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Developing win-win-win partnerships
Triple win partnerships are essential for a strong, successful partner ecosystem. The “partner win matrix” is a tool for identifying appropriate partnerships.
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Win-win situations
The article provides the basics of game theory terms of win-win, win-lose, and lose-lose. These are useful background knowledge to have when sourcing for partnerships.
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Collaboration in the workplace
Although this article is from a workplace setting, it provides some principle insights on what effective collaboration is about.
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The Science Behind the Growing Importance of Collaboration
Insights from Kellogg School of Management on why collaboration is important
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Why Collaboration is Critical in Uncertain Times
When resources become limited, many business leaders become risk-averse, prioritizing stability over innovation. It is precisely during challenging times that the potential of collaboration is crucial.
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How to communicate effectively in times of uncertainty
Communication is key in collaboration. And during certain phases of a partnerships, there are lessons to be learned from the field of crisis management. This article provides tools and guidelines for such communication.
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Social Network Analysis Tools
Understanding the complex web of relationships within communities and networks is crucial. VisibleNetworkLabs provide tools to systematically analyse such networks to your benefit.
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The 5 stages in design thinking
Design thinking is a methodology that provides a solution-based approach to solving problems. It is particularly useful in dealing with complex, social issues.
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Developing emerging social enterprise through capacity building
How capacity building can be used to develop social enterprises. It focuses on two emerging social enterprises within the WestFocus Partnership, a consortium of seven higher education institutions.
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Perspectives for Perceiving Capacity
Capacity types.
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Capacity strengthening framework
The “FHI 360 Capacity Strengthening Framework” provides a comprehensive guide to facilitating collaborative and sustainable solutions, focusing on enhancing organizational capabilities, fostering empowered individuals, and promoting greater adaptability within various sectors through a six-step iterative process and evidence-based interventions.
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Entrepreneurship for productive capacity-building
Examinescconsumer protection framework, identifying strengths and areas for improvement, and provides recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of consumer protection in alignment with international best practices .
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Capacity building frameworks
Provides comprehensive guidelines for planning, implementing, and managing education systems in emergency and post-conflict reconstruction settings, emphasizing the importance of education in maintaining stability and fostering development during crises.
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Approaches to Capacity Building
Outlines strategies for enhancing the capabilities of individuals and organizations through human resource development, organizational development, and institutional framework development, emphasizing the importance of continuous training, systematic assessment, and collaborative efforts for improved performance and effective health management information systems.
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Developing emerging social enterprise through capacity building
Developing emerging social enterprise through capacity building.
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Filling Social Enterprise Capacity Gaps
Discusses the Accelerate Impact Model (AIM), outlining a systematic approach to identifying, auditing, and addressing capacity gaps in social enterprises to enhance their social impact and revenue.
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An Investigation of Capacity Development in a Social Enterprise Ecosystem within the Context of International Development
The PhD thesis titled “An Investigation of Capacity Development in a Social Enterprise Ecosystem within the Context of International Development” by Lenni Maria George explores the varied conceptions of capacity development within the social enterprise ecosystem in South Africa, identifying types of interventions necessary for social enterprises to become credible and sustainable partners in international development.
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From Capacity Building to Risk Sharing
The article “From Capacity Building to Risk Sharing” on Impact Europe discusses how innovative financing models, such as those developed by FASE under the European Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI), have been used to support social enterprises by providing transaction cost support and mobilizing risk capital investments. These efforts aim to improve access to finance for social enterprises, thereby enhancing their capacity to address social and environmental challenges in the EU.
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Advancing Digital Practices
Capacity Building Leadership Strategies for Social Enterprises
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Entrepreneurship for productive capacity-building
Explores how collective impact frameworks can be used to build capacity for social innovation, emphasizing the importance of multi-sector collaboration, shared measurement systems, and continuous communication in driving social change.
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Capacity Building for Social Innovation: A Collective Impact Approach
Explores how collective impact frameworks can build capacity for social innovation, emphasizing the importance of universities acting as conveners to facilitate collaboration among various stakeholders to address complex social and economic challenges in urban communities.
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Understanding capacity-building/capacity development
Outlines the evolution, definitions, and key features of capacity-building and capacity development, emphasizing their role in enhancing the capabilities of individuals and institutions in developing countries for sustainable development, while highlighting the European Commission’s framework and efforts in this area.
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The UNDP Approach to Supporting Capacity Development
Outlines UNDP’s definitions, distinctions, and methodologies related to capacity development, emphasizing its importance for sustainable human development, detailing the five-step capacity development process, and highlighting its relationship with human development, the Millennium Development Goals, and national planning cycles.
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Using Capacity Building Strategies to Promote Service-Learning and Social Entrepreneurship Within a Higher Education Consortium
The article “Building a Service Corps: Using Capacity Building Strategies to Promote Service-Learning and Social Entrepreneurship Within a Higher Education Consortium” analyzes how a higher education consortium, supported by the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation, utilizes capacity-building strategies to foster service-learning and social entrepreneurship among students through a network of 70 colleges and universities, aiming to prepare students for careers in social change-making.
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Entrepreneurship for productive capacity-building
The article “Fostering Productive Capacities through Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries” by the UNCTAD discusses the critical role of entrepreneurship in driving economic growth, creating job opportunities, and promoting sustainable development in developing countries, emphasizing the need for comprehensive national entrepreneurship strategies, skill development, and supportive policy frameworks to build local productive capacities.
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Journal od social entrepreneurship
Understanding Value Creation in Social Entrepreneurship: The Importance of Aligning Mission, Strategy and Impact Measurement