Power Lunch with Tariq Al Gurg
Date
Mar 19, 2014Location
Capital Club DubaiYAL VIP Lunch
Tariq Al Gurg, CEO of Dubai Cares, was joined by Members of Young Arab Leaders in a closed Power Lunch last March 19, 2014 at Capital Club-DIFC, Dubai, UAE.
He discussed the importance of forging partnerships & being strategically positioned globally for effective program implementation. The theme “Effective Partnerships in Development & Philanthropy” highlighted the importance & usefulness of forging partnerships–coming out of the cheque-writing model to forging long-term partnerships, partnership as opposed to the sub-contractor model, information flows more efficient & with higher efficacy; role of monitoring, evaluation & learning–in terms of contributing to results & evidence, hence impact, M&E acts to cross cut across thematics & partners, it binds the partnership model together. Note: Third party (i.e. Independent M&E); importance of partnerships in global positioning, strategic positioning & aggregation as an advocacy force, global education first initiative & LMTF; how partnerships lead to innovation & subsequently to impact & sustainability.