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In French: Facilitation des processus plurilateraux, article de 16 pages, dec 2010
In the practice of capacity development, there has been a gradual shift away from training individuals to strengthening organizations. Currently, the emphasis seems to be shifting again; from working with single organisations to facilitating multi-stakeholder processes (MSPs).
Donor agencies are learning that most development challenges cannot be addressed by individual organisations. Agencies face the challenge of developing new ways of providing funding that allow for effective engagement with MSPs.
Donors face the challenge in ensuring that established donor-recipient relationships do not undermine support for MSPs. Donors need to recognise that they are also part of the system and that their role can beneficial but also harmful to MSPs.
Facilitating MSPs requires considerable skill. Many of these competencies can be acquired through research, while others are honed through experience. While MSPs may be about working towards a common vision, they are also an arena for power games. This is not necessarily a bad thing.
“The role of a trusted broker is to decrease the levels of risk for actors to engage and who helps them to do things that they did not consider feasible before” (Kenyan advisor, Thomas Were, one of the co-authors of enclosed article.
Interview with Advisor Thomas Were on the new livestock market in Samburu, Kenya
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