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From multi-actor
partnerships to innovation
platforms
Javier Mazorra
Alianza Shire Partnership Coordinator
Javier.mazorra@upm.es
www.alianzashire.org

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In this presentation…
Why?What? How?

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1 What? Alianza Shire
We are an multi-actor partnership that aims to develop sustainable
solutions for energy access in refugee camps and their host
communities.

4.
1
What?
Pilot Project
Adi-Harush Refugee
Camp
Ethiopia
8000 refugees

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What? Project Phase II
4 refugee camps
25.000 refugees
17.000 locals
34 months
(July ‘18 – May ‘21)
Co-funded by the E.U.
CRRF Framework
1
…
…
25
Kilometers
of street
lighting
…
…
100% Connected
Services
450 Connected
Businesses
…
…
1700Solar
Systems

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Why? Partnership spectrum2
Stott (2019), ECDPM Great Insights magazine, Winter 2018/2019 (volume 8, issue 1)
Philanthropic
Charitable
Reactive
Transactional
Integrative
Strategic
Transformative

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Why? Lessons learnt2
Norms and Procedures Management
Values Learning Spaces

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How? Lab Shire2
Norms and Procedures Management
Values Learning Spaces
Lab Shire

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Learning Spaces
LAB SHIRE
3 How? LABSHIRE
Need for new relationship schemes and collaboration structures based
on multi-stakeholder partnerships
Lack of necessary theoretical and practical frameworks
Generating independent spaces in which the learning derived from
experience is systematized and innovated in different levels

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3 How? LABSHIRE
Three complementary scope areas:
- Research and Innovation
- Training
- Knowledge Transfer and New Narratives

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Conclusions
Humanitarian Energy Conference, July 31 – August 1, 2019 –
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Wicked problems
Transformative Partnerships
Foster innovation and knowledge transfer
From partnership to an innovation platform

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www.alianzashire.org
This project is co-funded by the European Union through the Spanish Agency for International
Development Cooperation (AECID)