Funding streams are often categorical, with little or nothing allotted to administration.
Organizations have to rearrange priorities in order to create resources for collaborative efforts.
Also, it is important that all partners first know each others' missions, to avoid possible collisions. It is difficult to pursue long-term change in this kind of environment. She added that effective partners are willing to risk failure. She added that there are ways to share data among partners. Not everyone has the same access to technologies, especially in very rural areas.