Includes bibliographical references.

Partnership brokering: why, what and how? -- The case for partnership brokering / Leda Stott -- What do partnership brokers do? / Ros Tennyson -- Creating a better fit : a scoping role for partnership brokers / Rob van Tulder and Timo Kahlen -- Building on diversity: negotiation in partnerships / Bulbul Baksi -- Embedding ethical and principled partnering approaches / Julie Mundy -- Partnership brokers as planners, managers and administrators / Surinder Hundal -- Follow the leader? leadership in a collaborative model / Ros Tennyson and Rachel Houghton -- Going local : partnering with citizens and communities / Leda Stott, Marcia Dwonczyk and Joanna Pyres -- Improving partnerships : reflecting, reviewing and revising / Joanne Burke -- Partnership brokering in practice -- Dealing with ethical dilemmas : a partnership broker's personal perspective / Sara Nyanti -- Internal partnership brokering within the private sector / Gillian Pearl -- Partnership brokering in a university environment : the case of ITDUPM / Carlos Mataix, Jaime Moreno Serna and Sara Romero -- Partnership brokering for local food systems in poland / Rafal Serafin -- Learning from Luangeni: partnership brokering by accident / Martin Kalungu-Banda -- Using a review process to strengthen partnerships : a heritage partnership in Newfoundland, Canada / Marion McCahon and Nina Mitchelmore -- Managing complexity : challenges for international development partnerships / Donna Leigh Holden -- Using partnership-based approaches to improve aid effectiveness : a trilateral cooperation case study / Sarah MacCana, Moses Laman, Leanne Robinson and Ning Xiao -- Bibliography.

Multi-actor partnerships are promoted as central to the achievement of sustainable development. However, these relationships are not always easy, and calls are being made for more guidance on how partners can work together effectively to deliver results and achieve meaningful change.

Shaping Sustainable Change explains the growing and significant role of partnership brokering in shaping these relationships. Drawing upon the work of the Partnership Brokers Association, it uses evidenced-based materials to show how the work of partnership brokering contributes to the management of collaborative relationships so that they are better positioned to have a positive and sustainable impact. As well as making the case for partnership brokering, the publication explores the profile and key activities carried out by partnership brokers, and the skills required to undertake this role. Examples are also provided to illustrate how partnership brokering works in practice in relation to different contexts, sectors and themes.