| Using the Partnership Filter and Application Tool Partnership Filter - Identify and state your own organizational culture. Your ?vision, objectives, long term goals, core values, and operating principles? need to be input in the box down the left side of the Partnership Filter. This information remains constant and only needs to be done once.
- The purple boxes on the right side are merely summaries of what is contained in the centre for easy reference.
- Clearly identify the area/program/project for which a partnership is being considered and identify the expected roles of each partner.
- Identify the strengths, weaknesses, and areas of activity of the potential partner in relation to the criteria identified in the Partnership Filter.
Application Tool - Input results of research into the Application Tool, adding notation as to areas of concern or particular strengths.
- Rate the ability of the proposed partner to meet each criterion listed in the filter. The partner is given a negative, neutral, or positive rating.
- Calculate an overall score for the overall partnership in the following manner:
- For each positive score = add 1 point to total score
- For each neutral score = 0 points added
- For each negative score = subtract 1 point from total score
- Summarize and discuss the partnership scores with relevant stakeholders and make a decision on the potential partnership
- Follow up with potential partner and encourage partner to use the filter on your organization.
Notes: Although an organization may receive a negative rating, if this is something that your organization - wishes to pursue, undertake the discussions that will address the challenges that prevented a positive
- match.
- A potential partnership may receive negative results in programming areas, but the partnership may
- be effective in other areas such as the leveraging of funds or policy development.
 | References Referenced documents: Common framework for Local Development and Sport in Mozambique, International Labour Organization, 2003 A.S.A.P. Alliance Workbook, Introduction: Successful Alliances, Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals, Inc. The Warren Company, 2000 Acknowledgements The Partnership Filter and Application Tool were inspired by meetings and discussions with Giovanni DiCola regarding the ILO Common Framework. CGC identified an organizational need to be able to illustrate how and why organizations were deemed partners before being able to place them within the Common Framework. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. DiCola as well as Ms. Karen O’Neill for their constructive feedback and encouragement in making this tool a reality. It is our hope that this filter can be the first step in identifying organizations for placement within the Common Framework. We would like to acknowledge the enormous amount of research and advocacy that Mr. DiCola has done within the ILO and abroad to promote acceptance of the Common Framework. The ILO has been an organization that embodies the shared vision and values that are integral to our work at CGC. Steven Parker, Sara Nicholls, Commonwealth Games Canada. |