community of practice on partnership in the esf 8 october 2007 open days benedict wauters deputy...
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Community of Practice on partnership in the ESF
8 October 2007
Open Days
Benedict Wauters Deputy Director Flemish ESF Agency
COP partnership coordinator
Mission of the COP as defined by its members
What is it about?
More and fresh/creative partnership thinking and
implementation in structural funds (especially the ESF)
COP origine
• Initiative came from DG EMPL and ESF
Managing Authorities of Czech Republic,
Austria, Portugal and Belgium Flanders
• Flanders is coordinating
• Linked to an exchange event in Malta (January
2007)
How do we want to achieve this?• Convincing programme managers, including from
new member states of the importance of partnership
• Produce/share and provide easy access to practical tools, models, guidance notes/fiches, good/poor practice descriptions, contextualised case studies and real life stories anchored in reality (including from EQUAL)– For the exchange event in Malta– For the Community website
• Engage in two-way interaction with other networks, initiatives, wider work environment…
Mission of the COP as defined by its members
Source: E. Wenger
COP lifecycle
Where are we now?
Setting up steeringgroup
Launching calls,selecting contractors,
recruiting first memberssetting up technology
Interviewing members
1stbasecamp
Identification of themes to work on
2ndbasecamp
Teams and workplans for two themes set up
Interactive website operational
October 2007December 2006 June 2007 September 2007
COP potential stageCOP potential stage
Moving up to Malta
Implementingteam workplans
3rdbasecamp
First deliverables online
November 2007 January 2008
COP coalescing stageCOP coalescing stage
December 2007
Implementingteam workplans
Final deliverables online
Maltaexchange
event
-Presenting and discussing deliverables-Recruiting new members-Planning next steps
(4th basecamp)
After Malta
Implementingnext steps
decided in Malta
5th basecamp
Implementingnext steps
decided in Malta
Finalbasecamp
COP continues?
April 2008
COP maturing stageCOP maturing stage
March 2008
Stewardship?Stewardship?
Two main themes defined
• What possible partnership structures, forms and
collaborative approaches might be developed
and supported by Managing Authorities under
the new ESF regulations?
• In what ways can partnership commitment at
different levels be encouraged and maintained
and how can Managing Authorities support the
engagement process?
Managing Authorities
andPartnerships
Small and large,North, South, New Member
States
Start-up group
• Malta• Portugal• Greece• Italy• Belgium Flanders• Ireland• Sweden• Poland• Czech Republic• Austria
Partnership Experts
Planned deliverables
• Comprehensive rationale for partnership
• Key success factors at partnership level
• Tools and practices to be used at Managing
Authority level to support the key success
factors
• Country fiches describing what partnership
means and how it is implemented
Key success factors for ”mechanisms”1. Finding a model that adapts to context 2. Aligning your structure to a defined mission and
scope 3. Getting buy-in of all partners 4. Considering the number of partners5. Deciding on levels of formality/informality 6. Building accountability into governance systems 7. Selecting appropriate management options8. Enabling input from target groups and wider
stakeholders9. Learning from reviewing 10.Flexibility
Key success factors for “engagement”1. Identifying and selecting the ‘right’ partners 2. Understanding individual partner drivers 3. Well-defined roles and responsibilities4. Accountable systems and procedures 5. Clear and appropriate communication channels6. Good leadership 7. Involving target groups and key stakeholders8. Developing partnering skills 9. Building institutional engagement10.Impacting wider society and policy-making
organisations
Country fiches• Function of partnership within the OP: ranging
from implementation of activities on the ground (e.g. through projects) to high level strategic decision making
• Stability of partnership: ranging from supporting ad hoc, task oriented partnerships to permanent, institutionalised partnerships
• Importance of ESF funding for partnership: highly dependent to small influence
• Mainly cross-sector partnerships or within a sector• Mainly cross-(sub)regional partnerships or within a
(sub)region
Country fiches• Highly formalised (e.g. legally binding agreements) to
informal• Linked to specific thematic issues / objectives (incl.
possible targeting of specific groups / links with policy) or bottom-up?
• Types of organisations typically involved in partnership (eg. social partners, NGOs, companies, academia, public sector etc.)
• If partnerships are embedded within existing national, regional or local structures, how are these different levels linked to each other and how does this facilitate mainstreaming
• Strong and weak points of the chosen partnership form?• …
Exchange event in Malta
• 17-18th January 2008• 2 representatives per Member State (Managing
Authority or Implementing Body)• Sharing and discussing the COP deliverables• Experiencing the COP way of learning• Discussing future ambitions• Recruiting new members
Interested to join?
• To know what’s going on but:
– Go to www.partnership.esflive.eu
– Register
– Gain access to and read (public) discussion fora, wiki’s,
blogs etc.
• Ready to engage further? Contact the coordinator