Whether you work in business, the public sector or for a non-profit, we can help you understand how to improve your cross-sector partnerships.

There are many ways in which we would welcome working with organisations from all sectors. We aim to be a global hub for learning and disseminating cutting edge knowledge about partnerships, enabling the sharing of practitioner experience and contributing to cutting-edge knowledge.

The Partnering Initiative undertakes commissioned work with organisations from all sectors. Our approach is both collaborative in style and action-orientated. We provide a range of learning services including the world's leading academic programme in cross sector partnership ( PCCP) and an innovative accreditation programme for partnership brokers ( PBAS) and also work with a number of global organisations including the Aga Khan Foundation, Shell, Rio Tinto, and the United Nations System Staff College.

Our aim is to promote internal capacity so we ensure that whoever we work with is able to sustain their partnering work. We see our role as learning facilitators. providing external support. In this way, skills and capacity building become embedded within the organisation itself. Through our global network of associates who are experienced partnership practitioners, including those who have successfully completed the Post Graduate Certificate in Cross-Sector Partnership and those accredited to the Partnership Brokers Accreditation Scheme we are able to meet the needs of organisations in most parts of the world.

Some examples of our commissioned work:

•     Development and delivery of tailored learning opportunities and training programmes: British Council
•     Building organisational capacity: Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy, World Vision
•     Review and evaluation: IUCN/ ICMM Dialogue Review
•     Developing learning case studies: Vodafone UK Foundation

We collaborate on pieces of work throughout the partnering cycle:
 

Scope and build	Scope the potential for a partnership approach Identify suitable partners and build capacity Broker partnership agreements
Manage and maintain	Map resources Develop governance arrangements Introduce mechanisms for deeper engagement of partner organisations Create review and revision procedures
Review and revise	Assess the value of the partnership Monitor impacts and achievements Revise and renew the partnering arrangement
Sustain outcomes	Focus on sustaining outcomes Reach scale and influence Plan and implement a moving on strategy

We also undertake case studies on behalf of organisations. Our experience suggests that case studies are an effective method of learning about partnerships, both the positive and the challenging stories. For more information on our case studies click here

Organisations we have worked with include:

•Accenture (global) •AKDN, AKF (Afghanistan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda) •Alcan (global) •ANZ (Australia) •Barrick Gold (Canada) •British Council (UK) •Business Community Foundation (India) •DfES (UK) •Earthwatch (global) •Ethical Corporation (Holland) •GAIN (global) •GTZ (Africa, Bangladesh, India) •IPIECA (UK) •IUCN (global) •Katalyst (Bangladesh) •KPMG (global) •Microsoft (global) •Nike (global) •Nike Foundation (global) •Nokia (global) •Plan International (global) •Rio Tinto (global) •SAP (Africa) •Shell (Africa) •Swisscontact (Bangladesh) •UNDP (CE7EE, USA) •UNESCO (global) •UNICEF (global) •Vodafone UK Foundation (UK) •World Bank (USA) •World Vision (global) •Youth Business International (global)