The importance of these different factors may vary at a given time. Strategic network' is the closest concept I can find with the kind of partnership we envision to promote development. A Strategic Network is a type of organization which establishes relationships based on cooperation between two or more organizations without frontiers, which functions independently, without formal hierarchy, and which tries to reconcile cooperation and competence through the establishment of transactions involving resources and capacities, based on the shared long term vision on issues of common interest and establishing relationships of trust, fair exchange and mutual advantage in order to increase the competitive advantages and sustainability. As Najma Siddiqui reminds us a partnership needs a set of agreed objectives and goals with clearly stated terms of partnership, mutual trust and credibility. We have a task.
Partnership is per se a mean.
The process is more important than the agenda. To guarantee a democratic dialogue and a participatory and strategic planning is the key issue. The medium is the way you inform, communicate, dialogue, take decisions and resolve controversies. The medium is the language of democracy. Mara Magdalena Colmenares L. Social Development Spec.