Established in 2002, Vibrant Communities is a "collaboration
of collaborations" of 15 communities and three national
sponsors that are committed to exploring the extent to which
local communities can reduce poverty through multisectoral
and comprehensive efforts.
Poverty is a serious problem in Canada - an
estimated 2,908,000 people (9.5%) live below Statistics Canada’s
after-tax low income cut-offs, representing a significant
number of Canadians who are not realizing their full potential.
 Those
involved in Vibrant Communities are developing a working prototype
of collaborative action across sectors and at national and
local levels of activity.
Read
more here.
Resources
on Collaboration
Paul Mattessich, Executive Director at the Wilder Research
Center, presents twenty factors that can make or break any
group effort. With the caveat that there’s no foolproof
way to predict the outcome of any undertaking that involves
people and organizations working together, this article highlights
a few basic checkpoints that can be quite revealing. Read
more HERE.
This comprehensive brief from the Center on Philanthropy
at Indiana University serves as a good introduction to collaboration.
Topics covered include the motivations and benefits to collaboration,
guidelines for nonprofit collaborations, five areas of collaborative
interest and highlighting successful models as well as lessons
learned from the field. Read more HERE.
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