This resource provides guidance and templates for developing an initial quality assurance action plan in a newly-established partnership or contracting arrangement. The accompanying 'Initial Action Plan for Improvements in CQA' can be used alongside this.
This document outlines some of the key features of an effective implementation plan and is designed to prompt and support users to identify actions to strengthen their planning and partnerships to maximise success. It is one of a series of resources supporting 'collaborative implementation planning'.
This tool can be used to review the functions and responsibilities that you need to perform effectively as partnership members, and identify actions to take forward. The functions relate to partnerships with a strategic purpose.
This tool is designed to enable a partnership to establish its implementation planning readiness. The development areas and category benchmark criteria can be used to make a judgement on the category where a partnership is operating, so that appropriate action and support can be identified. It is one of a series of resources supporting 'collaborative implementation planning'.
This presentation looks at building a common vision for partnerships. It could be used as the basis for a workshop session to help develop and refine the vision for your partnership. The presentation includes prompts on setting strategic priorities.
This resource includes questions across nine themes to prompt discussion between partners on the challenges of developing effective collaboration.
This resource enables organisations to identify and assess the benefits of collaboration. It is adapted from material on the Employers Organisation site for local government, Smarter Partnerships. The resource provides a checklist of the benefits of collaboration from which users can identify those that most apply to their prospective partnership and which might be emphasised in negotiations.
This resource provides a checklist of features of partnerships that are conducive to effective collaboration and joint working, which can prompt thinking and action to make partnerships more powerful and productive.
This diagnostic tool can help you identify where your partnership is in the partnership lifecycle and identify and take actions to change this, if necessary. You are encouraged to review the separate "A brief guide to the partnership lifecycle" document before using the diagnostic tool.
This review tool is designed to help you identify the collaborative roles, structures and processes that you have already introduced in your partnership or group; and areas for development to enhance collaboration.
