Our partnership process utlises the ‘Dixon Model’ which involves three distinct stages. Each stage has a series of specific steps and activities that need to be addressed if progression through the partnership process is to be smooth and to ensure results.
| Creating Partnerships | Creating Partnerships | Sustaining Partnerships |
|---|---|---|
| In the early stage potential partners come together to explore the possibilities of a partnership, the overall purpose and the value to each partner. | Once there is a commitment to proceed a detailed strategic partnership plan is developed, resources are considered and implementation commenced | Once the partnership is established it needs to be reviewed to assess what it has delivered and whether it should continue, be dissolved or be institutionalised. |
Activities undertaken during the creating stage could include:
| Activities undertaken during the developing stage could include:
| Activities undertaken during the sustaining stage could include:
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The roles within any partnership that need to be clarified, adapted and allocated:
- Partnership / project ‘championship’;
- Awareness raising;
- Co-ordination / administration;
- Relationship management;
- Resource mobilization;
- Project / program planning;
- Project / program management;
- Communications;
- Monitoring.
