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Toolbook Series: developing Partnership Initiatives

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The Toolbook Series, published by the Partnership Initiative, is developed from action research and in close collaboration with practitioners worldwide. The aim of the toolbooks is to enable a flexibility of application across cultures and sectors.

The Partnering Toolbook

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The Partnering Toolbook offers a concise overview of the essential elements that make for effective partnering.

The Case Study Toolbook - Partnership case studies as a tool for change

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The Case Study Toolbook aims to provide insights into the process of successful cross-sector partnering, create better case study collection and dissemination methods and deepen understanding of how case studies may be used more effectively as tools for change.

Community-Business Partnerships Help Sheets

2012-01-21_1537

These help sheets, designed by the Australian Institute of Corporate Responsibility, are designed to take users through the main steps of initiating, nurturing and expanding community-business partnerships.

Business and Decent Work In Conflict Zones: A "Why?" and "How?" Guide

2011-07-20_1520

This short guide is intended to support companies operating or envisaging operations in areas ridden by tensions and conflict. It offers practical tips on how to build up a more peaceful and productive environment within the company itself and in its surrounding context, based on the ILO's "Decent...

Private Sector Toolkit for Working with Youth, UN technical paper

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The Private Sector Toolkit for Working with Youth is part of a series of technical papers aimed both at strengthening youth participation at all levels through cooperation among various stakeholders, as well as at highlighting the role of youth as agents of development. Building on Youth...

Bellagio Initiative Summit

2012-01-21_1440

The Bellagio Initiative aims to contribute to the development of a new framework for philanthropic and international development collaboration in pursuit of human wellbeing in the 21st century. Following a summit held in Italy, the Initiative published an aide memoire capturing the three key...

A discussion paper on social intrapreneurship

2012-01-21_1529

This paper produced by the Doughty Centre at the Cranfield University examines the potential value of social intrapreneurship, and provisionally defines a social intrapreneur as "a person within a large corporation who takes direct initiative for innovation which addresses social or environmental...

Moving On Toolbook - a guide to effective management of partnership exits and transitions

2012-01-21_1538

The Moving On Toolbook, produced in collaboration with Vodafone, UK Foundation and Nike, is the fifth in the series, and focuses on the exit aspects of a partnership. It also looks at the indications of success that can be associated with exits, achieving goals and reaching conclusions.

A briefing note for supply chain managers & technical end users on oil, gas and mining (OGM) projects

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This briefing note provides supply chain managers and technical end users on oil, gas and mining (OGM) projects in low income countries with practical guidance on maximising the involvement of local enterprises in the project supply chain.