NGOs without borders: Challenges to collaboration and benefits of collaboration to maximize their efforts

Competition for grants and donor funding has prevented many NGOs to collaborate openly with other NGOs, at risk of losing their competitive edge. This panel presents a model to maximize collaboration among NGOs and maximize their impact. Innovative partnership agreements and models that allow each NGO to add value without compromising their financial survival are needed. This presentation is part of the panel entitled “NGOs without borders: Reducing inequalities in global health” organized by the “NGO Connections Committee” of the International Health Section. The committee has invited a number of experts from these coalitions and is awaiting confirmation as to who can attend the San Diego meeting. The purpose of this panelist is to present and discuss the challenges NGOs face when collaborating with others and the benefits of such collaboration. The case of an NGO and its collaboration strategies that has attracted a number of successful partnerships will be discussed and a model for partnership building and collaboration will be presented.