Networks and partnerships bringing together governments, international organizations, NGOs and business to address pressing challenges in fields as diverse as health, security and finance have become an increasingly important phenomenon in global governance and development. GPPi pioneered research and consulting work on public private partnerships and global public policy networks, and continues to develop and evaluate strategies for improving the effectiveness and accountability of networks and partnerships.

Current projects

Global Review of Cause-Related Marketing Alliances

UNICEF relies on a broad and diverse set of corporate alliances to implement its mission – strengthening the protection of children’s rights, helping to meet their...

Networking United Nations Private Sector Focal Points

A wide range of programs, funds, and specialized agencies across the entire UN family closely work with the private sector...

Completed Projects

Role and Success Factors of Round Tables

In Germany and abroad, traditional governmental and administrative functions are reaching their limits. On the one hand, the state, working with a modest...

Review of Public-Private Partnerships Promoting Labour Market Integration of Disadvantaged Groups

Today the world faces the largest and best educated generation of young people in history, more than one billion between the ages of...

Public-Private Partnerships for Education

To date, little research on public-private partnerships for education exists, and it remains unclear in what areas such partnerships are...

"Towards Global Partnerships": Development of the Secretary-General’s Report

Developing the UN Secretary-General's Report "Towards Global Partnerships", presented at the 64th session of the General Assembly...

UNICEF Global Strategy for Collaborative Relationships and Partnerships

Partnerships contribute to UNICEF’s work through a wide range of activities, focusing on the implementation of programs, the mobilization of resources, as well as...

"Towards Global Partnerships": Development of the Secretary-General's Report

Developing the UN Secretary-General’s Report "Towards Global Partnerships", which will be presented at the 62nd session of the General Assembly.

Principles for a "Best Practice" Strategy in the Use of Public-Private Partnerships in German Development Assistance

Public-private partnerships (PPP) represent a new and promising instrument in German development assistance, with over two thousand PPP projects ...

Review of the Global Reporting Initiative

During the past decade, reporting on non-financial indicators ("sustainability reporting") has seen tremendous growth...

Partnering for Youth

Towards a Partnership Strategy for the ILO

The U.N. and Partnerships

Taking Stock and Sketching a Way Forward

The MMSD History Project

Mining, Metals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) was an independent two-year process of research and consultation in the mining and minerals ...

SEED Initiative Research & Learning Channel

The Seed Initiative aimed to inspire, support and build the capacity of locally-driven entrepreneurial partnerships...

Exploring and Analyzing Accountability in Global Governance

In recent years, the concept of accountability has emerged as one of the key approaches in the search for new modes of democratic governance ...

Teaching Case: World Commission on Dams

Developed by GPPi for the Hertie School of Governance, a new public policy school located in Berlin.

Teaching Case: The Kimberley Process

The Kimberley Process brought together the diamond industry, advocacy groups, and governments to negotiate a solution to the problem of "conflict diamonds".

Teaching Case: Financial Action Task Force

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is a "government network" to combat money laundering...

The Partnership Principle

New Forms of Governance in the 21st Century