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DBSA – The Development Bank of Southern Africa implements effective partnerships through designing and developing effective partnership models to implement strategic plans and programmes

DBSA has identified and engaged in key strategic partnerships to address climate change challenges. DBSA identifies stakeholders, engages them to develop key drivers of sustainability and to formulate and implement, monitor and review responsive strategies.
Key points
  • Visionary leadership at key levels in the organization speeds up appropriateness of responses to the challenges faced. Strategic Planning at institutional level is key. The value proposition needs to be developed, followed by business models, operational plans that clearly spell out and report against upfront agreed targets.
  • DFI’s play a key role in influencing the supply chain, creating and ensuring an enabling environment to reduce risks and open opportunities for other financial institutions and partners to engage in the green economy. Creative and smart partnership arrangements between government, private sector and the Civil Society is needed for successful mainstreaming and implementation at scale.
  • Private sector project developers need a clear framework within which to invest, whilst the procurement programs need consistent, timely, and expert implementation. The REIPP programme is an example of a welldesigned and transparent procurement process