The Partnership Brokers Association

What is a Partnership Broker?

Partnership brokers (also known as process managers, change leaders or partnership intermediaries in different contexts) are vital to the effective scoping, design and process management of partnerships for sustainable development. So vital, that without brokering (whether formal or informal) most partnerships fall far short of their potential and many fail.

Those operating as partnership brokers need a deep understanding of partnering potential as well as a range of professional skills and competencies.

Partnership brokering can be undertaken by one person working with partners throughout the cycle or, more likely, be shared between different people as the brokering requirements change over time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is a Partnership Broker?

What do Partnership Brokers Do?

Brokering can be undertaken by those operating:

• Internally – working from within one of the partner organisations
• Externally – working as independent specialists / advisors

A growing number of organisations operating in different cultures and contexts that are defining and positioning themselves as ‘brokering organisations’

Partnership Brokering Units & Organisations

Paper by Surinder Hundal & Ros Tennyson. Developed during a partnership brokering training assignment with the Africa Development Bank.

If you want to access individuals in our partnership brokering network – let us know. We can put you in touch with individuals operating in different locations / contexts who may have valuable experiences to share and / or those operating as independent, accredited ‘external’ brokers who may be able to help you to navigate some of your partnering challenges.

Contact us on: info@partnershipbrokers.org

For more generic information on partnerships and access to a number of highly qualified practitioners please go to www.ThePartneringInitiative.org