Engagement Strategies. The Institute will formalize its relationship with strategic partners through Terms of Reference and where required, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), to ensure that each partner has a clear understanding of its relationship and reporting procedures to the Institute. The MOUs will identify requisite conditions and establish guidelines for communications about any Institute program in which the strategic partner is involved. The structure of collaboration between the Institute and strategic partners will take various forms, ranging from cash or in- kind contributions, to delivery of complementary programs, to hosting of fellows, to serving as a location for selected activities, etc. Whatever the form of collaboration, the Institute will have ultimate responsibility for any program that is to be officially described as an initiative of the Institute. The Institute will develop a database inventory to draw on relevant expertise available in- house and through strategic partners. The capacity of each strategic partner will be reviewed to ascertain its particular expertise, its preferred programmatic approaches (education, research, advisory services, or dialogue), and its specific country familiarity. The database will enable the Institute to quickly identify potential sources of expertise available. Cost effectiveness will constitute a guiding principle with respect to sourcing expertise. The Institute will encourage and facilitate collaboration on capacity building programs with our strategic partners. The Institute will distribute to appropriate strategic partners the terms of reference for capacity building programs that are under consideration. The Institute will encourage an exchange of perspectives on the work of the Institute and the role of partners to enable networking and to be responsive to emerging opportunities
