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Partnership Working in the current environment

Partnership Working in the current environment. Workshop for CLINKS Road Show 2011 Alan Cripps. t: 020 8579 9983 m: 07905 911790 e: alan@neadon.com w: www.neadon.com. Partnership working. The partnership spectrum Informal Networks Clusters Agreements within the VCS

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Partnership Working in the current environment

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  1. Partnership Workingin the current environment Workshop for CLINKS Road Show 2011 Alan Cripps t: 020 8579 9983m:07905 911790e:alan@neadon.comw:www.neadon.com

  2. Partnership working The partnership spectrum • Informal • Networks • Clusters • Agreements within the VCS • Joint delivery of existing services • Joint projects • Contracts for public service delivery • Sub-contracting • Consortia

  3. Partnership working Issues in partnership 1 - Environment • Commissioning environment • Who is buying? • What are they looking for? • How big are the contracts? • How is strategy decided? • Procurement rules/processes • Threshold requirements • Tender processes

  4. Partnership working Issues in partnership 2 - sectoral • Who is out there that • You can trust? • Your organisation can fit with? • Can offer a mutual exchange of value? • You can create a relationship with? • Is prepared to commit to the ground rules? • How can you find them?

  5. Partnership working Issues in partnership 3 - Internal • It all takes time and resource, so:- • Know why you’re doing it • Prioritise and evaluate, BUT • Resist pressure for big payoffs quickly • Look for some quick wins • Make sure your Board is on board

  6. Partnership working Thinking about partnerships you’ve been involved in:- • What have been the main barriers to success? • What things have enabled partnerships to work well?

  7. Partnership working Ways forward – some thoughts • Develop intelligence and networks • Start local • Share the work of mapping • Be prepared to share influence and contacts • Look for a sponsor • Build a collective identity and voice • With commissioners and funders • Within the local VCS

  8. Partnership working Ways forward – some thoughts Rehearse to build social capital • Develop working relationships to find out who is worth partnering with • Find non-contractual opportunities to work together

  9. Partnership working Ways forward – some thoughts Prepare for tendering • Agree the basics beforehand • Quality standards • MOUs • Governance structures • Get PQQ materials together • Get kitted-up (Dropbox, Skype etc)

  10. Partnership working Key learning points from workshops • Don’t have all your eggs in one basket. • Make sure you don’t get pulled off mission • Be prepared to deal with last minute changes of goalposts. • Be clear about what’s negotiable and what’s not. • Make sure there are shared ethos and values

  11. Partnership working Resources • www.hact.org.uk • Full evaluations and executive summaries of Collaborate 1 and 2 www.collaborate2@hact.org.uk • Collaborate 2 microsite – self-help toolkit for resource-sharing clusters NCVO and NAVCA (Link from NCVO website) • Pathways Through The Maze – a guide to procurement law for commissioners Department of Work & Pensions – Code of Conduct • Annex 1, Commissioning Strategy 2008

  12. Partnership working And finally . . . GOOD LUCK!

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