Kolkata Sanved commissioned the documentation of their journey of collaboration with Paul Hamlyn Foundation to bring out the possibilities that arise from such a partnership. The term ‘good practices’ is used in this document to refer to strategies, principles, or processes that are ethical, fair, replicable, effective, and therefore can be recommended to donors and implementing organisations. The intention behind identifying and sharing these good practices is to enable development of stronger partnerships and to encourage the application and adaptation of the knowledge and experience gained from this partnership to different situations. Partnership refers to a relationship between an organization implementing a program and a foundation funding and supporting the project and NGO. The implementing organization comes with knowledge and expertise on the issues and intervention strategies, whereas the funding partner, brings in financial support and organizational building inputs. It is hoped that this document will enable partnering organisations to meet new challenges, discover improvements and continue to build the sector.

Its hoped that this document would serve the following outcomes:

• A learning document for implementing organisations and funders in the sector, demonstrating ‘good practices’ in values and culture of working together.
• A track record of evolution of Kolkata Sanved and of Paul Hamlyn Foundation through this partnership.
• A repository of knowledge for organisational learning and resource mobilisation.

We are aware that social change or social transformation cannot be made possible with the efforts of a single actor or organisation, it is a collective endeavour and requires diverse energies to work together for it to be brought to life. This principle is the driving force behind putting this document together.

Sohini Chakraborty,
Founder-Director,
Kolkata Sanved

What you are about to read is a very unique document, unlike many you may have read before that talk about partnerships.

Sachin Sachdeva,
Director-India,
Paul Hamlyn Foundation

Detailed report will be available on request
Email : kolkatasanved@gmail.com