2006, AccountAbility, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Partnerships are increasingly used to deliver public policy objectivesand offer the potential to deliver outcomes that single organizations cannot, or to simply deliver them more efficiently. As a result, financial investments, resource investments, and numerous trategies have been aimed at building partnerships for development and business gains. However, partnerships are facing increasing pressures to find appropriate mechanisms for their decision-making and accountability processes and to respond to stakeholders’ concerns in a legitimate way.
The Global Development Alliance of USAID has recognized the increasing importance of how partnership’s are governed and (seen to be) held to account. The GDA has therefore commissioned AccountAbility to:
- Assist in its broader development and engagement in the field; and
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Develop a set of principles and a diagnostic rating tool of good governance and accountability practice that is appropriate to partnerships’ missions, objectives and their stakeholders.
These tools are embodied in the Partnership Governance and Accountability (PGA) Framework and are aimed at improving partnership performance enhancing both their effectiveness and legitimacy.
