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Start with the contribution each partner makes.
Local organisations bring relationships, context and knowledge of how services are actually used. Funders and technical partners can bring resources, specialist capability and wider experience. The quality of the partnership depends on making these contributions work together.
A well-designed agreement should make the practical questions answerable: who decides, who delivers, who carries a risk and what support is available when circumstances change?
Invest in the conditions for delivery.
Reporting templates alone do not create institutional capability. Usable planning tools, proportionate financial requirements, technical support and a realistic understanding of operating costs help partners deliver well.
The aim is not to remove accountability. It is to make accountability workable, with requirements that can be understood, resourced and applied.
Look beyond the funding period.
Ask what the partner should be better able to do at the end of an engagement. That may include stronger financial routines, better supervision, more useful data or a clearer relationship with a public institution.
These are practical questions for programme design and review. They should be discussed alongside the immediate outputs the programme is expected to deliver.