The Partnership Brokers Association

We anticipate that the research findings will enable the Partnership Brokering project to:

• Increase understanding and acceptance across sectors of the role of brokers in enabling multi-sector partnerships to succeed
• Provide evidence of the economic value of brokering and the ‘intangible wealth’ it creates by making a significant contribution to the development of social infrastructure
• Clarify the significant role of brokers in addressing the global crisis in governance (corporate, governmental, international agencies and civil society) through the implementation of good practice, partnering principles, invisible leadership and system change
• Raise the profile of brokers and their added value to partnerships through relationship & capacity building, process management, sustained outreach, social networking and more
• Confirm and promote the highest ethical standards for brokers and for their activities – suitably validated and codified
• Make the case for brokers as key players in high profile and / or crisis situations (such as conflict mitigation, nation (re)building, humanitarian relief, adaptation to climate change)
• Make the case for donors to invest in brokers and brokering as a low-cost, high impact way of improving the effectiveness of the partnerships they support
• Make the case for decision makers to engage brokers in improving systems and the enabling environment to better ensure that partnerships flourish and achieve ambitious goals
• Develop the case for an international professional body with a credible and measurable track record, better placed to lobby, influence and shape the partnering enabling environment

The research findings and lessons learnt will form the basis of the Partnership Brokering Project Campaign