Partnerships III : empowering local actors - lessons from the field

Partnerships between national and sub-national state actors and non-state actors were a key part of the demand for good governance (DFGG) project. They aimed to ensure the transfer of social accountability skills and practices, to leverage existing resources to support accountability and governance activity, and to explore the ways that state and non-state actors can work together. This note draws on the experiences of non-government organizations (NGOs) that implemented partnerships in the DFGG project, and includes lessons that can be applied in the design of future initiatives.