The United States Department of State has launched an accelerator for public-private partnerships that will build on lessons learned over more than a decade working in the sector.

Boldline Accelerator seeks to help organizations better understand and create PPPs, improve the partnership building ecosystem, and take partnerships to scale. The week-long program will be modeled after venture accelerators, because “PPPs are our startups,” Thomas Debass, acting special representative for global partnerships at the State Department, told Devex in a recent interview.

The past 15 years have seen “a great deal of evolution in what partnerships are,” Debass said. During that time, the State Department’s partnerships have had both “glories and tragedies” — experiences that have built an understanding of what goes into a successful collaboration, he said.

Read the full article about Boldline Accelerator and public-private partnerships by Adva Saldinger at Devex International Development.