Partnerships management: Working with partners
For higher level managers
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Working with Civil Society Organizations
World Health Report 2005, Policy Brief
Vital role; effective and efficient means of hearing the voice of the people; social mobilization; holding governments and health providers accountable; supportative environment for partnerships; participation in policy and program design.
(2 pages, pdf 1.2MB)
En français: Collaborer avec la société civile -
Principles of Good Partnerships for Strengthening Public Health Education Capacity in Africa
pdf, 218kb
Council on Health Research for Development, 2004
Vision of partnerships; 7 principles of good partnerships; partnership objectives; taking partnership guidelines forward
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Partnership work: the health service–community interface for the prevention, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS
pdf, 828kb
Hedwig Goede and Walid El Ansari (ed.), 2002, WHO
Opportunities and constraints to health services - community partnerships; examples of different types of partnerships structural and operational underpinnings of partnership work; district health systems and partnerships
(46 pages, - see the country presentations under country experiences) -
Advocacy Toolkit
Graham Gordon, 2002, Tearfund
Advocacy strategy; chatting and listening; semi-structured interviews; focus groups; community mapping; agreeing priorities; forcefield analysis; timeline; power triangles; "but why?" stakeholder mapping; allies and opponents matrix; risk management; activity schedule; lobbying guidelines; the media; evaluation and learning review
(84 pages, pdf 849kb)
En français: Conseils pratiques pour approcher un plaidoyer
En español: Acciones prácticas en defensoría -
Perfect Fit or Shotgun Marriage?: Understanding the Power and Pitfalls of Partnerships
Xavier de Souza Briggs, 2003, The Community Problem-Solving Project @ MIT
Four strategic questions; partnering to produce better; when partnering is not the best way; problems with partnerships; public and private sector
(22 pages, pdf 626kb) -
Cultural Competency in Health: A Guide for Policy, Partnerships and Participation
2006, National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia
This guide provides a model to operate across all levels of the health system - systemic, organisational, professional and individual. It uses the obesity issue to illustrate the principles for building cultural competence in the health system.
(86 pages, pdf 567kb) -
Talking the Walk: A Communication Manual for Partnership Practitioners
pdf, 1.52Mb
Sue McManus and Ros Tennyson, 2008, International Business Leaders Forum on behalf of The Partnering Initiative.
Partnering - a communication challenge; intentions, assumptions and inclusion; communicating within the partnership; communicating beyond the partnership; conversation: the essential building block; words and images; planning, implementing and evaluating communication; tools for communicating in partnerships
(116 pages)