Partnerships are increasingly central to delivering public sector strategies. However, many organizations approach partnerships opportunistically rather than strategically. Without clear frameworks, partnerships can lead to fragmented efforts and unclear accountability.

Effective partnerships require clear governance structures, classification models, and performance frameworks. Partnerships must be designed and managed as strategic assets.

Organizations achieve greater value from partnerships when they treat them as structured strategic instruments rather than ad-hoc collaborations.

In a recent engagement, we developed a comprehensive partnership management framework that included:

• a partnership classification framework
• governance structures for collaboration
• operating models to manage partnerships
• performance indicators to measure impact