Stakeholder Category
— Become Our Partner: Stakeholder Category for Partnership
EXPECTATIONS WITHIN SHARED VISION
PVO provides a platform for collaboration, brokering partnerships for SDGs. Depending on the nature of the stakeholder, the role and contribution can be varied. Each stakeholder has a unique opportunity to share resources, competencies, and aspirations to enter the partnership platform.
The platform drives a shared vision between partners for improving collective value (Collaborative Advantage) while benefiting each member’s individual goals. (Strategic mission achievement or Organizational gain, i.e. resource gains, intangible/indirect gains, etc)
+ Category: Business
Open to all business entity including small and medium-sized enterprises and large corporations, as well as a social enterprise.
Company
Role and Interests
- To produce and distribute goods and services (directly, or as part of a value chain) to satisfy a public need or demand;
- To make a financial profit for investors / owners.
Resources brought to the table
- A market-based / value creation approach
- Brand power
- Marketing, advertising, and communications expertise
- Direct access to, and influence with, customer base and employees
- The products and services they deliver, including financial products such as micro-lending
- Technical innovation / efficiency / management
- Direct influence within its value chains, including purchasing decisions
- Infrastructure / logistics
- Financial and in-kind contributions
- (Generally) an appetite for risk
- A ‘solutions’ mindset and a focus on results
- Access to customers, employees, suppliers, peer companies, investors, training providers
+ Category: Institution
Civil Society Organization including NGOs/Foundation/Academia/Research Community, etc.
NGOs
Role and Interests
- Promotion of rights, equity, social and environmental development.
- Providing support and services for those in need and/or excluded from mainstream society.
- Acting as guardians of the public good including holding the government to account and ensuring the proper representation and upholding of rights of the underprivileged.
Resources brought to the table
- (Particularly international NGOs): Access to international knowledge and resources
- Technical knowledge / delivery capacity
- Deep knowledge of, and reach and access to, communities and people
- Legitimacy / social capital / influence (can be particularly strong in faith-based organizations)
- Ability to organize and engage people (e.g. around advocacy)
Foundation
Role and Interests
- Providing funding and/or technical assistance and/or running programs using its sources of funding to deliver the foundation’s goals.
Resources brought to the table
- Funding
- Networks
- Technical assistance
- Linkages to ‘parent’ organization (company, family)
Academia + Research Community
Role and Interests
- Playing a trusted convening role early on and/or hosting the partnership or providing the secretariat;
- Undertaking context analysis, providing key information and essential data to the partnership;
- Undertaking monitoring and evaluation;
- Drawing out learning and developing partnership case studies;
- Empowering citizens who understand SDGs;
- Teaching to ensure skills for the new economy, etc.
Resources brought to the table
- Teaching (as well as research), including teacher training
- A breeding ground for innovation / leadership
- Evidence-based policy advice for joint advocacy
- Open data collection and sharing
- Strong regional and global networks
+ Category: Adventurer
Frontline pioneers are separated into Do-ers, Connectors, and Communicators.
- The Do-ers: Community
Adventure enthusiasts, seekers, and professionals, etc.
- The Connectors: Logistics
Local support groups, Land/Maritime logistics, transportation, tour operations, and arrangements.
- The Communicators: Media
Creative Agency, Newspapers, TV companies, content creators (including freelancers), social media, ‘influencers’.
Community & Logistics
Role and Interests
- To explore the unknown, challenge the human limits, and discover new potentials.
- To inspire the human spirit and educate.
- Implementing the balance between human + mother nature and sustainable lifestyle.
- To initiate a goal-oriented, purpose-driven project.
- To gain advanced experience, skills, and knowledge.
- Creating opportunities for individuals to enjoy culture and nature, and contribute to the physical and mental health.
- Sponsorships and partnerships for collaboration.
- Seeking financial and strategic supports for planning and execution.
Resources brought to the table
- Access to the edge of the world and unknowns
- Willingness to discover, learn and explore, as well as to adopt a new normal
- Professional and practical skillsets for specific requirements
- Teamwork, mental strength, and positive attitude
- Access to unique locations and marketing opportunities
- Promotion of goods and testing
- Brand Representation for marketing and advertising
- Public Relations and storytelling
- Active Advocate
- Research data collection
- Contribution to Academia and Research Community with the discovery
Media
Role and Interests
- Bringing a unique set of resources that can be particularly helpful for advocacy and/or behavioral change:
Resources brought to the table
- Direct and (depending on the country) trusted access to large numbers of viewers and listeners;
- Strong understanding of their ‘customers’ and ability to tell a story most engagingly;
- Marketing and promotion skills.
Reference: UN SDG Partnership Guidebook 1.01