Eligibility Criteria- Involves activities that are global, regional, or multi-national (not single-country) in scope;
- Has global relevance, impact and implications;
- Has a clear, identifiable strategy for expansion/replication, regionally and globally;
- Involves thematic experts;
- Features innovation;
- Has a clearly articulated value proposition for GKP and the target beneficiary;
- Has a built-in action-research component that codifies gained knowledge and experience to enhance the GKP's Knowledge Assets; and
- Includes feasible propositions on sustainability and is sustainable in every sense, social and financial.
Project Proponent and Partnership Management
- Multi-stakeholder (cross-sectoral consortia) in design and delivery.
- Formalised through a Partnership Agreement that specifies roles and responsibility of partners.
- Has a GKP Member as champion or project lead to liaise with GKPS.
- May involve other GKP members and non-members. Ideally, majority should be non-members so as to expand GKP Network.
- Involve partners of strategic value to GKP, with a focus on the following:
- GKP priority targets that includes Government and Business entities;
- ICT4D thematic expert communities that are under-represented in the GKP Network;
- Cross-sectoral partners must contribute to project direction and decision-making, share risks, contribute resources, and be actively involved in project implementation; and
- Partnership must draw on complementary strengths of stakeholders.
Themes & Research
- GPP themes should fall under the GKP Strategy 2010 themes.
- Projects should embed an action-research component, specifically:
- Action-research with respect to development impact of the initiative; and
- Action-research with respect to the Multi-Stakeholder Partnership process – partnership exploration, partnership building and partnership maintenance.
GKP’s Commitment
While responsibility for raising funds for onward sustainability or scale-up is shared between the project proponent and their partners, GKP will actively:
- Assist project proponents in fundraising efforts to sustain the project; and
- Promote the project to potential donors at every appropriate opportunity.
Expected Outputs from Project
- Brokered Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships that truly demonstrate the benefits and effective utility of the Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships approach.
- New GKP Partners and Members: Grow the GKP Network.
- Learning and Knowledge Products: Grow GKP Knowledge Assets.
For more information on the GPPs, please contact the GKP Secretariat's Programme & Research Unit at pru@gkps.org.my .
