Impact
Established in 2014, we take pride in reflecting on the progress we have made. From a Partnership consisting of fewer than ten organisations, we are now over 90 active organisations, all united in the mission to advance resilience. We have transitioned from a primarily Global North-led organisation to a Secretariat that spans a diverse range of 14 countries. We have established ourselves as a recognised leader in measurement and evidence building for resilience, strengthening capacity, amplifying the voices of local communities, and engaging the private sector. Our efforts to date have supported millions of people, thousands of organisations, hundreds of new investments, policies, and actions, and have elevated the profile of resilience globally.
Success stories
At a glance
Significant achievements
Onward reflections and lessons learnt
As we embark into a new strategy and implementation cycle, we will build on the key lessons learnt:
Growing the market for and increasing the uptake of resilience solutions requires concerted efforts to support innovative products and services, as well as the entrepreneurs behind them. We will double down on our commitment to mobilise financial flows into resilience solutions through our Innovation Challenges, as well as continuing to cultivate the wider enabling environment for resilience innovation through our work with private sector companies, business schools, investors, and other key stakeholders.
Ensuring the uptake of resilience evidence – what works and what doesn’t – requires facilitation and dedicated knowledge brokering. We will create spaces for inclusive transdisciplinary learning, through facilitating communities of practice, like the Southern African Resilience Academy. For learning to be transformative, it needs to be designed and implemented as an active and relational process, rather than a passive ‘transfer of knowledge.’
Successful advocacy and policy influencing requires trusted convenors. We will build on our track record as a trusted leader in policy convening, collaboration and advocacy, ensuring that insights from our innovation and knowledge work areas inform policy processes.
An engaging and proactive approach to partnership building is key to the success of GRP’s programmes and the overall Partnership. We will continue to focus on ensuring that we build a partnership that is focused on adding value to our partners.
The success of all the above is enabled by organisational learning, robust internal processes, and a positive and thriving work culture.