Different challenges. Shared opportunities.
Partnership and resource-mobilisation challenges look different across sectors, but the underlying questions are often similar: Where should we focus? What value can we create together? Which relationships matter most? How do we move from activity to a sustainable system?
The advisory practice is focused on organisations and decision-makers across Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the wider MENA region.
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Build a stronger, more sustainable funding base.
Typical challenges
- Overreliance on a narrow donor base
- Fragmented fundraising activity
- Unclear value propositions
- Inconsistent stewardship
- Partnership activity disconnected from priorities
How Samar can help
- Partnership and fundraising diagnostics
- Resource-mobilisation strategy
- Donor/prospect prioritisation
- Major-gift and corporate engagement frameworks
- Pipeline, stewardship and team capability
Move from reactive giving to intentional partnership.
Typical challenges
- Broad CSR activity without a clear strategic thesis
- Difficulty selecting credible partners
- Short-term sponsorships without lasting value
- Weak connection between impact and business priorities
How Samar can help
- CSR/social-impact strategy
- Partnership architecture and focus-area prioritisation
- Partner-selection criteria
- Stakeholder-engagement strategy
- Leadership workshops
Create a clearer path from intention to impact.
Typical challenges
- Many worthy opportunities but limited decision structure
- Unclear thematic or geographic priorities
- Difficulty assessing prospective grantees or partners
- Generous but fragmented giving
How Samar can help
- Philanthropy thesis and priority setting
- Opportunity-assessment frameworks
- Partner/grantee criteria
- Portfolio structure and governance
- Stewardship and relationship strategy
Build partnerships around a clear education proposition.
Typical challenges
- Strong programmes with limited resource-mobilisation capacity
- Difficulty translating outcomes into partner value
- Fragmented corporate or donor engagement
- Need for cross-sector partnerships to expand reach or sustainability
How Samar can help
- Partnership positioning
- Resource-mobilisation strategy
- Corporate and philanthropic engagement
- Stakeholder mapping and pipeline design
- Internal capability building
Build locally grounded relationships across sectors.
Typical challenges
- Need for stronger local or regional stakeholder engagement
- Difficulty navigating corporate/philanthropic ecosystems
- Partnership models that do not fully reflect local context
- Need to mobilise complementary resources or influence
How Samar can help
- Local/regional stakeholder mapping
- Partnership strategy
- Corporate and philanthropic engagement approach
- Cross-sector convening strategy
- Localisation, workshops and decision support
MENA-aware, internationally credible.
The practice is designed around the realities of relationship-led markets, institutional trust and cross-sector collaboration in the region. Priority markets are Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, with wider GCC/MENA work considered where there is a strong fit.
This is a statement of advisory focus and availability, not a claim of an established client footprint in every market.
Where could stronger partnerships make the biggest difference?
Share what your organisation is trying to achieve, where progress is getting stuck and what a successful outcome would look like.
Strengthen the relationships required to scale mission and reach.
Typical challenges
How Samar can help