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ELRHA Guide to Constructing Effective Partnerships

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The ELRHA Guide to Constructing Effective Partnerships is a resource to support collaboration between humanitarian and academic organisations.

Based on the experiences and lessons learned by people in both communities who have worked together, it is a practical guide to the opportunities and challenges specific to humanitarian-academic collaboration.

It is available as an online interactive guide on ELRHA's website. The online guide has been built in such a way as to be highly interactive with links from the Seven Steps to relevant Evidence and Learning in other parts of the Guide.

Organizational Authors: 
Enhancing Learning & Research for Humanitarian Assistance
Year Published: 
2012
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CARE's Partnership Manual

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application/pdf iconCARE's Partnership Manual

This manual is designed to guide CARE USA Country Offices in the crafting and
operationalizing of a partnership strategy to support CARE’s household livelihood security
programming framework. It is a compendium of material gleaned from the experiences of
many sources and woven into a CARE format to harmonize with strategic planning
processes.

Organizational Authors: 
CARE
Year Published: 
1997
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The Partnership Toolbox

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This toolbox from WWF UK's Organisational Learning Unit consists of six partnership tools used extensively by WWF UK and its partners. It has advice and tools for developing, formalizing and monitoring partnerships.

Authors: 
Rod Sterne
Deborah Heaney
Bruce Britton
Organizational Authors: 
World Wildlife Foundation
Year Published: 
2009
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Tools for Stakeholder Analysis: 10 building blocks for designing participatory systems of cooperation

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To increase the impact of an intervention, it is particularly important to have a constructive way of dealing with resistance from specific roleplayers, as well as to build alliances and develop joint activities aimed at achieving common goals. In this way. The tool box contains ten building blocks that have been tested in practice that can be used flexibly depending on the context to not only reach particular vulnerable groups of a community, but also to include them as participants.

Authors: 
Dr Arthur Zimmermann
Dr Claudia Maennling
Organizational Authors: 
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Year Published: 
2007
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Building Trust in Diverse Teams: a concise facilitation handbook

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This toolkit provides any team member, manager or external facilitator with exercises they can use to develop trust in a new team or to enhance trust later in a team's existence

Also available in French and Spanish

Organizational Authors: 
Oxfam GB for the Emergency Capacity Building Project
Year Published: 
2007
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The Partnership Toolbox: A Facilitator's Guide to Partnership Dialogue

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This manual is a guide to facilitating constructive discussion and dialogue with partners. It is based on the idea that partnership is a process and an ongoing journey. Rather than a set of tools to apply to partners, this manual lays out a process for CRS and partners to jointly explore the challenges they face. It contains sessions that are intended to be creative, forward thinking, honest and fun and help guide you through a process of tackling some of the possibilities and challenges of partnership. It gives suggestions for participatory designs that for use in any workshop context and ideas for using the sessions in a variety of applications. Facilitation notes, handouts and flip chart content are included with each session design.

Organizational Authors: 
CRS
Year Published: 
2005
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Consortium Alignment Framework for Excellence (CAFE) Manual

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The CAFE Manual is designed to be used during the consortium development process to check for organizational compatibility and to plan for how consortium members will work together during the consortium.  Holding annual workshops using the CAFE manual was a recommendation arising from the session on consortium management at the FSN Network Maputo meeting. CRS staff worked with seven partner organizations including: World Vision, Emmanuel International, CADECOM Malawi, Save the Children, CARITAS Lesotho, Africare and the Salvation Army to create this manual.

Organizational Authors: 
Catholic Relief Services
USAID
Year Published: 
2008
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ELRHA Guide to Constructing Effective Partnerships

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application/pdf iconELRHA Guide to Constructing Effective Partnerships

The ELRHA Guide to Constructing Effective Partnerships is a resource to support collaboration between humanitarian and academic organisations.

Based on the experiences and lessons learned by people in both communities who have worked together, it is a practical guide to the opportunities and challenges specific to humanitarian-academic collaboration.

It is available as an online interactive guide on ELRHA's website. The online guide has been built in such a way as to be highly interactive with links from the Seven Steps to relevant Evidence and Learning in other parts of the Guide.

Organizational Authors: 
Enhancing Learning & Research for Humanitarian Assistance
Year Published: 
2012
Your rating: None Average: 5 (1 vote)
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Tools for Stakeholder Analysis: 10 building blocks for designing participatory systems of cooperation

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application/pdf iconTools for Stakeholder Analysis: 10 building blocks for designing participatory systems of cooperation

To increase the impact of an intervention, it is particularly important to have a constructive way of dealing with resistance from specific roleplayers, as well as to build alliances and develop joint activities aimed at achieving common goals. In this way. The tool box contains ten building blocks that have been tested in practice that can be used flexibly depending on the context to not only reach particular vulnerable groups of a community, but also to include them as participants.

Authors: 
Dr Arthur Zimmermann
Dr Claudia Maennling
Organizational Authors: 
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Year Published: 
2007
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Consortium Alignment Framework for Excellence (CAFE) Manual

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Files: 
application/pdf iconConsortium Alignment Framework for Excellence (CAFE) Manual

The CAFE Manual is designed to be used during the consortium development process to check for organizational compatibility and to plan for how consortium members will work together during the consortium.  Holding annual workshops using the CAFE manual was a recommendation arising from the session on consortium management at the FSN Network Maputo meeting. CRS staff worked with seven partner organizations including: World Vision, Emmanuel International, CADECOM Malawi, Save the Children, CARITAS Lesotho, Africare and the Salvation Army to create this manual.

Organizational Authors: 
Catholic Relief Services
USAID
Year Published: 
2008
Your rating: None Average: 4 (1 vote)
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Tools for Stakeholder Analysis: 10 building blocks for designing participatory systems of cooperation

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application/pdf iconTools for Stakeholder Analysis: 10 building blocks for designing participatory systems of cooperation

To increase the impact of an intervention, it is particularly important to have a constructive way of dealing with resistance from specific roleplayers, as well as to build alliances and develop joint activities aimed at achieving common goals. In this way. The tool box contains ten building blocks that have been tested in practice that can be used flexibly depending on the context to not only reach particular vulnerable groups of a community, but also to include them as participants.

Authors: 
Dr Arthur Zimmermann
Dr Claudia Maennling
Organizational Authors: 
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Year Published: 
2007
Your rating: None Average: 5 (1 vote)
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Building Trust in Diverse Teams: a concise facilitation handbook

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Files: 
application/pdf iconBuilding Trust in Diverse Teams: a concise facilitation handbook
application/pdf iconFrench version
application/pdf iconSpanish version

This toolkit provides any team member, manager or external facilitator with exercises they can use to develop trust in a new team or to enhance trust later in a team's existence

Also available in French and Spanish

Organizational Authors: 
Oxfam GB for the Emergency Capacity Building Project
Year Published: 
2007
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Consortium Alignment Framework for Excellence (CAFE) Manual

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Files: 
application/pdf iconConsortium Alignment Framework for Excellence (CAFE) Manual

The CAFE Manual is designed to be used during the consortium development process to check for organizational compatibility and to plan for how consortium members will work together during the consortium.  Holding annual workshops using the CAFE manual was a recommendation arising from the session on consortium management at the FSN Network Maputo meeting. CRS staff worked with seven partner organizations including: World Vision, Emmanuel International, CADECOM Malawi, Save the Children, CARITAS Lesotho, Africare and the Salvation Army to create this manual.

Organizational Authors: 
Catholic Relief Services
USAID
Year Published: 
2008
Your rating: None Average: 4 (1 vote)
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The Partnership Toolbox: A Facilitator's Guide to Partnership Dialogue

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application/pdf iconThe Partnership Toolbox: A Facilitator's Guide to Partnership Dialogue

This manual is a guide to facilitating constructive discussion and dialogue with partners. It is based on the idea that partnership is a process and an ongoing journey. Rather than a set of tools to apply to partners, this manual lays out a process for CRS and partners to jointly explore the challenges they face. It contains sessions that are intended to be creative, forward thinking, honest and fun and help guide you through a process of tackling some of the possibilities and challenges of partnership. It gives suggestions for participatory designs that for use in any workshop context and ideas for using the sessions in a variety of applications. Facilitation notes, handouts and flip chart content are included with each session design.

Organizational Authors: 
CRS
Year Published: 
2005
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CARE's Partnership Manual

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Files: 
application/pdf iconCARE's Partnership Manual

This manual is designed to guide CARE USA Country Offices in the crafting and
operationalizing of a partnership strategy to support CARE’s household livelihood security
programming framework. It is a compendium of material gleaned from the experiences of
many sources and woven into a CARE format to harmonize with strategic planning
processes.

Organizational Authors: 
CARE
Year Published: 
1997
No votes yet
Categories:

The Partnership Toolbox

Download
Files: 
application/pdf iconThe Partnership Toolbox

This toolbox from WWF UK's Organisational Learning Unit consists of six partnership tools used extensively by WWF UK and its partners. It has advice and tools for developing, formalizing and monitoring partnerships.

Authors: 
Rod Sterne
Deborah Heaney
Bruce Britton
Organizational Authors: 
World Wildlife Foundation
Year Published: 
2009
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ELRHA Guide to Constructing Effective Partnerships

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Files: 
application/pdf iconELRHA Guide to Constructing Effective Partnerships

The ELRHA Guide to Constructing Effective Partnerships is a resource to support collaboration between humanitarian and academic organisations.

Based on the experiences and lessons learned by people in both communities who have worked together, it is a practical guide to the opportunities and challenges specific to humanitarian-academic collaboration.

It is available as an online interactive guide on ELRHA's website. The online guide has been built in such a way as to be highly interactive with links from the Seven Steps to relevant Evidence and Learning in other parts of the Guide.

Organizational Authors: 
Enhancing Learning & Research for Humanitarian Assistance
Year Published: 
2012
Your rating: None Average: 5 (1 vote)
Categories:

Building Trust in Diverse Teams: a concise facilitation handbook

Download
Files: 
application/pdf iconBuilding Trust in Diverse Teams: a concise facilitation handbook
application/pdf iconFrench version
application/pdf iconSpanish version

This toolkit provides any team member, manager or external facilitator with exercises they can use to develop trust in a new team or to enhance trust later in a team's existence

Also available in French and Spanish

Organizational Authors: 
Oxfam GB for the Emergency Capacity Building Project
Year Published: 
2007
No votes yet
Categories:

CARE's Partnership Manual

Download
Files: 
application/pdf iconCARE's Partnership Manual

This manual is designed to guide CARE USA Country Offices in the crafting and
operationalizing of a partnership strategy to support CARE’s household livelihood security
programming framework. It is a compendium of material gleaned from the experiences of
many sources and woven into a CARE format to harmonize with strategic planning
processes.

Organizational Authors: 
CARE
Year Published: 
1997
No votes yet
Categories:

Consortium Alignment Framework for Excellence (CAFE) Manual

Download
Files: 
application/pdf iconConsortium Alignment Framework for Excellence (CAFE) Manual

The CAFE Manual is designed to be used during the consortium development process to check for organizational compatibility and to plan for how consortium members will work together during the consortium.  Holding annual workshops using the CAFE manual was a recommendation arising from the session on consortium management at the FSN Network Maputo meeting. CRS staff worked with seven partner organizations including: World Vision, Emmanuel International, CADECOM Malawi, Save the Children, CARITAS Lesotho, Africare and the Salvation Army to create this manual.

Organizational Authors: 
Catholic Relief Services
USAID
Year Published: 
2008
Your rating: None Average: 4 (1 vote)
Categories:

ELRHA Guide to Constructing Effective Partnerships

Download
Files: 
application/pdf iconELRHA Guide to Constructing Effective Partnerships

The ELRHA Guide to Constructing Effective Partnerships is a resource to support collaboration between humanitarian and academic organisations.

Based on the experiences and lessons learned by people in both communities who have worked together, it is a practical guide to the opportunities and challenges specific to humanitarian-academic collaboration.

It is available as an online interactive guide on ELRHA's website. The online guide has been built in such a way as to be highly interactive with links from the Seven Steps to relevant Evidence and Learning in other parts of the Guide.

Organizational Authors: 
Enhancing Learning & Research for Humanitarian Assistance
Year Published: 
2012
Your rating: None Average: 5 (1 vote)
Categories:

The Partnership Toolbox

Download
Files: 
application/pdf iconThe Partnership Toolbox

This toolbox from WWF UK's Organisational Learning Unit consists of six partnership tools used extensively by WWF UK and its partners. It has advice and tools for developing, formalizing and monitoring partnerships.

Authors: 
Rod Sterne
Deborah Heaney
Bruce Britton
Organizational Authors: 
World Wildlife Foundation
Year Published: 
2009
No votes yet
Categories:

The Partnership Toolbox: A Facilitator's Guide to Partnership Dialogue

Download
Files: 
application/pdf iconThe Partnership Toolbox: A Facilitator's Guide to Partnership Dialogue

This manual is a guide to facilitating constructive discussion and dialogue with partners. It is based on the idea that partnership is a process and an ongoing journey. Rather than a set of tools to apply to partners, this manual lays out a process for CRS and partners to jointly explore the challenges they face. It contains sessions that are intended to be creative, forward thinking, honest and fun and help guide you through a process of tackling some of the possibilities and challenges of partnership. It gives suggestions for participatory designs that for use in any workshop context and ideas for using the sessions in a variety of applications. Facilitation notes, handouts and flip chart content are included with each session design.

Organizational Authors: 
CRS
Year Published: 
2005
No votes yet
Categories:

Tools for Stakeholder Analysis: 10 building blocks for designing participatory systems of cooperation

Download
Files: 
application/pdf iconTools for Stakeholder Analysis: 10 building blocks for designing participatory systems of cooperation

To increase the impact of an intervention, it is particularly important to have a constructive way of dealing with resistance from specific roleplayers, as well as to build alliances and develop joint activities aimed at achieving common goals. In this way. The tool box contains ten building blocks that have been tested in practice that can be used flexibly depending on the context to not only reach particular vulnerable groups of a community, but also to include them as participants.

Authors: 
Dr Arthur Zimmermann
Dr Claudia Maennling
Organizational Authors: 
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Year Published: 
2007
Your rating: None Average: 5 (1 vote)
Categories: