Filiz Bikmen Bugay

Navigating the collaboration maze

Many foundations and other organizations are trying to navigate through the collaboration maze these days: philanthropic support organizations collaborating; philanthropic support organizations encouraging and/or supporting collaborations among their members; foundations collaborating with one another; and (last but certainly not least) foundations promoting collaboration among groups they fund. Finding a way around can be daunting. One potential guide might be to think of it in terms of ‘macro, meso and micro’ levels of analysis, to borrow Kumi Naidoo’s phrase.