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Published: January 2004

Author: Ros Tennyson, Co-Director of The Partnering Initiative

Courage

The Partnering Toolbox offers a concise, step-by-step overview of the essential elements that make for effective partnering. The toolbook was written by Ros Tennyson and produced by the The Partnering Initiative in co-operation with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Partnering is easy to talk about but invariably somewhat harder to undertake. It requires courage, patience and determination over time. It is rarely a ‘quick fix’ solution to a problem and can sometimes be a frustrating and disappointing experience - falling short of initial hopes and expectations. But it does not have to be this way. There is mounting evidence from many partnership initiatives under development in different parts of the world that such cross-sector collaboration can be highly effective and sustainable when it is designed, developed and managed in a systematic way. The Partnering Toolbook builds on the experience of those who have be en at the forefront of innovative partnerships and offers a concise overview of the essential elements that make for effective partnering. We hope that it will give confidence and encouragement to all those who use it; that it will help them to build original, robust and highly successful partnerships and that the achieved development goals are not only genuinely sustainable but contribute to ending global poverty.

Languages

In addition to the original English version, the Toolbook is now available in Spanish, Chinese and Russian. Further language versions available soon include Amharic (Ethiopia), Arabic, Farsi (Persian), French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, Swahili, Vietnamese. Also under development are versions in Bhasa (Indonesia), Croatian, Polish and Urdu.