A New Model to Consolidate Long-Term Intersectoral Partnerships in Humanitarian and Social Crises Management

This article describes a novel model, based on collaboration, dialogue, information exchange, and performance measurement, in order to promote and consolidate a long-term intersectoral partnership in humanitarian and social crises management caused by man-made actions or omissions. The model considered multi-agents and multi-methodologies into three main processes: a) identifying partnership motivators and facilitators; b) elaborating a process; c) monitoring results. A real-life case study demonstrates the model application and provides practical conclusions. Results show most humanitarian partnerships do not have a long-term focus, few humanitarian organizations use performance measures, and, generally, these are restricted to an internal view. This scenario is even worse in the social crises that persist in developing countries.