The nature of each type of stakeholder (government, business, foundation and so on) leads to quite different priorities, values and attributes. In addition to these general attributes, each stakeholder brings different resources, competencies, and aspirations that can potentially – through successful partnering – be brought together around a common vision.
The diagram and sector lists below provides a generic description of each of the main types of stakeholder and some prompts for the resources that they potentially bring to partnership. In general, the closer a partnership aligns with the strategic objectives an organisation, the more likely it is to bring its full range of resources – including financial resources – to the partnership.
Since no two contexts are exactly alike, this overview is for guidance only. It is a prompt for thinking creatively about the different types of resources that stakeholders can bring.