Within that world community there is discussion of basic human rights, and within that the rights of children. Governments respond by creating National Plans of Action and establishing goals. However, not all countries have the financial and technical capacity to meet these goals. Thus, to support the implementation of a variety of programmes, governments should seek partnership with a variety of international agencies. Today external donors can play several important roles in assisting governments in that task.
Governments differ in their openness to partnering with external donors.
At other times this may be due to lack of political will within the government to address a particular issue. Regardless of the situation, governments are encouraged to define their agenda before seeking partners and to determine their 'boundaries' in terms of what they will and will not accept from others, and under what conditions.