Pattaya Workshop, March 2004
28-31 March 2004- Workshop on Building NGO-Private Sector Partnership Against Poverty Organized by ADB’s NGO Center and GSK Bio and hosted by PDA, the workshop convene twenty-six participants from 10 Asian countries, representing NGOs, ADB and the private sector to share and learn about partnership experiences. NGO participants included experiences practitioners of private sector partnerships. Others had only limited familiarity with such partnerships, but were keen to learn more about their potential and how to forge successful ones. In advance of the workshop, each participant was required to submit a case study and prepare a poster, both of which were used in the workshop discussions to distill best practices and lessons learned. The purpose of the workshop was to explore how to support poverty reduction and sustainable development in Asia through partnerships between NGOs and the private sector. In particular, the workshop sought to:
- Identify ways to strengthen partnerships between NGOs and the private sector in poverty reduction in Asia and the Pacific
- Explore options for developing a network of NGOs and private sector representatives that could provide a platform for follow-up activities
- Consider the role of international organizations in facilitating such partnerships
In pursuing these objectives, three concrete outputs from the workshop were envisioned:
- Templates and models to replicate future NGO-private sector collaboration;
- A plan of action on how to move forward in strengthening NGO-private sector partnerships in Asia and the Pacific; and
- A series of case studies and lessons learned to support future network activities.
