Partnership Catalyst

Catalyzing partnerships for sustainable transformation

Summary

The Partnership Catalyst aims to facilitate cross-sector partnerships for tackling societal challenges. It builds on the assumption that effective collaboration requires understanding each others perspectives, approaches, and priorities and developing a shared understanding how each party can bring in their particular strengths.

Theory of Change

Challenge
Cross-sector collaborations and partnerships are crucial for tackling societal challenges more effectively. But they are often not living up to their potential because different partners have different understandings and priorities for what they want to achieve together
Activities
Convening partners from different sectors
Building foundations for partnerships
Co-creating parterships and developing concrete projects
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Outputs & Outcomes
New impact-oriented collaborations and projects
More robust partnerships
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Impacts

Status & Current Focus

We are currently in Planning phase and plan to launch soon.

We are looking for partners from the public and private sector in the St.Gallen region and are evaluating different possible challenges to tackle.

Partners & Collaborators

University of St.Gallen (HSG)
Initiator with the Competence Center for Social Innovation (CSI-HSG)

Get Involved

Does the Partnership Catalyst sound interesting to you? Do you have existing activities or ambitions that could be linked to this project? We are looking for partners and collaborators. Please get in touch!

Additional Information

The Partnership Catalyst was initially developed in a collaboration between the Competence Center for Social Innovation (CSI-HSG) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC. Find out more about the Partnership Catalyst on this dedicated website. The purpose of this project is specifically on tailoring the Partnership Catalyst program to the St.Gallen region with its local stakeholders and challenges.