The changing nature of organisations in the public sector means that collaboration is an imperative for many. However, we still know little about how collaborations operate in practice. Those stewarding collaborations need this knowledge to provide effective support. In this article, we are interested in applying Salignac et al.’s Collaboration Health Assessment Tool (CHAT) framework to a live collaboration initiative to better understand the factors, chain of events, and actions that lead to ‘healthy’ collaboration. We conducted interviews with stakeholders from a collaboration initiative involved in the implementation of an education participation program. Findings from our qualitative analysis suggest the initial design stage to be of critical importance. Ultimately, our research provides an example of how CHAT can be used to identify dimensions of collaboration that are, or are not, working well for an initiative and how partner organisations can use systems thinking to understand how their collaboration functions to better address the issues that they face.

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在新的公共治理时代，如何支持协作实践？教育计划的教训

公共部门组织不断变化的性质意味着协作对许多人来说是必不可少的。然而，我们对合作在实践中的运作方式仍然知之甚少。这些管理合作需要这些知识来提供有效的支持。在本文中，我们有兴趣将 Salignac 等人的协作健康评估工具 (CHAT) 框架应用于实时协作计划，以更好地了解导致“健康”协作的因素、事件链和行动。我们对参与实施教育参与计划的合作计划的利益相关者进行了采访。我们定性分析的结果表明，初始设计阶段至关重要。最终，