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Stage 5: Transfer

Overview
 
It is rare – and rarely desirable – that a collaborative project simply ends and has no further outputs, influences or developments. Long before the project reaches its formal end-point, the participants need to have thought through not just the likely outputs but the channels of dissemination and the networks through which results can be communicated to others. A successful partnership may have prompted plans for further collaboration or for a longer-term association between institutions: transparency, imagination and determination will underpin participants’ efforts to bridge culture gaps and build sustainable relationships.
 
 Activities
arrow_up.gif Define the project direction - terminating; re-convening; institutionalising
arrow_up.gif Review the collaboration - how to close the project without closing off the relationship
arrow_up.gif Reflect on the cultural learning and acknowledge the social capital created
arrow_up.gif Celebrate and disseminate the formal outcomes
arrow_up.gif Identify diverse modes of transferring learning into the wider organisations
Competencies
 

 
 
Synergistic solutionsfind creative solutions that can reconcile different opinions/procedures
 
Stylistic flexibility – use different language styles flexibly to suit different purposes, contexts and audiences
 
Rapport building – focus on longer-term trust-building and relationship consolidation
 
Spirit of adventure – be ready to move into unfamiliar environments and deal with ambiguous situations