Roles and responsibilities

Ways of Working

Governance

Governance fundamentals should also include a clear delineation of roles and responsibilities to ensure clarity and shared accountability.

Clearly define roles, responsibilities, and accountability mechanisms for each partner, considering their strengths and expertise. Specify who has ownership over each area to avoid competition between partners.
Define the resource contributions of each partner. This includes financial, technical, material, and human resources. For financial, there should be transparency and mutual agreement on budget allocations.
Identify leadership roles for stakeholder engaging, including managing relationships with funders.
Establish Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for each partner, reflecting specific targets they are responsible for achieving during the collaboration.
Appoint relationship managers as key points of contact for external partners.
Implement accountability mechanisms to ensure commitments to gender equality are met. Examples include setting up independent review panels or integrating gender equality metrics into corporate media performance evaluations.
Integrate the roles and responsibilities with the MEL Framework. This includes appointing a principal coordinator for monitoring and evaluation activities, and partner specific KPIs for MEL.
If any roles are unassigned or gaps identified, consider including additional partners from the partner mapping list, to ensure all responsibilities are covered.