# Partnership is seen to most accurately describe ways of working together in long-term, on-going relationships.
# The extent of partnership working can be limited when contact is ad-hoc, one-off or around issues where partners argue from entrenched positions.
# Partnership can be informal or formalized, but it is the quality rather than the form that determine success.
# A founding concept would be that, in partnership, different interests working together become more than the sum of their parts.
# Partnerships need a sense of shared aims and objectives.
# Partnerships need to recognize and provide space for difference and disagreement.