“The Partnerships Resource Centre and The Partnering Initiative have developed a Partnering Agreement Scorecard based on insights from practice and grounded on theory. The tool will be of value to any organisation that contemplates setting up a new or reviewing an existing partnership. It offers a structure for generating and assessing an agreement which should fit the initial needs of most partnerships. It is our experience that addressing a number of questions in a more systematic manner seriously increases the chances of success — by ensuring all partners are on the same page, that the partnership has been set up correctly, by helping to keep a partnership on track, and by providing guidance also in difficult times. As accompaniment, the publication Designing Comprehensive Partnering Agreements: An Introduction to the Partnering Agreements Scorecard provides shorthand of the most critical questions that should be addressed when developing a partnership agreement. This guide includes both an overview of the nature and value of agreements and a new tool for their construction and review.”