Appointment of a Partnerships Coordinator 5. Resource Requirements 2. Some Characteristics of Successful Alliances and Partnerships Two or more organizations unite in a partnership arrangement to pursue set of agreed goals and objectives. Participating organizations retain their autonomy, recognizing that each institution is an independent entity that governs its own programs and activities. The partnership organizations identify and receive benefits from the partnership, including performance and capacity improvements for each partner.
Partners share control over assigned tasks.
Partnership organizations continue over time to provide key contributions in important areas of the partnership to achieve shared goals and objectives. All demonstrate commitment to the partnership in tangible ways. Partners establish and agree on clearly understood and defined tasks, roles, responsibilities and other implementation details. Mechanisms and procedures for monitoring and evaluation and accountability are defined, agreed and implemented. A team of organizational representatives at a sufficiently high decision making level are established, committed and are active in the definition of the partnership, its implementation, the monitoring of progress, communications, etc.