Given the rising intensity of demographic pressures, natural resources scarcity, environmental degradation, and social inequity, no single actor has the resources or the capacity to solve the global development challenge alone. The enormity of the task is well beyond the current methods, approaches, and policies in development. International donors, foundations, NGOs, and businesses are seeking to leverage and coordinate their development efforts in a time of budget austerity.  Accordingly, the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) has launched a Center of Excellence for Transformational Partnerships.

The Center will be a catalytic knowledge hub to scale up learning and the practice of public private partnerships that drive transformational change leading to sustainable development in Africa. The Center will seek to reduce in a concrete fashion some of the significant impediments to transformational public-private partnerships. These impediments include: 1) the absence of a structured framework for public-private partnerships (PPPs); 2) the absence of adequate finance; 3) the lack of understanding on how to design and manage public-private partnerships among partners and foster an overall political and business climate that allows them to thrive. The Center’s work will be guided by an Advisory Board and input from African, U.S. and European partners.

Center of Excellence for Transformational Partnerships Information and Advisory Board

Center of Excellence for Transformational Partnerships Advisory Board Bios