The Partnership Principle

Project objectives

The Alfred Herrhausen Society (AHS) is a forum for international dialogue sponsored by Deutsche Bank. GPPi assisted the Alfred Herrhausen Society in conceptualizing and operationalizing its activities around its topic of the year for 2004: new forms of governance.

In tackling this topic the AHS investigated whether "trust, and with it legitimacy, [can] be regained through the creation of partnerships in which business, civil society and politics share responsibility and together develop problem-solving expertise to address pressing global challenges".

GPPi contributed to two major activities:

• First, GPPi provided editorial support for the edited volume on "The Partnership Principle. New Forms of Governance in the 21st Century" (edited by Susan Stern and Elisabeth Seligmann). The book brought together contributions from leading scholars and practitioners including GPPi board members Mary Robinson and Mark Malloch Brown.
• Second, GPPi assisted in conceptualizing the AHS annual colloquium on "The Partnership Principle" – a major conference with more than 200 participants held in Berlin on 2-3 July 2004.

Project outputs

Edited volume "The Partnership Principle. New forms of governance in the 21^st century" (edited by Susan Stern and Elisabeth Seligmann, London, Archetype Publishers 2004)

German version: "Das Prinzip Partnerschaft – Neue Formen von Governance im 21. Jahrhundert"