Improving the practice of partnering worldwide requires a dedicated process of learning from experience, researching partnership activity and capturing new knowledge. Our global, policy-level research and reports aim to disseminate learning and best practice to support partnership practitioners and optimise collaboration around the world.
For a full list of our research papers, case studies, and other materials, please see our publications page.
Unleashing the Power of Business
A practical ‘Roadmap’ to systematically engage business as a partner in national development
While the role of the private sector and public private collaboration is core to delivering the SDGs, progress is still slow. At country level, some development act...
Emerging opportunities for NGO-business partnerships
July 2008
This discussion paper originated as part of a Cross-sector Partnership (XSP) project involving World Vision, Accenture Development Partnerships and The Partnering Initiative. This paper aims to play its part in: revealing partnership potential,...
Platforms for Partnership
Emerging good practice to systematically engage business as a partner in development
Reid, S., Hayes, J.P. and Stibbe, D.T.
The Partnering Initiative, Oxford, 2015
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Partnering for Impact
Supporting Systemic Change to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa.
by Richard Gilbert and Beth Jenkins, 2014.
This report analyses a wide range of business partnerships in Africa to identify key barriers and enablers for achieving...
Delivering on the Promise
In-country multi-stakeholder platforms to catalyse collaboration and partnerships for Agenda 2030
Over the past few years both World Vision and The Partnering Initiative have engaged in and contributed to the global dialogue and practice on multi-stakeholder platforms and ...
Collaboration is the 'new normal'
by Darian Stibbe, Global Development Goals: Partnerships for Progress, UNA-UK, 2014
As development goals become increasingly dependent on partnerships of diverse
actors, how can the barriers be broken down to enable effective, concerted action?
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Collaboration for the SDGs: Exploring the support system for Effective Partnering
Dave Prescott & Darian Stibbe, The Partnering Initiative, Oxford, 2015
A Partnering Support System: The set of actors of all kinds (whether organisations, initiatives, platforms, individuals etc.) that together makes accessible the necessary...
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