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Table 1 Comparing Kybele’s partnership model to the stages of successful partnership

From: Global health partnerships: building multi-national collaborations to achieve lasting improvements in maternal and neonatal health

Stages of Successful Partnership

Kybele’s Model

Recognizing and accepting the need for partnership

Ensure that a champion is selected who is committed to a partnership

Develop clarity and reality of purpose

Develop local solutions based on assessment of need and capacity

Ensuring commitment and ownership

Obtain broader stakeholder support and negotiate cost sharing

Developing and maintaining trust

Commit to long term partner involvement by including them as future members of the Kybele team.

Robust and clear working arrangements

Kybele team leader plans for each visit and determines the best team composition to meet current priorities

Monitoring, measuring and learning

M&E integrated into all Kybele programs