Professional organizations and associations
Professional organizations and associations are groups of people formed to promote the common interests of their trade, profession, or industrial sector. Examples are associations or organizations of teachers, publishers, lawyers, owners of small businesses, factory workers, academics, professional women, writers, journalists, medical professionals, or farmers.
Partnerships with professional organizations can provide an effective communication and dissemination network. They may be indispensable for consensus building and professional endorsement of a program. Professional organizations can also play a role in ensuring technical and professional quality in program design, monitoring, and evaluation.
Professional organizations and associations will be attracted mainly by partnerships that advance, promote or draw upon the specific interests of their profession. Most of these organizations have limited financial resources and staff.
There are specific contributions that might be sought from professional organizations and associations:
