TOOL | ACCOUNTABILITY MATRIX - BUILDING AN ACCOUNTABILITY MATRIX TO GUIDE YOUR COLLABORATION

The tool will focus on three elements: clarifying the governance roles of the collaboration, identifying the relationships and accountabilities between each of the roles and then confirming the decision-making approach for each role. [...] The values and principles for working together may describe the expectations and commitments that the collaboration partners have to each other and to the shared work. [...] • Accountability is directly connected to the shared agenda and strategies that the collaboration has identified • Accountability describes the reporting relationship between one part of the governance structure to another part of the governance structure • Accountability identifies who is accountable to who, for what 4 DEFINING THE ROLES AND STRUCTURE OF THE COLLABORATION There are several differ. [...] Convener: The convener of the collaboration is the organization or organizations that bring the table together, invite others to the collaboration, and function as initial host for the collaboration. [...] The staff members are often connected to one of the partner organizations, usually the fiscal sponsor or convener, but their role is to contribute to advancing the work of the collaboration and its partners.