Whether you’re working on a local collective impact initiative or a national public-private partnership; whether you’re a practitioner or a researcher; whether you’re looking for basics or a detailed look at a particular topic, our Resource Library can help you find the information and tools you need for your cross-sector thinking and practice. The Library — which includes resources from research organizations, advisory groups, training organizations, academic centers and journals, and other sources — spans issue areas, sectors, and partnership types.
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There are a number of academic courses, programs, and certificates offered in the United States in which cross-sector collaboration is a major theme. We hope this list will be useful for educators who are interested in how this topic is being taught at universities across the country…
In this paper, Living Cities offers “a strategic framework for cross-sector partnerships including describing and defining the traits that make up a strong foundation, factors that influence success, and behaviors of high-impact efforts. In addition to the theory, the paper steeps these ideas in four…
This landmark SSIR article introduced the concept of collective impact and its five conditions of collective success. “Collaboration is nothing new. The social sector is filled with examples of partnerships, networks, and other types of joint efforts. But collective impact initiatives are distinctly different. Unlike…
✴︎ Available only with purchase from publisher “Theoretical and empirical work on collaboration has proliferated in the last decade. The authors’ 2006 article on designing and implementing cross-sector collaborations was a part of, and helped stimulate, this growth. This article reviews the authors’ and others’…
“This report focuses specifically on a cross-sector collaborative effort to significantly reduce traffic congestion in the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota. The organizers of the program concluded that a collaborative, multi-modal approach was crucial to making real headway on a longstanding, costly, nearly intractable…
✴︎ Available only with purchase from publisher “This paper does not stake out a clear position for or against public-private cooperation for cybersecurity. … Rather, it pursues a more modest, but — in our view — nonetheless essential aim, namely to clarify our understanding and…
“The NextWare Cyber Collaboration Toolkit is a product of The NextWare Sessions project … The NextWare Sessions convened a select group of expert stakeholders from key fields to engage in facilitated workshops where they considered a variety of cross-disciplinary, collaborative methods to address endemic cybersecurity…
“Governments, international organizations, and non-state actors all recognize that cybersecurity capacity building (CCB) is crucial to mitigating the negative crossborder externalities of increasing connectivity and maximizing the benefits of ICT-led development. While early adopters have lent support and resources to CCB, the present supply falls…
“When speaking of businesses and cybercrime, it is no longer a matter of whether a company will suffer a cyberattack but when that attack will occur and where in the attack lifecycle it is detected and contained. Unlike other types of crime, cybercrime is borderless,…
“The Water and Wastewater Systems Sector, commonly known as the Water and Wastewater Sector, has engaged in a considerable effort to expand mutual aid and assistance, develop critical Water and Wastewater Sector security standards, enhance local, state and federal partnerships, address cybersecurity concerns, provide research…
“It is an era of unprecedented interest in broadband as a platform of economic and community development. Advanced communications networks are increasingly recognized as a growing engine for economic activity, democratic participation, healthcare, and education. Local governments, in particular, increasingly embrace opportunities to develop next-generation…
“In the United States, governments are increasingly turning to public-private partnerships (P3s) to implement public infrastructure works.” In this article from McKinsey & Company, partner Michael Della Rocca discusses “why the benefits of P3 project delivery, not just financing, will continue to shift the market…
“Government at all levels faces a dual-edge sword of long-term fiscal sustainability challenges that will not be easily remedied and unmet resource demands. Included is replacing decaying roads and bridges, tackling broader infrastructure needs, and making system and operational investments. The United States (U.S.) is…
This Brookings article looks at public-private partnerships for infrastructure in the United States. “Public-private partnerships are unique because of the ongoing collaboration between governments and private contractors, as well as the wide range of options that exist for structuring PPPs. In one type of PPP,…
“The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) estimates that the United States needs $4.56 trillion to keep its deteriorating infrastructure current but only has funding to cover less than half of necessary infrastructure spending — leaving the at least country $2.0 trillion short through the…