JEM BENDELL is director of Lifeworth Consulting, coordinating a team of 16 associates, and working with UN agencies, international charities, universities and business, in over a dozen countries. He has a PhD in international policy.

Partnerships can work, but can they work better? This accessible guidebook distils the author's key learnings on the advanced strategic planning of cross-sectoral partnerships.This guide gives valuable insights on lessons learned and outlines viable approaches to achieve greater effectiveness and impact. It is especially timely ahead of Rio +20 as governments are eager to experiment with fresh approaches to bring about much-needed change. - Georg Kell, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact || The desire to 'give back to society' is growing among fledging and established industrial houses/corporations in India. However, most Indian companies who wish to be more responsible, lack the knowledge, trained manpower or the dedication to carry out community development programmes. In his excellent and useful guide, "Evolving Partnerships: A Guide to Working with Business for Greater Social Change", Jem Bendell says, "The appetite for partnerships appears strong. Over 90% of corporate executives responding to a World Economic Forum survey felt that future 'partnerships between business, government, and civil society would play either a major role or some role in addressing key development challenges'." Evolving Partnerships is a much needed guide to helping businesses and civil society work their way to successful partnerships. It holds the hands of the practitioners and takes them through the various stages of creating meaningful partnerships to bring about greater social change. This is a very useful guide for business houses in India and, more particularly, public sector units who need to secure NGO cooperation to implement their CSR agenda. Seeking partnerships is only part of the issue; more important is setting them up and making them effective and functional. Jem Bendell, with his vast experience in the area, has put together an excellent book which could serve as a bible for those involved in creating workable solutions through business/civil society cooperation. This is a must read publication. - 'indiacsr', 5 January 2012 - Suresh Kr Pramar, Executive Director, Centre for Training & Research in Responsible Business, Noida

• Foreword Professor Malcolm McIntosh, Asia Pacific Centre for Sustainable Enterprise, Griffith University  Introduction  1. A Planet of Partnerships2. Generations of Partnership3. Transcending Limitations with a Third Generation of Partnerships4. Assessing Your Partnering5. Evolving to the Next Generation of Partnership6. The Challenges Facing Third-Generation Partners7. The Particular Opportunities and Challenges of 3rd Generation Partnerships for Development  ConclusionsReferences

JEM BENDELL is director of Lifeworth Consulting, coordinating a team of 16 associates, and working with UN agencies, international charities, universities and business, in over a dozen countries. He has a PhD in international policy.

Partnerships can work, but can they work better? This accessible guidebook distils the author's key learnings on the advanced strategic planning of cross-sectoral partnerships.This guide gives valuable insights on lessons learned and outlines viable approaches to achieve greater effectiveness and impact. It is especially timely ahead of Rio +20 as governments are eager to experiment with fresh approaches to bring about much-needed change. - Georg Kell, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact || The desire to 'give back to society' is growing among fledging and established industrial houses/corporations in India. However, most Indian companies who wish to be more responsible, lack the knowledge, trained manpower or the dedication to carry out community development programmes. In his excellent and useful guide, "Evolving Partnerships: A Guide to Working with Business for Greater Social Change", Jem Bendell says, "The appetite for partnerships appears strong. Over 90% of corporate executives responding to a World Economic Forum survey felt that future 'partnerships between business, government, and civil society would play either a major role or some role in addressing key development challenges'." Evolving Partnerships is a much needed guide to helping businesses and civil society work their way to successful partnerships. It holds the hands of the practitioners and takes them through the various stages of creating meaningful partnerships to bring about greater social change. This is a very useful guide for business houses in India and, more particularly, public sector units who need to secure NGO cooperation to implement their CSR agenda. Seeking partnerships is only part of the issue; more important is setting them up and making them effective and functional. Jem Bendell, with his vast experience in the area, has put together an excellent book which could serve as a bible for those involved in creating workable solutions through business/civil society cooperation. This is a must read publication. - 'indiacsr', 5 January 2012 - Suresh Kr Pramar, Executive Director, Centre for Training & Research in Responsible Business, Noida

• Foreword Professor Malcolm McIntosh, Asia Pacific Centre for Sustainable Enterprise, Griffith University  Introduction  1. A Planet of Partnerships2. Generations of Partnership3. Transcending Limitations with a Third Generation of Partnerships4. Assessing Your Partnering5. Evolving to the Next Generation of Partnership6. The Challenges Facing Third-Generation Partners7. The Particular Opportunities and Challenges of 3rd Generation Partnerships for Development  ConclusionsReferences