Why private sector partnerships matter
The development landscape has evolved in recent decades. And one of the major changes over that period has been the greater emphasis on the role of the private sector and private foundations as development actors. helping to tackle the most pressing global and regional challenges countries around the world today.
For the past three years, the EBRD has stepped up its active engagement with the philanthropic community, finding ways to develop partnerships to scale up impact.
Within this community, there is an emerging consensus around the key priorities for the development agenda: combating climate change, facilitating digitalisation, fostering financial and social inclusion, addressing the refugee and migration crises, promoting good governance and anti-corruption, investing in infrastructure, amongst others.
These priorities bring the EBRD, private sector corporates and philanthropic organisations into ever-closer alignment with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, helping to tackle the most pressing global and regional challenges.
Working with the EBRD’s Private Sector Partnerships Team
Our Private Sector Partnerships team focuses on leading successful partnerships with philanthropic organisations, private sector corporates with strong sustainability programmes, international civil society organisations, research organisations and others to support effective policy interventions, coordinate on-the-ground activities and facilitate technical assistance project implementation.
Future collaboration and development of new partnerships will foster new opportunities, enabling the EBRD to achieve greater scale and multiply our impact.
The team’s engagement with the philanthropic community to date includes partnerships with the philanthropic arms of JP Morgan Chase, Tengizchevroil (TCO) LLP, Visa, Oxfam, Save the Children, MasterCard, Shell, among others.
