One Health Collaboration and Partnership Power Point No

One Health Collaboration and Partnership Power Point No. 1 B Definitions of Collaboration and Partnership

What is Collaboration? • Collaboration means "to work together. " It is a mutually beneficial relationship between two or more parties to achieve common goals by sharing responsibility, authority and accountability for achieving results. • It is more than simply sharing knowledge and information (communication) and more than a relationship that helps each party achieve its own goals (cooperation and coordination). • The purpose of collaboration is to create a shared vision and joint strategies to address concerns that go beyond the purview of any particular party. 2

What is Partnership? • Partnership is the term used in the field of civic engagement to talk about the existing or intended relationships between individual people and entities pooling or sharing resources, knowledge and other assets to achieve one or more goals that are mutually beneficial. • Partnership allows for many people to have a voice in addressing issues and creating positive change. • As multiple perspectives are shared, a fuller understanding of the needs, assets, strategies, and abilities needed or available to address an issue is achieved/ 3

What is collaboration in One Health? • One Health collaboration is cooperative arrangement in which human, animal, and environmental health professionals or institutions (which may or may not have any previous relationship) work jointly towards a common goal improving the global health. • It is an effective method of transferring 'know how' among individuals, therefore critical to creating and sustaining a competitive advantage. 4

What is partnership in One Health ? • One Health Partnerships is a relationship in which human, animal, and environmental health organizations share resources and responsibilities to achieve a common objective, as well as any resulting rewards or recognition. • Partnerships are intended for joint solving of human, animal, and environmental health problems, resource exchange, cooperation, coordination and coalition building. 5

What is One Health collaborative partnerships? • One Health collaborative partnerships are agreements and actions made by human, animal and environmental health organizations to share resources to accomplish improving global health problems. • Collaborative partnerships rely on participation by all parties who agree to share resources, such as finances, knowledge, and people for the benefit of human, animal and ecosystem health. 6

Types of Collaboration and Partnership • Multidisciplinary Collaboration • Interdisciplinary Collaboration • Trans-disciplinary Collaboration Discipline: a branch of knowledge, instruction, or learning. 7

Multidisciplinary Collaboration • Multi-disciplinary: Involving or of several disciplines; additive, not integrative; disciplinary perspectives not changed (all bring skill - set to same table and work together) = ADDITIVE • Researchers work in parallel or sequentially from a disciplinary specific base to address common problems. 8

Interdisciplinary Collaboration • Inter-disciplinary: Synthesis of 2 or more disciplines establishing a new level of discourse or integration of knowledge. = INTERACTIVE • Researchers work jointly but from a disciplinary specific base to address common problems. 9

Trans-disciplinary Collaboration • A transdisciplinary approach focuses on problems or issues that cut across the boundaries of two or more disciplines, or fall between them, whatever the nature of the interactions between these disciplines. • Researchers work jointly using a sheared conceptual framework drawing together disciplinary specific problems, concepts, and approaches to address common problems. 10

One Health Partnerships • One Health partnerships: is a relationship in which human, animal, and environmental health organizations share resources and responsibilities to achieve a common objective, as well as any resulting rewards or recognition. • Partnerships are intended for joint solving of human, animal, and environmental health problems, resource exchange, cooperation, coordination and coalition building. • The relationship among human, animal, and environmental health partners should be permanent. • One Health partnership brings together institutional capabilities and human resources in the form of skills, experiences and ideas to tackle common human, animal, and environmental health problems that are often beyond the capacity of a single organization or group. • Unlike collaboration, this definition implies a formal, structured relationship 11 between equals with mutually defined objectives and goals to improve global health.

One Health Collaborative partnerships • One Health Collaborative partnerships are agreements and actions made by human, animal and environmental health organizations to share resources to accomplish improving global health problems. • Collaborative partnerships rely on participation by all parties who agree to share resources, such as finances, knowledge, and people for the benefit of human, animal and ecosystem health. • These organizations in a collaborative partnership share the vision - global health improvement. 12

Cont…. • The essence of One Health collaborative partnership is for all parties to mutually benefit from working together. • These are instances where one health collaborative partnerships develop between those in different fields to supplement one another’s expertise. • These relationships between One Health collaborative partners can lead to long term partnerships that rely on one another. • Partnership and collaboration optimizes performance through shared resources and responsibilities for the common goal - global health. 13

Attributes of Collaboration • • • • Intellectual and cooperative endeavor Knowledge and expertise more important than role or title Joint venture Working as a team Participation in planning and decision making Nonhierarchical relationship Sharing of expertise Willingness to work together towards an agreed purpose Trust and respect in collaborators Partnership Inter-dependency Highly connected network Low expectation of reciprocation 14

Attributes of Partnership • • • Trust and confidence in accountability Respect for specialist expertise Joint working Teamwork Blurring of professional boundaries Members of partnerships share the same vested interests Appropriate governance structures Common goals Transparent lines of communication within and between partner agencies Agreement about objectives Reciprocity Empathy 15

Stages of Collaboration • Understanding the Context of Collaboration: • • • Identify the problem type Understand what makes leadership difficult Identify the relevant community to the problem Assess the extent of stakeholders’ agreement Evaluate the community’s capacity for change Identify where the problem/issue can be most effectively addressed. 16

Stages of collaboration cont. • Organizational Steps in Collaboration • • • Agree on the mission, values, and principles of the effort Agree on a process with ground rules for working together Design organizational structure Determine meeting guidelines Define rules and responsibilities Create an effective process for communication Coordinate budget and fund development Link with other efforts Celebrate Promote the effort Build the leadership capacity of all stakeholders Enlist technical assistance and support 17

The Keys to successful collaboration • • • Good timing and clear need Strong stakeholder groups Broad-based involvement Credibility and openness of process Commitment and/or involvement of high level, visible leaders (e. g. elected officials) • Support of acquiescence of established authority or powers (e. g. board of health or county board) • • Overcoming mistrust or skepticism Strong leadership of the process (strategic leadership) Interim successes Shift to broader concerns of the community 18

Stages of Partnership • It can be helpful to think of partnerships going through a series of stages, during which particular tactics are most appropriate to ensuring partnership progress and success. • These are similar to the stages that any team is likely to go through, as people come together to achieve common goals. These are: • Forming • common cause, arising from shared interests, opportunities, threats • early enthusiasm: new challenge, new relationships • exploring what’s needed, what’s possible • nature of commitments unclear 19

• Stages of Partnership Cont… Frustration • partners feel “in a fog” • disputes or tension over priorities and methods • individuals questioning purpose of the partnership and reasons for being there • hidden agendas influencing what partners do • doubts about what each other brings to the party • partners competing for credit and control • Functioning • • • renewed vision and focus progress through joint project teams partners talk in terms of “we” not “you” clear roles and responsibilities full accountability to each other for actions 20

Stages of Partnership Cont… • Flying • • • successful achievement of partnership goals • • trust and mutual respect shared leadership partners changing what they do and how they do it to achieve partnership objectives partnership priorities are central to partner activities • Failing • • disengagement lack of commitment recurrent tensions breakdown or frittering away of relationships 21

• Factors Influencing the Success of Collaboration and Eleven factors that. Partnership contribute to successful partnerships and collaborations are: 1. People 2. Vision 3. Trust 4. Time 5. Planning 6. Communication 7. Learning Together 8. Decision-making 9. Leadership 10. Technology 11. Flexibility 22