This publication presents a learning review of Oxfam Pilipinas’ Strategic Partnership Model (SPM) that reflects on its experiences, challenges, and lessons from the past five years. It offers insights from Oxfam Pilipinas and its program partners on the evolving dynamics of development partnerships, local leadership, and transformative collaboration. The review aims to inform future strategic partnerships for impactful social change in the Philippines.

This study explores a potentially pivotal shift within the Oxfam confederation: the successful transition of Oxfam Pilipinas (OPH) toward direct donor funding from Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). It captures how OPH built the financial, operational, and governance systems needed to earn donor trust, and how Oxfam Australia redefined its role from […]