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💡 Who would be the most unexpected partner for Norec? Should certain organisations be avoided when considering grants for cooperation? Or perhaps the opposite is true—could these unlikely partnerships drive the most significant impact? The current and upcoming development challenges require extending partnerships beyond the traditional scope and modes. 🌍 In a world that is getting ever more multipolar and complex, collaboration with unlikely partners is required. These were main messages from Dr. Ulrich Mueller from the Innovation Division at the German Development Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH) during a workshop he facilitated for Norec yesterday. Mueller, which specializes in matters relating to #southsouth and #triangular cooperation, challenged us to discuss and rethink beyond the traditional narratives and modes in development cooperation. Norec received record-many applications for feasibility study to our latest deadline on August 15. 80 (!) partnerships from all around the world are proposing innovative project ideas to solve development challenges. Many of these can be considered unlikely partnerships. I am also happy to see that Norecs active participation in international networks that promotes #triangularcooperation leads to closer collaboration with development actors such as the GIZ. The discussions gave me a lot of “food-for-thought” for my job in processing som of these applications in the months ahead. As Dr. Mueller puts it: “Why unlikely partnerships? Because they are the only solution to solving our global challenges.”