Settling Down into a Long-Term Partnership : Successful Relationships for Sustainable Clients

After many years delivering corporate governance programs in Europe and Central Asia with in-house staff only, International Finance Corporation (IFC) moved to the next level with the objective of building local capacity to ensure the sustainabilit...

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Main Authors: Orton, Oliver, Heitmann, Soren
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18881219/settling-down-long-term-partnership-successful-relationships-sustainable-clients
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spelling okr-10986-186872021-04-23T14:03:49Z Settling Down into a Long-Term Partnership : Successful Relationships for Sustainable Clients Orton, Oliver Heitmann, Soren ADVOCACY BOUNDARY CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DATA COLLECTION FAIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT GOVERNANCE PROGRAM GOVERNANCE PROGRAMS IFC INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY MARKET ASSESSMENT MARKET POSITION MEETING POTENTIAL DEMAND SUBSTITUTE TECHNICAL SUPPORT WILL After many years delivering corporate governance programs in Europe and Central Asia with in-house staff only, International Finance Corporation (IFC) moved to the next level with the objective of building local capacity to ensure the sustainability of corporate governance services in the market. But how should you set about selecting a partner for a long-term relationship? How do you manage the relationship over the life of the program? What if the relationship isn't working? Most important, how can you measure whether partner capacity is indeed improving? This smart lesson sets out some points to consider when engaging with a long-term partner in a capacity-building program, and some ideas on measuring whether capacity is being effectively built. 2014-06-17T18:32:42Z 2014-06-17T18:32:42Z 2013-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18881219/settling-down-long-term-partnership-successful-relationships-sustainable-clients http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18687 English en_US IFC SmartLessons; CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia
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topic ADVOCACY
BOUNDARY
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
DATA COLLECTION
FAIR
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
GOVERNANCE PROGRAM
GOVERNANCE PROGRAMS
IFC
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
MARKET ASSESSMENT
MARKET POSITION
MEETING
POTENTIAL DEMAND
SUBSTITUTE
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
WILL
spellingShingle ADVOCACY
BOUNDARY
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
DATA COLLECTION
FAIR
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
GOVERNANCE PROGRAM
GOVERNANCE PROGRAMS
IFC
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
MARKET ASSESSMENT
MARKET POSITION
MEETING
POTENTIAL DEMAND
SUBSTITUTE
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
WILL
Orton, Oliver
Heitmann, Soren
Settling Down into a Long-Term Partnership : Successful Relationships for Sustainable Clients
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description After many years delivering corporate governance programs in Europe and Central Asia with in-house staff only, International Finance Corporation (IFC) moved to the next level with the objective of building local capacity to ensure the sustainability of corporate governance services in the market. But how should you set about selecting a partner for a long-term relationship? How do you manage the relationship over the life of the program? What if the relationship isn't working? Most important, how can you measure whether partner capacity is indeed improving? This smart lesson sets out some points to consider when engaging with a long-term partner in a capacity-building program, and some ideas on measuring whether capacity is being effectively built.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Orton, Oliver
Heitmann, Soren
author_facet Orton, Oliver
Heitmann, Soren
author_sort Orton, Oliver
title Settling Down into a Long-Term Partnership : Successful Relationships for Sustainable Clients
title_short Settling Down into a Long-Term Partnership : Successful Relationships for Sustainable Clients
title_full Settling Down into a Long-Term Partnership : Successful Relationships for Sustainable Clients
title_fullStr Settling Down into a Long-Term Partnership : Successful Relationships for Sustainable Clients
title_full_unstemmed Settling Down into a Long-Term Partnership : Successful Relationships for Sustainable Clients
title_sort settling down into a long-term partnership : successful relationships for sustainable clients
publisher International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18881219/settling-down-long-term-partnership-successful-relationships-sustainable-clients
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