Discuss Recommendation 7 - promote strategic partnerships

Here, we take a closer look at Recommendation 7:

Promote Strategic Partnerships

• Identify the interests, needs and values of potential partners and determine how these align with your own.
• Conduct a cost-benefit analysis to determine if your organization has the capacity needed to manage the partnership prior to making commitments.
• Outline your organizational strengths and limitations and communicate them clearly.
• Manage expectations and outline roles and responsibilities early on. Don’t be afraid to modify them when needed.
• Pursue ongoing, active communication and strive to facilitate trust so that each partner feels comfortable sharing challenges as well as successes.
• Promote the transfer of knowledge and skills in addition to finances.

Here are a few questions to help animate the discussions below:

• Considering the highly diversified type of actors composing the field of sport and development, how challenging is it to build sustainable partnerships in this area?
• How to identify a potential partner in the field?
• How important is it to communicate regularly with your partners?
• Should both accomplishments and failures be shared among partners?

Take part in the discussion below by posting your comments!