What is collaboration?

Collaboration - The action of working with someone to produce something.Oxford English Dictionary

What is collaboration?Sharing

Shared-aims Sharing knowledge and expertise

Shared-vision Sharing knowledge, perspective and resources

Shared need and understanding and match of skills

Teamwork

Two-way

ExpertiseExpert voices (whose expertise) Knowing what services are available

Understanding of each other’s expertise and role

SkillsTenacity Resilience

Flexibility Openness

Open minded Motivated

Respectful Cultural awareness

Listening Joint working

ValuesMutuality Equalising power

How can we meet together? We not they

Co-vision not supervision Structured

Valued Timely

Sustainability

In the form of …

Formal vs informal Working for client benefit

CommunicationClarity of roles Need good channels of communication

Open communication Constructive criticism

Encouraging a range of idea

Collaboration, between low and high income settings, is:

“A process of sharing expertise in different forms using effective communication that reflects specific key values and skills”

(according to the 2017 CTI study day):

Who do we collaborate with?

Local associations and organisation, Key contacts within the area / country, Teachers, Doctors, SLTs, SLTs with no boarders, Families, Professionals in country and internationally, Infrastructure – government, health, university, Stakeholders, Religious organisations, Community leaders, Funders, The public, Village leaders, With local organisations and DPOs, NGOS, THET

What kinds of collaboration can we do?

Informal – parentsFormal – professionalsSystems policiesResearchIndirect clinical workTrainingOutputs e.g. guidelinesAwareness raisingLobbyingDirect clinical workService developmentTraining