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Re freshing our approach to partnerships

Re freshing our approach to partnerships. Brendan Bain, Director, CHART Regional Coordinating Unit The University of the West Indies. PARTNERSHIPS. Some are well planned in advance (cf. arranged marriages in some cultures) Some are based on careful compatibility assessment (e.g. e-harmony).

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Re freshing our approach to partnerships

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  1. Refreshing our approach to partnerships Brendan Bain, Director, CHART Regional Coordinating Unit The University of the West Indies

  2. PARTNERSHIPS • Some are well planned in advance (cf. arranged marriages in some cultures) • Some are based on careful compatibility assessment (e.g. e-harmony)

  3. PARTNERSHIPS • But sometimes… • we are thrown into partnerships!

  4. The pathway • Before the partnership • Seeing the possibility • Agreeing to begin • Voluntary versus instructed • Planned versus ‘happenstance’ • The actual initiation • Maintenance • Ending • Planned versus unplanned • Agreeable versus disagreeable

  5. effective partnerships P R O C E S S COMMUN I CAT I ON The agreement (guidelines; ground rules) Getting acquainted (on-going) Work plan Achievement of purpose

  6. effective partnerships Report from a Consultation at the School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, South Africa (6 - 7 April 2004) • Are • well defined and have a clear and manageable focus • characterized by excellent communication • Make relevant staff development and training… central • Optimize the use of local resources, expertise and budgets to ensure sustainability • Maximize.. guidelines and promotion of transparency and accountability

  7. Establishing and maintaining effective partnerships requires Report from a Consultation at the School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, South Africa (6 - 7 April 2004) • (ONGOING) RELEVANCE AND ADAPTABILITY • Partnerships “should support national and regional health strategies and seek to strengthen existing regional organizations and professional associations”

  8. Establishing and maintaining effective partnerships requires Report from a Consultation at the School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, South Africa (6 - 7 April 2004) • PREPARATION • “Local institutions should prepare their own internal environments to engage external partnerships and use them strategically”

  9. Establishing and maintaining effective partnerships requires Report from a Consultation at the School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, South Africa (6 - 7 April 2004) • MONITORING AND EVALUATION WITH FEEDBACK AND ADJUSTMENT • “Partnershipsshould be monitored routinely and evaluated regularly using appropriate indicators, yet they should have sufficient flexibility to respond to a dynamic and rapidly changing environment”

  10. CONTINUING TO BUILD BRIDGES

  11. Caribbean consortium • Is this the same as the Caribbean Health Learning Network? • If not, is there a relationship between CC and CHLN?

  12. Between tertiary level institutions and Government Ministries • MOUs –pros and cons • Clarification of purpose, personal and institutional agendas, roles, responsibilities, expectations • Remember whom we serve together • the “community”, individually and collectively, is the final beneficiary of our work • The challenge of staff turnover • The challenge of political changes • Time management – a factor of “SMART” planning and structure

  13. Bridges between tertiary level institutions and… • Other Government Ministries • Associations of health professionals • Non-traditional health workers • Our communities

  14. End of presentation Thank you

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