ABSTRACT
There has been strong, widespread and consistent recognition of the importance of partnerships to Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) policy and practice. For example, in one of their early SDP policy documents, the United Nations (2006: 61) advocated:
Local development through sport particularly benefits from an integrated partnership approach to sport-in-development involving a full spectrum of actors in field-based community development including all levels of and various sectors of government, sports organizations, NGOs and the private sector.
