Literature, Links and Documents
Here you can find relevant literature, documents and links concerning the thematic field of networking in various languages.
Literature
- Fey, Gudrun, Kontakte knüpfen und beruflich nutzen. Erfolgreiches Netzwerken, Regensburg 2005
- Friedschröder, Thomas, Spielanleitung für Netzwerker. Beruflichen Erfolg und Karriere bewusst steuern, Wien 2005
- Learmonth, Alyson, Action learning as a tool for developing networks and building evidence-based practice in public health, source: Action Learning: Research and Practice, Volume 2, Number 1, April 2005, pp. 97-104(8)
- Lutz, Andreas/Rüping, Cornelia, Praxisbuch Networking, Wien 2005
- Rudolph, Ulrike, Karrierefaktor Networkung. Gestalten Sie Ihr Karriere-Netzwerk, Freiburg 2004
- Scherer, Hermann, Wie man Bill Clinton nach Deutschland holt. Networking für Fortgeschrittene, Frankfurt/M 2006
- Snowden, Marrilynne, Sustaining Partnerships, May 2006
- Westerbarkey, Michelle, Jenseits der Grenzen: Transnationales Networking von Nonprofit-Organisationen, Bad Heilbrunn 2004
Links
- www.linkedin.com - an online tool for linking people who have ideas and/or need information
- www.openbc.com - an internet based network platform for companies to contact each other, share information and communicate, various languages available. Will be re-named as XING in the next months.
- www.partnerships.org.uk - website for creating online communities
- www.socialresponse.at - is the website of the network SocialResponse.at and a common platform for presenting the network, its aim, outcomes and products. At the same time the website is also a collection of the products from EQUAL I and EQUAL II in the thematic fields of:
Financing forms, co-operations, lobbying, certification and quality management for social services and commissioning.
- www.copernicus-campus.org - COPERNICUS-CAMPUS, a European university network
- Link to the list of networks and associations in the field of local development     click here
Documents
- Partnership Development Toolkit
A partnership orientated planning, monitoring and evaluation guide for facilitators of EQUAL Development and Transnational Partnerships
published by the European Comission 
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(pdf-file)
- Successful partnerships a guide
published by the OECD LEED, Forum on partnerships and local governance at ZSI (Centre for Social Innovation), Vienna  
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(pdf-file)
- The Blue Book: A guide to Developing Networks
published by the Womans Business Network  
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(pdf-file)
- A short guide to network development
by David Wilcox  
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(pdf-file)
- "Evaluierung und Weiterentwicklung der Netzwerkstrategie des Freistaates Sachsen"
published by Frauenhofer Institut
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(pdf-file, Language: German)
- Publications of the European Comission
On the website of the Europan Comission at the Directorate-General for Employment and Social Affairs, you will find several Publications, e.g.
- Handbook for local actors in the field of Developing Local Employment Strategies (in different languages with a national approach)    click here
- The brochure 'Working together at a local level for more and better jobs for all' (only in english)    download   (pdf-file)