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16th Meeting of Senior Fellowships Officers of the United Nations System and Host Country Agencies
partnered with some 230 organizations in conducting training and study tours; trained
some 1200 participants, serviced some 40 countries in Asia, Africa, Pacific, produced
five books on various aspects of Development Management, prepared 15 guidebooks
and wrote numerous articles. Most of DCAAP’s training participants had been sent by
projects of partner organizations which were assisted largely by UNDP, UNFPA, WB
and ADB. Those organizations also sent some of their own field office staff for training.
133. Knowing that partnership was a promising strategy, DCAAP developed and continued
to develop a database of over 2000 actual and potential partners composed of
government organizations, non-government organizations, non-profit organizations,
academic institutions, business firms, religious organizations and international funding
organizations from Asia, Africa and the Pacific. DCAAP further established partnerships
with some 20 national organizations in 15 Asian countries conducting in-country
and inter-country study tours. Since 1995 it had coordinated 16 study tours with
over 50 organizations.
134. Mr. Mercado noted in his paper that DCAAP had identified three types of partnership.
Firstly, a service provider-client partnership where DCAAP was the trainer for trainees
sent by partner organizations. Secondly, a partnership where both partner organizations
served as trainers for a number of other organizations. Thirdly, a client-service provider
relationship where DCAAP asked a partner organization to service DCAAP’s needs.
135. Projecting on the near future, DCAAP did not intend to increase its internal staffing
but intended to increase the number of partners, locally and internationally. It intended
to grow not so much financially as intellectually by sharing its knowledge with
partner training institutions worldwide, if possible, through the continuous assistance
of the United Nations system.
136. Mr. Mercado’ paper drew the attention to the fact that in teaming up with other organizations
it was important to guarantee that a potential partner was reliable and stable.
The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with each partner institution indicated the
parties concerned, the statement of work, the period of the contract, the mode of payment,
the termination of the contract and the signatures of the representatives of the
contracting parties. DCAAP also verified the legal status of the potential partner organizations
before formalizing the link. In order to ensure the quality of outputs of its
partner organization DCAAP attached to the MOA a copy of the Terms of Reference
(TOR). The TOR included the title of activity, an introduction, objectives, expected
outputs, activities, the duration and responsibilities. To ensure that the partner organizations
submitted the proper evaluation data after the training took place DCAAP
sent an appropriate questionnaire, instructions on how to complete it, a sample of a
completed form and appropriate dummy tables. In order to guarantee that the partner
organizations submitted the expected report on time, DCAAP sent contents of earlier
related reports, edited the reports from each country and sent a copy to each partner
for final review.