This list provides an overview of the information available about partnerships and accountability on the websites of some of the key organisations active in this area.

AccountAbility, The Partnership Accountability Programme The Partnership Accountability programme, supported by the Ford Foundation, explores the basis on, and the degree to which multi-sector partnerships build accountability frameworks and processes appropriate to their mandates, claims and constituencies. The programme engages with leaders in multi-sector sustainability partnerships through research, the development of case studies, and meetings of leaders in such partnerships to brainstorm and 'forward' cast about the future of these partnership models.
Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals This website makes available information related to the Association as well as a variety of resources on strategic alliances, starting from workshop proceedings to members' publications to best practices guide books.
BOND, Learning in Partnerships Drawing on available literature and issues raised during a two-day BOND/Exchange workshop on Learning in North-South Partnerships, this site offers a series of reports and articles which explore learning in the context of NGO partnerships.
Building Partnerships for Development (BPD) in Water and Sanitation BPD Water and Sanitation is an informal network of partners who seek to demonstrate that strategic partnerships involving business, government and civil society can achieve more at the local level to improve access to safe water and effective sanitation for the poor than any of the groups acting individually. This site makes available a variety of resources related to partnerships in general and water and sanitation issues in particular.
Cambridge Programme for Industry, Partnership Matters - Current Issues in Cross-Sector Collaboration This is the website for the Postgraduate Certificate in Cross-Sector Partnership at the University of Cambridge. The first two issues of the annual 'thought leadership' publication on cross-sector partnership are available here. These issues are designed to: (i) Exemplify cutting edge partnership thinking and practice; (ii) Provide thought leadership for the partnership movement; (iii) Consolidate the learning for past and future course participants.
Capacity.org Capacity.org offers a quarterly newsletter, a platform for exchange and access to a wealth of background reading on capacity development. Issue 6, in particular, throws some light on the concept and practice of partnership in a particular realm of development cooperation - 'twinning' - the institutional cooperation between Northern and Southern training, research and public sector organisations. The focus is on the understanding given to partnership by the different partners involved, and especially on how partnership is seen to support capacity mobilisation and capacity building.
IDRC, Learning Partnerships - A review of IDRC Secretariats: literature review This site provides a comprehensive assessment of the extensive amount of current literature and research on topics related to the IDRC Secretariat Review. For the purposes of the Review, and the discussion that follows, this body of work is organized around four themes: (i) Current Trends in Public Sector Management; (ii) Managing for Results in Research, Innovative, and Development Organizations; (iii) Public Sector Accountability and Governance Issues; and (iv) Strategic Frameworks for Collaborative Partnerships.
Institute on Governance Strengthening Policy Partnerships: A Learning Network Linking Policy Experts from Government and Civil Society is a CIDA-funded project. It involves case studies in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and Canada on the evolution of partnerships between government and civil society on policy related to the social agenda. Case studies, a brief on lessons learned and an introductory note on the nature of partnerships will be competed by the Institute on Governance by the end of 2004. The website currently (Oct. 2004) offers links to the pre-publication versions of case studies.
InterAction - Global Partnerships for Effective Assistance The Global Partnership for Effective Assistance is a campaign 'to save lives and build self-sufficiency by increasing development and humanitarian assistance, improving aid effectiveness, and building international partnerships.' In the broadest sense, this campaign aims to help reinvigorate America's role in partnering to build safer, more stable and democratic societies. The Campaign is an initiative of the American Council for Voluntary International Action. Among other publications, African Liaison Program Initiative (2000), Mutual Accountability in African Development Relationships: A report of the ALPI sub-regional conference Prepared by InterAction's Division of Development Policy and Practice - is available via this site.
INTRAC INTRAC - the International NGO Training and Research Centre - supports non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations around the world by exploring policy issues, and strengthening management and organisational effectiveness. This site provides a variety of resources on partnerships between Northern and Southern NGOs. A large number of in-house publications are also available.
Mercy Corps, Organizational Commitment to Local Partnership and Capacity Building Mercy Corps' approach to strengthening civil society puts the utmost priority on working with local partners. They believe that local partnerships help their programs generate sustainable legacies. Because partnering with local entities often includes capacity building, they address both issues of capacity building and partnership. While acknowledging that every program is different depending on context and objectives, the site recommends some characteristics of success to keep in mind when working with local partners: be strategic, be transparent, ensure true partnership, maintain separate identities, respect their mission, consider the future, offer training, outsource capacity building locally.
National Research Council Canada An online summary of audit of partnerships in the institutes of the National Research Council. The audit assesses the risk management practices and provides suggestions to mitigate risks related to partnerships; assess current practices and provide suggestions to strengthen accountability in partnerships (e.g. collaborative arrangements); assesses completeness of partnership arrangements, etc.
National Science Foundation, Strategic Research Partnerships Online report: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Studies, Strategic Research Partnerships: Proceedings from an NSF Workshop, NSF 01-336, Project Officers, John E. Jankowski, Albert N. Link, Nicholas S. Vonortas (Arlington, VA 2001). The objective of the workshop was to identify for NSF and the National Science Board the policy needs for, and available data on, indicators related to the formation, activities, and economic consequences of alliances and strategic research partnerships (SRP). An SRP was broadly defined as an innovation-based relationship that involves, at least partly, a significant effort in research and development.
The Nordic Partnership The Nordic Partnership is an NGO-business network founded in 2001 by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Danish media centre Monday Morning and key corporate players operating in the Nordic region. Using a partnership approach, the members of the Nordic Partnership work together to find new ways of making sustainable initiatives more attractive and rewarding to business. The website provides fresh perspectives, challenges and recommendations to the 'rules of the game' that relate to sustainable development.
The One World Trust Through its Global Accountability Project, the One World Trust has developed a framework of accountability for applying to intergovernmental organisations, transnational corporations and international NGOs. A series of resources in relation to accountability are available on this website.
Simon Fraser University, Research Partners Research Partners is a publication of the University/Industry Liaison Office(UILO) at Simon Fraser University (SFU). A range of successful SFU/industry partnerships are profiled, many of which have been ongoing for a number of years. What becomes clear when reading about these partnerships, is that the university researcher and company are not the only beneficiaries. Such partnerships play a significant role in stimulating investment, increasing employment, and improving Canada's competitiveness. Issues available from January 1995 - present.
Support and Liaison Office, Strategic Research Partnerships The Support and Liaison Office is a Dutch based office, with the overall aim to assist in the effective implementation of the two ongoing Demand Driven Research Programmes: the Health Research Programme in Ghana (HRP) and in the Biodiversity Research Programme (BRP) on the Philippines. These research programmes aim to develop innovative North-South research partnerships. This site contains information on the S&LO, links to BRP and HRP and working documents relevant to the Dutch institutions collaborating in these programmes. Specific objectives of S&LO are: (i) Effective functioning of the Joint Programme Committees and the management and co-ordination units of each of the research programmes; (ii) adequate provision of information about the programmes, the research approach as well as the achieved results to Dutch researchers, and to a broader public in the Netherlands involved in research for development co-operation; (iii) good access to information on relevant knowledge and experiences in the Netherlands for the Southern participants in the partnership programmes.	website currently unavailable
Treasury Board of Canada, Secretariat - Managing Collaborative Arrangements This site is a guide for regional managers on how to deal with collaborative arrangements. It tackles issues such as shared accountability, indicators of effective accountability, accountability mechanisms for collaborative arrangements. An accountability template of the Social Union Framework Agreement is also available.
USAID, Partnering for Results: Intersectoral Partnerships The use of intersectoral partnerships (ISPs) as a development tool is expanding rapidly as the development community increasingly recognises the importance of institutions that combine market, governance, and voluntaristic characteristics. ISPs strengthen individual organisations within each sector, offer a mechanism to resolve specific development issues, and can lay the foundation for broader, systemic change. With collaborative action, government, business, and civil society can take advantage of creative synergies and achieve outcomes that are impossible for any one of them to achieve alone. This website provides information on what ISPs are, why they are an important development strategy, and how donors and other organizations can facilitate their growth. This website will also be used as a clearinghouse to store new information about the development and success of ISPs.
US Department of Interior The official website on partnerships of the US Department of Interior. It provides extensive information on building partnerships and partnership tools, and offers comprehensive information on partnership legal frameworks - with specific information on legal framework and limitations for partnerships, as well as a page on partnership ethics.

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