Table 4 Partnership tools included for detailed analysis
Author | Year | Name of the tool | Aim of the tool | Basis of tool elements | Audience | Location: publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spink and Merrill-Sands [68] | 1999 | Successful collaborative partnership: Key elements and a self-assessment inventory | Intended for use either at the start-up phase or later on to reflect on strengths and priorities for improvement. | Literature review and practitioner experience. | CGIAR Centers and their partners | Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research |
Mattessich PW, Murray-Close M, Monsey BR & Wilder Research Centre [79] | 2001 | Wilder Collaborative Inventory (found in Collaboration: What Makes it Work, 2nd Ed) | Provide a practical tool that bridges the gap between research and practice. | Review of research literature on factors that influence the success of collaboration. | Groups working on collaborative projects | Minnesota, USA: Fieldstone Alliance |
Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health [74] | 2002 | Partnership Self-Assessment Tool (also known as The New York Partnership Self-Assessment Tool) | To assess how the collaborative process is working and identify focus areas to make the collaborative process work better. | Based on a 2001 national study on partnership synergy involving 63 US partnerships (815 partnership participants). | Broad array of partnerships focusing on any kind of goals | New York, USA: CACSH |
Markwell S, Watson J, Speller V, Platt S & Younger T [78] | 2003 | The Working Partnership Book 1–3 (previously and still common known as the Verona Benchmark) | To self-assess levels of performance in leadership, organization, strategy, learning, resources and programs. | Based on evidence, theory and practice in the areas of business performance assessment, community involvement and partnership dynamics. | UK health sector, inter-government department initiatives. | Yorkshire, UK: Health Development Agency |
Hardy B, Hudson B & Waddington E [77] | 2003 | Assessing Strategic Partnership: The Partnership Assessment Tool (based on the Nuffield Partnership Assessment Tool) | Provide a simple, quick and cost-effective way to assess the effectiveness of partnership working, identify problem areas to inform remedial action and guide resource allocations. | Previous Nuffield Institute work with health and social care partnerships. | Local government authorities | London, UK: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister |
VicHealth [82] | 2011 | The Partnership Analysis Tool | To assist organisations to develop a clearer understanding of the purposes of collaboration, to reflect on the partnership they have established, and to focus on ways to strengthen new and existing partnerships by engaging in a discussion about issues and ways forward. | Based on evaluation initiatives undertaken to promote mental health and wellbeing in Victoria. | Health promotion initiatives | Victoria, Australia: VicHealth |
Tennyson, R [81] | 2011 | The Partnering Initiative’s Partnering Tool Book (4th ed) | To help design, develop and manage cross-sector collaboration in a systematic way in order to achieve effectiveness and sustainability. | Builds on the experience of practitioners and offer an overview of essential elements of effective partnering. | General audience using cross-sector collaboration and partnership to achieve development goals. | The Partnering Initiative (International Business Leaders Forum) |