1. AGCommons
Partnering
CSI/AGCommons
April 2, 2009
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2. Definitions
Partner: a person who shares or is
associated with another in some action or
endeavor.
Movement: a diffusely organized or
heterogeneous group of people or
organizations tending toward or favoring a
generalized common goal
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3. Catalyzing a Starfish “Organization”
Hard to kill Groups are self funding
If you take out a unit it Hard to count
survives participants
Power and knowledge Self-sustaining
are distributed Groups communicate
Flexible organization directly
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4. Implementation Partners
Provide local and domain-specific capacity,
stakeholder relationships and experience to
ensure successful and sustainable solutions
Can take a project-delivered solution to a
sustainable business model
Deliver products and solutions that align
with the goals of AGCommons
Utilize the AGCommons “platform” to
achieve their project goals
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5. Technology/Business Partners
Buy into principle of inclusivity with respect
to proprietary or open source technologies
Have capabilities to bridge the “10K divide”
with respect to converting hard data to
relevant and usable, location-specific
information products and disseminating
them via appropriate channels
Bring entrepreneurial creativity to realizing
value and revenue towards sustainable
solutions
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6. Donor Partners
Buy into program and principle that a
coordinated, shared “platform” will enable
broader impact and sustainable value
Desire to access economies of scale with
respect to data and solutions development
Are willing to participate in governance and
continued evaluation and refinement of
program direction
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7. AGCommons Partner “ecology”
•Local capacity
•Leverage common platform
Implementation
•Expertise
Partners
•Relationships
•Inclusive
Technology / •Enabling information
Business
exchange at the “edge”
Partners
•Entrepreneurial creativity
•Program alignment
Donor
•Achieve scale and
Partners
sustainability
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