Building Bridges Across Sectors
By A. Scott DuPree and David Winder with Cristina Parnetti, Chandni Prasad and Shari Turitz | August 2000 | View Full Text | Email Link
Abstract
This is a chapter from the Foundation Building Sourcebook: A Practitioners Guide Based on Experience in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
This chapter returns to the issue of the leading role foundations can play in building bridges between civil society, government and the business sector. Some of the experiences described influenced national policy while others produced impact at the local level.
Examples
- Enhancing Individual and Corporate Social Responsibility: Esquel Ecuador Foundation
- A Multi-Sectoral Commission to Reform Middle School Education: Puerto Rico Community Foundation
- Fostering Partnerships for the Environment: Foundation for the Philippine Environment
- Exercising a Leadership Role in Partnership Building: Children and Youth Foundation of the Philippines
Summary Points
- Foundations can play a key role in building collaboration between civil society organizations and governments.
- Foundations, particularly corporate foundations, are well placed to facilitate cooperation between civil society organizations (CSOs) and the business sector.
- Board membership can be a critical factor in facilitating the building of partnerships with other sectors.
Funding for the Sourcebook was provided by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, with additional support from Aga Khan Foundation Canada, the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium, Avina, Inc., the Ford Foundation and the Open Society Institute.
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