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Benefits
Participation in the Partnership Academy can generate benefits both for the individuals taking part and for their organisations and the regions where they operate.
Individual benefits – course participants can:
- learn the theory and practice of cross-sector collaboration in relation to practical experience from Poland and internationally;
- gain an understanding for the steps involved in building effective partnerships, as well as in managing them to generate maximum impact;
- learn how to adapt different methods and approaches to engaging partners in a partnership to their own needs and circumstances;
- experience and analyse how an effective partnership operates in practice;
- gain access to the experience and support of the National Network of Partnership Groups;
- join a growing global network of partnership practitioners convened by The Partnering Initiative;
- be awarded a Partnership Academy Diploma, which is a prerequisite for more specialized partnership training offered by the Polish Environmental Partnership Foundation and The Partnering Initiative.
Organisational
benefits – by participating organisations can:
- Increase their capability to partner more effectively with organizations from other sectors;
- Enable a more systematic approach to programming and budgeting partnership action as part of the organisation’s core business;
- Improve and add value to existing relationships with partners from other sectors;
- Increase reputation and recognition as an effective (and preferred partner!) thanks to improved staff capabilities.
Partnership
benefits – by participating existing cross-sector collaborations can:
- recruit a partnership practitioner who understands the dynamics of a cross-sector partnership and how to manage them;
- operate more effectively by putting into practice partnership principles;
- more fully realize the potential contributions of partners and so increase the impact of the partnership as a whole;
- introduce more effective ways of promoting and documenting the operations and impacts of the partnership;
- access the experiences and programmes of the National Network of Partnership Groups, the Polish Environmental Partnership Foundation and the Partnering Initiative.
Broader societal benefits:
- Course participants, along with the organisations and partnerships they represent, will help nurture a partnership culture in Poland and internationally in a more systematic way.
- Improved understanding of partnership as a method or approach for implementing sustainable development, which can also serve to deal with social conflict;
- Promoting positive examples of what individuals and organizations from all sectors can achieve by working in and through cross-sector collaborations.
