ABSTRACT
There are some useful thinking tools and conversation starters, which will help you share assumptions and explore choices with fellow collaborators. Caplan suggests that the work done in collaboration or formal partnerships can be categorised according to whether it is rules-oriented or task-oriented, and whether it favours innovation or accountability. CAPLAN, 2003 In practice, this means that some partnerships concentrate on implementing projects, others act as rule-setters and verifiers, some transfer resources from funders to the under-resourced, and some are primarily ways of enabling mutual learning and innovation. On the left are the less demanding forms of collaboration, which have a lower level of collaborative advantage. As one move towards the right-hand side, the effort goes up, and so does the potential benefit. And what inspiring outcomes there are, which can be achieved if people find that collaborative advantage! Protecting and maintaining ecosystem services, dramatically reducing poverty, limiting global temperature rises.
