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Purpose: clear vision & objectives

Effective partnerships have a clear vision and objectives.

Clear objectives ensure that partners understand the purpose of the partnership and why they are working together. They help to keep the partnership focused and allow it to prioritise its work.

A clear vision and objectives also ensures partners can talk to others about the work of the partnership.

Once you have agreed your vision and objectives, these can be formalised in a Partnership Agreement, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) or Terms of Reference (TOR) document – see Process for more details.

Tools and Resources

Developing objectives

The Department of Premier and Cabinet provides advice on setting your objectives. While this advice is designed for developing a communication strategy the approach is relevant to many other areas.

Setting priorities

A Priorities template (Word 163 kb) has been developed by the Southern Metropolitan Regional Management Forum to assist in setting their priorities.

Communicating your objectives

A Communications Strategy template (Word 468 kb) has been developed by DPCD to assist in communicating your objectives and the work of your partnership both internally, within the partnership, and externally to the community and other stakeholders.

Go to Process.

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