2. Session Objectives
• Creating and Managing Effective
Partnerships
• Vehicles to Create Partnerships
• Successful Partnership Stories
• Questions and Answers
3. Vehicles Available to You
• ProjectLink
• Project Fairs
• Rotary Programs – e.g., ROTA
• Inter Country Committees
• Twin Clubs
• External Organizations
• Partners in Rotary Service
• Social Media
4. ProjectLink
Vincent Eleazar,
District 3820, Philippines
11. Keep it simple so that it can be easily
appreciated and understood by the
foreign club. Avoid complicated and
long-range projects because your
international partner Rotary club
would, most likely, want to be able to
report the completion of the project
within the same Rotary year.
12. Consider a project that combines
the following elements:
• CHILDREN
• WATER
• EDUCATION, and
• HEALTH CONCERNS
13. Keep it manageable so that you
will not have problems in the
implementation of the project. If
possible, tap government
agencies to perform the day-to-
day aspects of the project
implementation.
14. Establish a working relationship
with local government agencies
like your and local Health Center
and public schools, etc. They
have an abundance of projects
waiting for sponsors and funding.
15. Keep it affordable so that your
prospective donor-base will
include even small clubs with
small budgets.
16. Only in Rotary can you see clubs from
diverse countries and cultures like
Taiwan, Japan, the USA, South
Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and
the Philippines join hands to help the
poorest of the poor in a community.
19. The Role of ICC in Rotary
Country based activity for bilateral humanitarian
and peace efforts, using all RI programs and
initiatives
20. Peace and the Role of ICCs
• ICCs are bilateral activities of countries and their
districts
• ICCs can help in creating a climate for peace between
countries in the same region and far beyond
• Humanitarian projects help to provide an environment
for alleviating internal tensions:
• cf Mediterranean Peace Initiative
21. Organizing an ICC
• Agreement from the District Governors
in each of the countries
• Identify interested Rotarians, clubs
and districts
• Approval of both sections = ICC
• Charter celebration
22. from 37.030.2. Establishing an
Intercountry Committee
Intercountry committees should involve districts in two or
more countries and act only in an advisory capacity to the
governors……..inviting district governors from each
district in the country to participate, identifying potential
projects……….. After the planning committee has completed
these tasks, a national section should be developed in each
participating country with the approval of the national
coordinator and at least one district governor. ……...
(June 2007 Mtg.,Bd. Dec. 281)
23. Summary on how Inter-Country
Committees Work
• National Section in each of the two Countries
• Participation: Rotarians, spouses, Rotaractors, clubs
and districts
• Importance of Empathy and comprehension
• and long term commitment
• National Coordinator for all ICCs appointed by
Governors
• Options for multi-country districts
24. 37.030.7 FINANCES
• They are entirely covered by the countries.
• There are well established procedures in each
country, how to finance ICC and National
Coordination.
• Relationships with Districts
• ICCs shall function under the direction, and with
close cooperation, of the respective Governors.
25. The Role of ICCs
• Focus on long term relations between
Rotarians of two countries
• Common activities and service projects
• Special focus on team building projects
• ICC are activities of countries and their
districts
26. Value added of ICC
• Know how build up through longer term commitment
• Combine efforts and project knowhow of Rotarians, their
clubs and their districts –
• who all have real interest in the other country
• Section with local expertise in each of the two countries
• Encourage more clubs and districts to join – bring new ideas
• Many more you will find out
30. Creating Effective Partnerships
Between Rotary Entities and
External Organizations
By Marion Bunch
Founder & CEO, RFFA
May 2012
31. Partner
NGO
Private
Foundations
Africa Int’l Clubs
Rotary Identify Rotary Districts
Needs
Resources & Foundation
Districts
Resources
32. Rotary Family Health Day 2011
Rotary District 9200 and RFFA
D 9200
102 Rotary Clubs
1,000 Rotarians • Mobilize families
and local resources
• Provide Administration
• Testing & Counseling
• Monitor & Evaluate FHI
AIC RFFA
Delta Airlines
• Partner with Districts
• Obtain Funds,
Partners & Resources
The Coca-Cola
Africa Foundation Ministry of Health
• Mobilization Funds
• Activate Media Plan • Event Direction
• Bottler Involvement • Support Services
33. In Addition to HIV/Counseling
• Polio Immunization
• Malaria Screening and Provision of Bed Nets
• Cervical Cancer Screening
• Mammography
• Diabetes Testing
• Blood Pressure
• Dental Clinic
• Distribution of Sanitary Towel Packet
• De-worming for All Children, Vitamin A Supplements
• Pharmacies Established On-Site
34. 2011 Rotary Family Health Day Results
+ 38,000 people received free health care services in
ONE DAY across the nations of Kenya and Uganda.
+ 741 people tested HIV positive out of the 25,000
people receiving testing/counseling services.
+ 1,000 Rotarians from 102 Rotary Clubs volunteered
their services for a day.
+ Will be a Pan African Event going forward w/ USG support.
35. Rotary Family Health Day 2012
Rotary Districts 9200, 9110, RFFA and TCAAF
3 Countries
150 Rotary Clubs,
1500 Rotarians • Mobilize families
and local resources
• Provide
• Testing &
Administration
Counseling FHI
• Monitor & Evaluate AIC RFFA
Delta Airlines
• Partner with
Districts
• Obtain Funds,
Partners &
Resources
The Coca-Cola
• Mobilization Funds Africa Foundation Ministry of Health
• Activate Media Plan
• Bottler Involvement • Event Direction
• Support Services
36. How to Make This Happen
• There must be shared value.
• What’s in it for them to partner with you.
• Use network to make the contact.
• Each organization has a separate,
defined role – no duplication.
• Define roles, responsibilities in a signed
Memorandum of Understanding.
• Create plan with timeline.
38. Tips for Effective Partnering
• Establish Clear, Shared Goals
• Committees/Not Individuals
• Shared Engagement
• Assess - What Worked/What Did Not
• Identify New Opportunities
39. Resources
• “Make Connections” page of Rotary.org
• “Working with Partners” page of Rotary.org
• “Establishing Effective Partnerships” document (available
as a PDF download)
• ProjectLINK – www.rotary.org/projectlink
• ROTA website - http://www.reachouttoafrica.org/
• Rotarians on Social Networks Fellowship - www.rosnf.net
• Contact RI’s Rotary Service department at
rotary.service@rotary.org