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Review with partners the benefits you seek to gain from your partnership.
Is there more you can achieve from the partnership as a whole? Can
individual partners derive more benefit, in ways which strengthens
their commitment?
Examples
Greater Impact
- increased benefits for people, businesses or communities served
- increased reach to disadvantaged populations
- greater critical mass: ability to reach and deliver beyond the
capabilities of any one partner
More Resources
- attract public funding where policy requires partnership bids
and evidence of partner ability to deliver joint projects
- strengthened negotiating power
New and Better Ways
- innovation: new, more effective ways of doing things
- new perspectives and challenging views within the partnership
- improved intelligence about needs and opportunities
Spread Risks
- complementary strengths, resources, perspectives
- greater flexibility within a team
Reduce/ Share Costs
- pool resources
- share costs of common functions (in promoting and delivering
services, in common systems, eg for quality, use of the Internet)
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