Operational alliances are emerging as a collective response to global and local challenges. Check out the top 6 lessons for developing successful operational alliances, learned from the 2013 Convergences World Forum, in Paris.

1. Operational Alliances for Inclusive
and Sustainable Development

2. Operational alliances are emerging as a collective
response to global and local challenges.
They involve all kinds of actors: government, development
agencies, private sector, civil society and international
organizations, from both the North and the South.

3. Check out the
Top 6 Lessons
for developing
successful operational
alliances, learned from
the 2013 Convergences
Forum, in Paris.

4. Successful partnerships should address a
very specific topic and avoid being too
broad.
1.

5. 2. Partners shall have a common
purpose when they engage in the
alliance.

6. Each partner shall bring a comparative
advantage to the alliance that the others
do not have.
3.

7. Start a partnership on a limited scale to
give members the opportunity to know
each other better.
4.

8. Strong leadership and a consistent governance
system is a must. The system “1 member/1 vote”
works better than shareholders votes.
5.

9. Establish, from the beginning,
indicators to monitor the
processes and measure the
impacts. This will help
considerably ensuring the
sustainability both of the
interventions and the partnership.
6.

10. It takes teamwork to change the world.
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