This paper provides operational guidance for developing adaptive partnerships in market and food systems programmes. It emphasises the need for local partnerships to drive sustainable change.
The guide is structured around four key phases:
- understanding the opportunity
- collaborating on the solution
- responding and adapting
- measuring and learning
Each phase includes strategies, tools, resources and self-assessment questions to help programme teams effectively identify, design, and manage partnerships. There are examples from programmes in various countries including Honduras, Mozambique, Serbia, Tajikistan and Tanzania.
The guidance is useful for programme teams, grant managers and anyone involved in managing partnerships within development projects.