Aligned organizations collaborating with the Consortium on open civic innovation through formal inter-organizational agreements.
## Purpose
Enable institutional collaboration and cross-organizational coordination while maintaining independent organizational identity and mission.
## Criteria
- Organization working in systems change, open civic innovation, regenerative economies, or aligned fields
- Commitment to collaborative, network-based coordination
- Willingness to contribute to synergistic activities
- Alignment with Consortium values (vitality, choice, resilience)
- Capacity for sustained engagement
## Responsibilities
**Collaboration:** Contribute to inter-organizational initiatives, maintain partnership agreements, support resource sharing
**Community:** Align with mission and values, participate in governance as organizational representative, share learnings
**Resources:** Contribute expertise or capabilities, participate in collaborative funding, support network development
## Benefits
|Category|Access|
|---|---|
|**Opportunities**|Participate in activities, joint projects, collaborative funding, cross-org learning|
|**Governance**|Citizen Assembly (organizational vote), strategic input, transparency access|
|**Resources**|Private channels, grant rounds, Core IP, Knowledge Commons|
## Participation Expectations
![[Participation Cadence Protocol#Partner]]
## Related Protocols
- [[Protocols/Role Protocols/Partner Protocol|Partner Protocol]]
- [[Network Assembly Protocol]]