Partnership Working Agreements

A Partnership Agreement is a ‘working agreement’ or 'social contract' between all parties of the relationship.

A critical factor for success in any form of partnering relationship is having alignment between the parties. This doesn’t mean that they must think alike on everything – simply that they explicitly align and agree on some fundamental factors driving the relationship. These are:

• Why? The purpose of the partnership, what the exchange of value will be; how it benefits each party, the shared objectives and work priorities.

• How? How the parties will engage to ensure they gain the expected value, roles and relationships, the support processes (e.g. for escalating problems) and the ongoing governance/ review model.

• How will we monitor performance? Both operational performance (e.g. KPIs) and the Partnering Relationship itself.

To enable ongoing or future review of the relationship, these should ideally be documented. This comprehensive document is referred to as the Working Agreement.

Click here for PDF of full Discussion Paper - covering Charters, Working Agreements and Performance Management

Click here for a PDF example of a Partnering Agreement

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