The 21st Century is likely to be marked with increasing instability and security challenges across the globe, as the combined impacts of resource shortages, climate change, ethnic and religious polarisation and societal inequalities bite ever deeper. More and more displaced communities seem inevitable. This is the prime focus of ReBuilding Lives. In this Presntation Robert Pye describes how the organization Ethos is keen to work with interested and concerned members of GlobalNet21 to “rebuild lives.” By developing infrastructure capability building, Ethos is are eager to recruit individuals and organisations with first-hand experience and to uncover some approaches to funding pilot projects and experiments. This is a great opportunity for Globalnet21 to partner with Ethos, through access to the many conversations we are engaged in, as well as the rich resource found in our members, amongst whom we undoubtedly have people with the necessary attributes who want to make a difference.

1. ETHOS Rebuilding Lives
ETHOS
http://ethosvo.org
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2. Topics
• Background
• Context for Rebuilding Lives. How it fits with Ethos.
• Examples
• Ethos current capability
• Rebuilding Lives
• Background and story
• The scope of the problem: the community view
• Where next?
ETHOS
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3. Context Rebuilding Haiti
• Video. Haiti two years on. NGO / contractors budgets - Self interest?
ETHOS
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4. Concept: capability always looking two directions
Institutions / Organisations / Networks / Markets
ETHOS
Collaboration, trust and moderation.
Mediating Networks and Institutions
ETHOS
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5. Example: Team Army (http://teamarmy.org)
Financing 45 Army Sports through sponsorship
<co-venture called Ethos fundraising Ltd>
350 Industry supply chain / Sponsors
ETHOS
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6. Local Government: Getting more for less
300 LA‟s all need to deliver “more for less”
<open source websites (content management systems) >
300 LA‟s + local community + SME‟s
ETHOS
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7. Aldershot Tennis Centre
Army Tennis (£3m centre – non public funds) on PFI
<co-venture to operate for 27 years>
MoD Infrastructure org (ground rent), Lawn Tennis (capital grant), Public benefit
ETHOS
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8. Rebuilding Lives
Displaced communities (developing countries)
<the ability to integrate existing capabilities>
Supply chain / NGO‟s / governments / militaries
So far discussions over 2 years. Still a concept. . .
ETHOS
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9. In a nutshell
• A network of over 100 senior execs / companies (http://ethosvo.org)
• A group of companies and a charity (started early 2010). £1.5M income since 2010.
• Member owned (10% to 16 members, further 90% will be allocated over next 5 years)
• 2012 Fundraising for further £4m.
Example core team members
• Robert Pye – ex Ernst & Young Director, Thales VP
• Tony Clarke –business change specialist
• Gerald Callus –programme director
• Vinay Gupta* – State failure guru. Hexayurt
• Andy Uren* – brand and communications
• Lamont Kirkland – British Army General
• Andy Fryer – recently retired RAF Air Commodore
• Mike Davis-Marks* – Royal Navy Captain.
* Also work within other institutions
ETHOS
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10. Rebuilding Lives
Integrated and sustainable infrastructure driven by local community
ETHOS
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11. Rebuilding Lives - Background
Apr 2010 We have “capability”
• Sanitation / Water purification
• Shelter
• Communications (inc. mobile)
• Logistics / Supply chain
How to use “commercially” for humanitarian purpose?
• Not GD leading…
• Worked together on proposition. Built a team.
• GD Board had second thoughts (Nov 2010)
• Ethos allowed to run the project. Adopt the name.
• GD may participate rather than lead.
ETHOS
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12. Integrated & Sustainable: the community view
ETHOS
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13. Alignment of Agendas
• Every person, group or organisation comes with agendas
• Rather than fight this inevitability, work on reframing to produce alignment
• Poorly aligned example
• Western charity built a school, to meet its agenda to feel they were helping
• Failed to meet local agenda – lack of teachers (or power for the electric fan!)
ETHOS
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14. Alignment of Agendas
• Better example: An „ad hoc‟ car park school
• Military agenda to build relationships with local people to enhance security,
give people hope and so a stake in the future
• Local agenda to educate their children for a better future
• Quote “we are happy to work as cleaners that we might pay for our children to
be educated so they can work in your offices”
ETHOS
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15. Alignment of Agendas
• Another good example: Planning and delivering an irrigation channel –
together (NATO and Afghan military officers with village elder)
• Military agenda to build relationships with local people to enhance security,
give people hope and so a stake in the future
• Local agenda to increase crop production to generate additional income
ETHOS
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16. Wouldn’t it be great if we could deconstruct exiting capabilities and
re-assemble them with in the interests of displaced communities in mind?
Charities &
United Nations
NGO’s
Development
Governments Businesses
Agencies
Military Supply
Individuals
Chain
Current Institutions
Deliver Follow
Leadership
Supply Outcomes Change through-life
Innovation
Chain “right to left Management
plan”
Processes Resources –
Know-how including capital Form organisation
around problem
Build ‘value’
networks Align power
Everyone has and politics People
100% aligned Values /
“interests” behaviour
Deconstructed
Capability
Rebuilding Lives Capability
Integrated
Local communities are the
ETHOS owners Solution serving
VALUABLE OUTCOMES Local communities

17. Start small: examples of achievements
Hexayurt
Solar Lights..
ETHOS
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18. Next Steps: one or two pilot projects
Value Build “supply chain” capabilities in parallel with project
Sustain / Improve
ID Project
Delivery
and capability
Design / Configure / Test
Time
Today 12 months
ETHOS
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19. What we need from you
• Candidate Projects / Problems: Smaller the better really.
• NOT Haiti / Horn of Africa / Single community level ideally.
• MUST be able to get community representation / proxies on these projects
• An integrated and sustainable effect must be within reach
• MUST be able to define a problem concretely and systemically.
• Capabilities: Institutions / Companies / NGO’s to work with
• The more the better. Need employees willing to be flexible
Finance
• A budget of £100k per pilot would enable us to scope sensibly to fit. Who
could sponsor us? Any and all ideas welcome. Fundraising on Just Giving,
for example?
People
• Who have first hand experience of redevelopment. Of institutions that work
in this space. Who are experienced project managers or business
developers or have technical or humanitarian domain experience? Spread
the word. Sign-up as a member of http://ethosvo.org
ETHOS
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20. Questions?
ETHOS
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21. ETHOS VALUABLE OUTCOMES
ETHOS
ethosvo.org
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