US Department of State Secretary’s Office of Global Partnerships, UVA Darden School and Concordia Announce Finalists for 2015 Public-Private Partnership Award
The U.S. Department of State Secretary’s Office of Global Partnerships, the University of Virginia Darden School of Business Institute for Business in Society and Concordia today announced the finalists for the 2015 P3 Impact Award, which recognizes model public-private partnerships (P3s) from around the world.
Addressing a variety of pressing global issues, the finalists for the 2015 award include:
Madagascar: Implementing Improved Water and Sanitation Services — a partnership between The Coca-Cola Company, Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor, and local utility companies to provide safe water and sanitation to poor communities in Madagascar.
Partnering to Accelerate Entrepreneurship and VilCap Investments: Catalyzing Investment to Democratize Global Development — a partnership between USAID, Village Capital and impact investors to build an investment vehicle to unlock private capital for seed-stage impact investments.
Partners in Food Solutions — a partnership between the United States Agency for Development (USAID), TechnoServe, and Partners in Food Solutions — a nonprofit with private sector membership — to match the expertise of leading food companies with local enterprises in East Africa to expand the market for nutritious food.
The Dow Chemical Company and The Nature Conservancy Collaboration — a partnership to better recognize, value and incorporate nature into business decisions, strategies and goals
TV White Space — a partnership between Microsoft, USAID and the government of the Philippines to provide Internet access to isolated populations to increase fisherfolk registration and better manage marine resources.
The winner of the P3 Impact Award will be announced at the Concordia Summit on 2 October 2015, in New York City. The award winner and finalists will be highlighted on the main plenary stage as well as in a special edition of Darden Ideas to Action, which will be released during the summit. Featuring leading practices and actionable insights from the winner and finalists, this special Ideas to Action report is used to develop teaching cases and other materials to share and advance best practices with public-private partnerships across the globe.
The award winner will also receive a full scholarship to attend a weeklong Darden Executive Education course.
For further information, please contact the Secretary’s Office of Global Partnerships (S/GP) at partnerships@state.gov or visit the State Department website.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business prepares responsible global leaders through unparalleled transformational learning experiences. Darden’s graduate degree programs (MBA, MSBA and Ph.D.) and Executive Education & Lifelong Learning programs offered by the Darden School Foundation set the stage for a lifetime of career advancement and impact. Darden’s top-ranked faculty, renowned for teaching excellence, inspires and shapes modern business leadership worldwide through research, thought leadership and business publishing. Darden has Grounds in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the Washington, D.C., area and a global community that includes 18,000 alumni in 90 countries. Darden was established in 1955 at the University of Virginia, a top public university founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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