Partnerships across societal sector are an essential mechanism to deliver the SDGs. However, despite the rhetoric around collaboration, we are still not seeing sufficient impact being delivered compared with the scale of the goals. Given the significant investment of both time and resources required to develop and manage them, partnerships should only be utilized when […]
The Better Together Guidebook
Better Together: Unleashing the Power of the Private Sector to Tackle Non-Communicable Diseases The scale of the non-communicable disease challenge the world faces is staggering. Tackling the NCD crisis will require a significant shift in the way we live and work. This can only be achieved through an ‘all-of-society’ approach, systematically combining the power and […]
The Partnership Culture Navigator
This booklet, developed in collaboration with WFP, is the second in The Partnering Initiative’s Navigator series. It has been designed as a practical guide to help users navigate the challenges of dealing with different organisational cultures when working in cross-sector partnerships. Differences in organisational and professional cultures are a common source of misunderstanding in international collaboration: they can […]
Zambia Partnering Toolbook
The Zambia Partnering Toolbook is designed to support the uptake and delivery of partnerships that contribute to sustainable development in Zambia. It provides the rationale for forming these partnerships and offers a range of practical tools (below) that can help people work in partnership more effectively. The toolbook supports the work of the Zambia Business in Development Facility. It draws on […]
Moving On
Moving On addresses the exit aspects of a partnership – a part of the cycle often unplanned or mishandled. The Moving On toolbook focuses on the exit aspects of a partnership a part of the cycle often unplanned or mishandled. It also looks at the the indications of success that can be associated with exits; […]