that explore the processes that might generate systemic change is generally lacking. This article uses the Collaborative Value Creation (CVC) framework to analyze the transformational prospects of the Alianza Shire, the first multi-stakeholder partnership for humanitarian action in Spain. The partnership, which aims to develop innovative energy access solutions in refugee camps situated in the Shire region of northern Ethiopia is assessed from its creation in 2014 to the present with regard to four key partnership features: organizational engagement, resources and activities, partnership dynamics and impact. Our findings suggest that while the CVC framework is a useful tool for analyzing the evolution of a partnership to a transformative phase, additional information is required on the important role played by a partnership facilitator in assisting this process. This inquiry aims to build upon the CVC analysis by identifying and addressing some of the barriers faced by the Alianza Shire and other partnerships in attaining transformational outcomes and proposing two key enablers that can assist progression towards this: a facilitating organization that ensures the creation of collaborative shared value and an aspirational strategy for achieving significant systemic change.
Highlights
In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Target 17.17 further endorses the encouragement and promotion of ‘effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships’ that build upon partnership experience and resourcing strategies [1]. This call has been supported by wider claims that multi-stakeholder partnerships offer the institutional and organizational structures needed to foster the systemic transformation at the heart of the SDGs [2]
An analysis of the Alianza Shire is presented in relation to the Collaborative Value Creation (CVC) framework
Summary
In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Target 17.17 further endorses the encouragement and promotion of ‘effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships’ that build upon partnership experience and resourcing strategies [1] This call has been supported by wider claims that multi-stakeholder partnerships offer the institutional and organizational structures needed to foster the systemic transformation at the heart of the SDGs [2]. According to Horan (2019), the premise is that “these transformations seek to exploit synergies between Goals to achieve multiple SDGs by organizing implementation around SDG interventions that generate significant co-benefits” In this regard, multi-stakeholder partnerships are viewed as vehicles that can help to accelerate these synergies and build more enduring governance structures [4,5,6]
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