Type of Partnerships

Partnership Agreements are developed to produce measurable outcomes that are related to programmatic objectives and/or operational needs. Such agreements may be negotiated at District, Regional or National levels. They are intended to accomplish a specific program objective between FDA and the partner organization. Partnership agreements should include:
Goals
Responsibilities
Priorities
Resources
Assessment & evaluation mechanisms
Time frames
Each agreement must include a mechanism to monitor in-process activities (i.e. output measurement) and to conduct a final evaluation. Resulting benefits (i.e. ultimate outcomes), or lack thereof, should be fully described along with relevant and appropriate recommendations.

Types of Partnership Agreements:

Standard Partnership Agreements (click for an example) are limited to a significant goal or goals (anticipated outcomes) and related activities necessary to accomplish the goal(s) within a specific time frame (preferably the current FY). For example, a standard partnership agreement might cover an arrangement where FDA provides a state low acid canned food (LACF) inspectional training and equipment, and the state agrees to sample and analyze for FDA a specific number of LACF product samples during the state inspections.
Integrated Partnership Agreements (click for an example) are all-inclusive arrangements that include all goals and activities between the parties. For example, an integrated partnership agreement between and state and FDA might include Planning and Operational Coordination, Food Recall Activities, Information Sharing, Food Sampling and Analysis, Emergency Response Plan, and Inspectional Activities - all within the single agreement.
Partnership Activities are short term informal arrangements or other working relationships that are not contained in a written document. Partnership activities, though less formal than partnership agreements, are also reportable within the guidance provided by this document. Partnership activities do not require DFSR-assigned tracking numbers.
Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) are also formal, written documents that are general in scope, contain broad statements of cooperative relationships, and are usually not intended to produce measurable outcomes. A Field Management Directive covers the development of MOUs. These agreements were popular in the past but have largely been replaced by their more specific, outcome-oriented cousin, partnerships agreements.

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