Partnership Standards are norms for actions and behaviours that guide our relationships with other stakeholders. They hold us accountable to nurturing truly ‘equitable partnerships’, which we understand as collaborative relations that systematically address power imbalances. CARE uses these Standards to monitor both the quality of our relations with partners and the results expected from them.
Grounded in mutual understanding and respect amongst all partners, the five standards that inform our conversations from the early stages of every partnership and become an essential tool for regular partnership reviews will be
(i) reciprocal
(ii) welcoming and respecting of our differences
(iii) seeking to reduce unnecessary burdens
(iv) respecting organisational autonomy, and
(v) promoting good stewardship of the resources we are entrusted with