FIELD Facilitation Brief 3: Structuring and Managing Collaboration with Lead Firms

This third cycle is titled “Structuring and Managing Collaboration with Lead Firms.” It begins with a section on practical measures that development organizations (DOs) can employ to establish and maintain credibility with LFs they are collaborating with. This is followed by a section on developing and negotiating memoranda of understandings (MOUs) with Lead Firms (LFs). This includes a discussion on how to initiate MOUs, the components of successful MOUs, and guidelines for identifying and structuring cost-share agreements.