Collaborate for Change
Join us to forge powerful partnerships and amplify your impact. Connect with individuals, organisations, and government entities to leverage collective knowledge and drive meaningful societal transformation.
Unlock Wisdom
Learn from partnering experts for enhanced proficiency in strategic methodologies.
Gain Perspective
Explore diverse perspectives to foster adaptability and holistic growth.
Be Strategic
Utilise our toolkit to pinpoint partners, strategise effectively, and initiate timely collaborations.
The Partnering Process
The Partnering Platform is underpinned by the Partnering Toolkit, a collection of tools and processes born from real-world partnership work.
Empower Stakeholders
The platform actively empowers government entities, organisations as well as individuals and practitioners to drive impactful change.
Researchers or Academics
Enhance your partnering skills with resources, expert advice, and a supportive community.
Public Officials
Discover partnering techniques and a wealth of collaboration resources. Join our community to learn from experts.
Partnering Practitioners
Join as an affiliate to share insights, collaborate, and gain recognition in the partnering community.
Partnering Dictionary
Enjoy access to our partnering dictionary which offers a wealth of partnering terminology.
Support Organisations
Unlock support from organizations vital to this collaborative platform's success, empowering you with invaluable connections and resources.
Going to Waste
A stuck partnership at a waste reclaiming centre.
Explore the latest blog posts and events, stay informed and engaged with our dynamic platform’s diverse and exciting activities.
Partnering resources
Read real-world cases of partnering processes that worked, tools to get started or unstuck, and videos that explore why collaborative processes are the only pathway to lasting development change.
A Strategy for Collective Impact
Learn how the Partnership Implementation Model is used as a strategic approach to overcome implementation challenges of the Just Energy Transition.
Towns Action Network Gathering
Elections impact local economies and service delivery, highlighting the role of active citizens and the effects of coalition governments on small town regeneration.
The Social Employment Network
Read more on how the Social Employment Network (SEN) uses a learning and support network to tackle the high unemployment crisis.
Partnering Perspectives:
The key to successful partnerships
Transversal Management Master-Class:
Partnering and the MOU, Amanda Gcanga
The Partnering Platform is the outcome of a collaboration between the Economic Development Partnership (EDP) and National Treasury’s Cities Support Programme (CSP) to strengthen the ability of organisations to work together on complex development challenges.
Drawing on the City of Cape Town’s Partnering Toolkit, the platform curates practical experience, tools, insights, and resources that support effective collaborative processes.
The Partnering Platform helps city managers design and lead collaborative processes that can address socio-economic challenges and contribute to more inclusive, sustainable economic development.
The Partnering Platform is convened by:
Contributing Partners
