Partnerships Forums

Partnerships Community of Practice (PCoP)

• Led by the NASA Partnership Office within the HQ Mission Support Directorate, the PCoP facilitates collective learning and process improvement through the dissemination of partnerships related information, the sharing of best practices, and the development and implementation of process improvements.

• PCoP is comprised of an informal group of Agency stakeholders involved in various capacities with the partnerships process.

• The PCoP meets annually to conduct training, hold workshops and roundtable discussions, and discuss relevant issues of interest to the community. The PCoP also has monthly tag-up meetings, as well as additional ad hoc forums as needed.

• The site here includes links to applicable laws, regulations, policies, other guidance, agreements processing tools, and other "Community of Practice" information.

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Interagency Partnerships Liaisons (IPL)

• The Headquarters Office of International and Interagency Relations is responsible for leadership of the IPL, which is comprised of senior NASA representatives from 15 Headquarters' offices and the 10 Centers.

• The IPL team was established in January 2011 following internal NASA discussions and the release of the 2010 National Space Policy, which highlighted the importance of strengthening interagency partnerships to achieve national goals.

• The IPL meets monthly to coordinate on interagency partnership activities, hear briefings on key topics, and discuss issues related to interagency collaboration.

• Ultimately, the IPL serves to contribute to senior NASA leadership early awareness of interagency activities and enable a comprehensive view of interagency partnerships across the Agency to support strategic Agency decision-making.

Tag up Notes: Interagency Partnership Liaison Meeting (IPL) 

Agency Partnerships Offices Roundtable (APOR)

• APOR is formed of representatives from each Center Partnership Office and specifically addresses:

• Center-focused strategies and their implementation

• Operational practices and lessons learned

• Business development priorities and synergies

• NASA Centers' partnerships activities reflect their individual assets, organizational structures, their experience base, regional relationships, and future-planning scenarios.  

Acquisition Strategy Council (ASC)

• Chaired by the Associate Administrator

• Guides analysis of alternatives and decides acquisition strategy for certain major partnerships.

• Decides authority to proceed with certain external partnerships based on established Agency thresholds; may adjudicate partnership issues that cannot be resolved at lower levels.

• May decide new issues of Agency partnership policy surfaced by proposed partnerships.

• May decide significant changes to Agency partnership policy, as recommended by the Director of the NASA Partnership Office or the Associate Administrator for International and External Relations.

• ASC Charter is included in Section 3.5 of NPD 1000.3E, The NASA Organization, which is available in NODIS here.

Partnership Development Council (PDC) 

• The Partnership Development Council (PDC) provides a forum to coordinate and prioritize center-wide partnership efforts and impacts and ensure alignment with JSC’s core capabilities in order to expand partnerships with industry and other key stakeholders. 

• Specifically, the PDC enables JSC to align and integrate partnership pursuits, develop pursuit priorities, address agreement issues and provide information on upcoming NASA solicitations of interest to JSC. 

• The PDC coordinates across JSC's directorates and exploration research and development functions to promote collaboration with industry, academia, other government agencies, other NASA centers, and international partners to achieve our common goals.