About the Knowledge Centre
As thought leaders in the field of partnerships, and committed partnership educators, we continually create practical tools, processes and approaches to support collaborations reaching their full potential, and regularly refresh our materials based on the latest theory and frameworks. Our extensive range of materials are made freely available as part of our mission to promote new standards of partnering practice and build practitioners knowledge around the world.
TPI’s Knowledge Centre aims to make these learning materials and resources as accessible as possible, to support partnership practitioners at every level, from those starting to partner and wishing to understand the basic building blocks and concepts or build their skills, to those more experienced looking for practical tools and tips, to experts looking to deepen knowledge on a particular topic.
You are welcome to browse by publication type, or check out our quick start section for tips on where to go next.
Quick start
Unsure where to start? Here are a few tips:
Brief introduction to partnerships
Start with our ‘introduction to partnerships’ section
Practical tools and guidance for practitioners
Check out our partnership support tools and our practical partnering guidebook series, including the SDG Partnership Guidebook
More in-depth knowledge
Take a tour of the SDG Partnership Accelerator Learning Centre, have a look at our more technical guidebook on Partnership Value Maximisation, or consider taking our training course on Effective Partnering for Sustainable Development
Topic specific areas & latest research
Browse our blogs, or read our latest reports on topics such as Partnering for Philanthropic Impact, Platforms for Partnership, School Partnerships for Impact, or Partnering for non-communicable diseases
Introduction to partnerships
Aimed at newcomers to partnering as well as more experienced practitioners wanting to review the basic concepts, our introduction to partnering resource provides a brief tour of the main partnering concepts and topics used by TPI in our training courses and materials, and links to handy mini guides looking more in depth at specific topics. Browse, work through the sections in order, or look for a specific topic.
Partnering guidebooks
Access all our partnering guidebooks here, from our seminal SDG Partnership Guidebook, produced with UNDESA as part of our collaboration 2030 Agenda Partnership Accelerator, which forms the basis for our open training course, to guidance on specific topics such as maximising value creation in partnerships to guidance for non-profit organisations on partnering with companies against NCDs’.
Partnering tools
Looking for a practical tool to map potential stakeholders or assess the health of your partnerships or ensure you are creating maximum value through collaboration? We can help. Head to our tools section to access our tried and tested partnership support tools to cover these contingencies and many more.
Partnership research
TPI’s action research pushes the boundaries of the theory and practice of partnering; supports the development of tools and guides; and facilitates the exchange of knowledge and experience of partnership practitioners worldwide.