The Partnership Brokers Association

Our next course is in Washington DC 10th to 13th July. Visit our training page for a brochure and application.

80+ participants took part in a discussion with Adam Kahane, author of ‘Collaborating with the Enemy – How to Work with People You Don’t Agree with or Like or Trust’. In his book Adam introduced the notion of ‘stretch collaboration’, which takes us beyond conventional collaboration where we can control what happens (the goal, plans, roles, even outcomes). In the webinar he talks about collaboration, power, control, people’s needs and the choices they face when they collaborate…

If you were not able to participate in the webinar, you can watch the recorded discussion here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zswZLJuXa88&feature=youtu.be

The pilot of our new online Remote Partnering Certificate (Level 1) was completed mid March 2018. Read more.

– pilot starts in February 2018 with around 80 partnership practitioners enrolled. More information www.remotepartnering.org

A Day of Professional Development and Networking in Calgary has been postponed to the Fall, 2018. This will provide an opportunity for more graduates to participate. We will also be able to share all the learning from the upcoming global Trainers Community of Practice being held in Wales, this May, 2018. The workshop will be designed to refresh your skills and to connect you with other partnership brokers.

Our trainers, Ros Tennyson and Julie Mundy worked with a diverse and interesting group of people during the flagship Partnership Brokers Association Training in Geneva in November 2017.  The World Economic Forum hosted us at their headquarters overlooking Lake Geneva. The challenges of high-level multi-stakeholder partnerships supporting the SDGs, the humanitarian sector, food security and climate change, and public-private partnerships were popular topics of discussion during the course.  Congratulations to our new graduates who are now part of the PBA worldwide alumni.

Geneva Partnership Brokers Training Nov 2017

We have just launched a new toolbox for those partnering remotely, developed by PBA and Action Against Hunger. To access it, please visit www.defyingdistance.org.

We’ve been adding new dates and locations for training in 2018, and there will be more listed as we approach the end of 2017.  For an up-to-date list, please visit our Training Page.

The Partnership Brokers Association will be running its 150th Partnership Brokers Training in September. The course will be held in Melbourne, Australia, on 11 – 14 September, 2017. More information available from our Training Programme Page.

The World Economic Forum will be hosting Partnership Brokers Training in Geneva this November at their headquarters overlooking Lake Geneva.  Download a brochure and application form from our Training Page.

The Working with Donors project is a response to the need and opportunity for understanding better how donors (who are external to the partnership) participate in and contribute to partnering processes and what the potential is for changing the donor-partner relationship to be more effective and have greater impact.

Positioned as an enquiry, and based on the principles of emerging new knowledge through exploration and dialogue, we believe that this fills a real gap in the world of development partnerships. The role of donors is clearly changing as partnering becomes more sophisticated and its emphasis on inclusion and horizontal accountability more accepted as the norm.

Find out more at www.workingwithdonors.org and get involved by contacting rafal@partnershipbrokers.org.

We’ve added NEW DATES for 2017 & 2018 to our training program in Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia.

We are pleased to announce that following the great interest in Partnership Brokers Training held in London in March 2017 we have just started recruiting for another course in London, scheduled for 9 – 12 October 2017. More information on the training can be found in the course brochure, which can be downloaded together with the application form from Partnership Brokers Training Programme page.

In May PBA Associates from Australia, Philippines, New Zealand, Netherlands, Poland, UK, Austria, Indonesia and India gathered to exchange partnership brokering experiences, deepen and build PBA’s portfolio of work and to explore new approaches to building partnership brokering as a global movement. Stay connected with the latest news related to partnership brokering and our work at PBA via Twitter @PBA_Brokers

Equity, mutual benefit, openness, diversity and courage: How can technology help reinforce these principles of partnership brokering in remote partnerships where partners mostly do not meet face to face?

Join this 2-hour interactive online research inquiry, hosted by accredited partnership brokers Joanna Pyres and Catherine Russ.

SESSION 01  |  April 12 at 11.00 Washington D.C / 16.00 UK / 18.00 Addis Ababa / 20.30 India
SESSION 02  |  May 3 at 9.00 Washington D.C / 14.00 UK / 16.00 Addis Ababa / 18.30 India 

Only 15 places available at each session, so sign up now by emailing joannapyres@gmail.com. For more information download the flyer and share it with your colleagues and peers.