Work With Someone

Turn a promising relationship into purposeful collaboration.

ASG works through networks of universities, governments, communities, funders, businesses, practitioners, and affiliate organizations. These pathways help move from initial interest to a clear basis for working together.

Who are you working with?

3.1 Work With an ASG Fellow 🤝 

Develop collaboration with current or former Fellows of the Asian School of Governance.  

Use this pathway to connect with individuals and their organizations who have collaborated with ASG as Fellows.  

Start ASG Fellow Connection Pathway →

3.2 Work With a University 🎓 

Explore and develop collaboration with a university, faculty, research center, school, or academic network.

Possible collaborations include fellowships, research, courses, Climate Action Labs, student engagement, faculty programs, and community or government partnerships.

Start University Pathway →

3.3 Work With Government 🏛 

Develop collaboration with a ministry, local government, public agency, or other government institution.

Use this pathway to understand government priorities, identify areas of mutual value, develop an initiative, and establish appropriate working arrangements.

Start Government Pathway →

3.4 Work With an Asian School of Governance Affiliate 🌍 

Develop work across ASG's country and affiliate network.

Use this pathway when an initiative involves another ASG affiliate, country team, lab, or institutional platform.

Start Affiliate Pathway →

3.5 Work With a Funder 💰 

Explore a relationship with a foundation, development partner, donor, impact investor, corporate foundation, or other potential funding organization.

Start with alignment around problems and outcomes rather than immediately asking for money.

Start Funder Pathway →

3.6 Work With a Company 🏢 

Develop collaboration with a company, industry group, social enterprise, or other private-sector organization.

Possible collaborations include research, executive education, innovation projects, ESG initiatives, fellowships, social investment, and public-private collaboration.

Start Company Pathway →

3.7 Work With a Civil Society or Community Organization 🤝 

Develop collaboration with NGOs, associations, networks, cooperatives, community organizations, and practitioner groups.

Use this pathway to bring practitioner and community knowledge into ASG initiatives and develop work around shared challenges.

Start Civil Society Pathway →

3.8 Grow a Volunteer Global Action Network

Engage an external trainer, facilitator, consultant, or organization to deliver an ASG course, workshop, fellowship component, or other learning activity.

Start on the Growing a Volunteer Global Action Network Pathway →

3.8 Work With a Training Subcontractor

Engage an external trainer, facilitator, consultant, or organization to deliver an ASG course, workshop, fellowship component, or other learning activity.

Start Work with a Training Subcontractor Pathway →

🧭 Something Else

Not sure what kind of relationship you are developing?

Describe who you are talking with, why the relationship might matter, and what you think could become possible.

Explore With AI →

The Partnership Principle

Do not begin with:

"What can we sell them?"

Begin with:

"What might become possible if these organizations worked together?"

Look for overlapping challenges, capabilities, relationships, mandates, resources, and aspirations.

The first objective is not an MOU. It is finding a credible reason to collaborate.

When a Partnership Becomes Active

Once both sides have agreed on what they are doing, who is responsible, and what happens next, move to:

Run a Partnership →