Framing Concept
Achieving the Moonshots and delivering on commitments requires trusted alliances. This module helps trainees identify, initiate, and manage strategic partnerships across sectors and borders.
Objectives
- Introduce tools for identifying potential partners and understanding partnership roles.
- Cultivate the skills to build, sustain, and review partnerships at local, national, regional, and continental levels.
- Encourage thinking beyond conventional allies to include mentors, institutions, family, communities, and platforms.
Content
- Why partnerships matter in transformation journeys.
- Types of partnerships: strategic, enabling, catalytic, operational.
- Partnership mapping: Who supports your goals? Who could?
- The “Partnership Matrix” tool: Assess value, influence, and fit.
- Strategies for communicating your value to potential partners.
- Working across cultural, institutional, and sectoral boundaries.
Key Messages
- The journey to 2063 is personal, but never solitary.
- Great partnerships are intentional and reciprocal.
- Successful partnerships combine shared values and complementary strengths.
Deliverable
📄 Deliverable 5: Partnership Matrix
A structured matrix identifying:
- Key partners (actual and potential)
- Their roles (supportive, enabling, strategic, etc.)
- The mutual value exchange
- Engagement plan (how, when, and with what messaging)
Participants will also draft a short narrative summarizing one key partnership and how they plan to grow it.
Facilitators
- Partnership Strategy Expert – Providing frameworks and insights.
- Traineeship Mentors – Sharing partnership experiences and feedback.
Reading Materials
- The Art of Persuasion
- Building Partnerships that Work and Last
- Partnerships in Multicultural Contexts
- Cross-sector Collaboration for Development Results