As we continue this dialogue, we encourage all participants to share concrete experiences and observations relevant to the discussion. Below is a summary of the main points of the first week's discussion. The bond that unites the members of a team that works to attain a mission, goals, and objectives, common to all the team members, for the benefit of all and works in a coordinated and participative manner towards them. A win-win game.
Partnership implies a relationship among equals who choose freely to enter into a venture together.
Explicit acknowledgement of what each has to gain is a precondition for free and informed choices. Partnership is a kind of long-term relationship, which will bring mutual benefits to two or more parties. It is undesirable to label every relationship a partnership, for moral, conceptual, and practical reasons. Morally, partnership does not describe the reality of most aid relationships. Conceptually, lumping all sorts of relationships together under one label is illogical and not useful when designing or negotiating interactions.