1. An Old Concept For A New Future: Exploring the
Innovation of Working in Authentic Partnerships in the
Solomon Islands
Katie Greenwood
SINPA Chair & Oxfam Country Director
Solomon Islands

2. SINPA’s Goal
By working together, Solomon Islanders improve their long
term health, well-being and livelihoods.
SINPA
Australian
Aid
Oxfam
Oxfam/ FSC
SCA
ADRA
APHEDA
IWDA
SCA SI
ADRA
SI
APHEDA/
RTCs
Live & Learn

3. What is partnership?
FSC
Influencing Factors include:
•Board governance experience
•Personal experiences of staff and Board with S.I
service delivery
•Level and context of staff training
•Expectations of operations from S.I organisational
accreditation systems
•Years of operating experience
•Previous experiences with Donors and partners
OXFAM
Influencing Factors include:
•Lessons from other Oxfam affiliates re:
organisational development and
program best practice
•Requirements of AusAID and others re
accountability and accreditation
•Oxfam values and operating principles
•Years of operating experience
•Level of acceptable organisational risk

4. Partnership, SBA & Capacity Building
Solomon Islands
Government
CLC Network Steering
Committee
Prov.
Network
Prov.
Network
Prov.
Network
CLC
CLC
CLC
CLC
CLC
CLC
CLC
CLC
CLC
APHEDA SKILLS Project

5. Partnership, SBA &
Capacity Building
Supporting Change
Lessons
•Mentoring
•Training
•Opportunities to
network
•Decentralised
models
•Capacity
assessment tools
•Empowerment
Evaluations
•Shared
responsibility
•Broker
relationships
•Importance of good
role
models/champions
•continually
reinforce
incremental positive
changes in behaviour
and attitude
•making use of the
power of the
collective/majority
to “speak truth to
power”
APHEDA SKILLS Project

6. Steering Committee Development
Citizen Led
Partnership
Placation
Consulting
Informing
Manipulation

7. Partnership & Accountability
Australian
Aid
Oxfam
SCA
Oxfam/ FSC
SCA SI
ADRA
ADRA
SI
APHEDA
APHEDA/
CLCs
IWDA
Live & Learn
Australian
Aid
Australian
People
Primary
Beneficiaries
Civil Society
S.I
Government

8. Partnership & Power
SINPA Chair
Australian Aid
ANGO
SINPA Partner
Politician
Local partner
Community
Chief
community
Line Ministry
Influential
Development
Professional

9. SINPA Gender Standards

10. Facilitating
Change
Use
momentum to
embed in
culture
Document &
celebrate
success
Set goals to
remove
barriers
Why
embrace
change?
Gender
working group
take carriage
Standards
=
Vision
Buy in via
peer
review
Make it
happen
Set the
stage
Make it
stick

11. Partnership & Learning
SINPA
Australian
Aid
Oxfam
Oxfam/ FSC
SCA
ADRA
APHEDA
IWDA
SCA SI
ADRA
SI
APHEDA/
RTCs
Live & Learn