The New Partnerships Initiative helps the Agency partner with new, nontraditional, and localpartners to advance their development goals by elevating local leadership, fostering equity1 andaccountability, and mobilizing resources across the Agencys programs.Six principles guide our perspective on the partnerships that we wish to support: Promote local leadership. NPI works with local actors and traditional partners tostrengthen local and national systems in ways that advance locally led development. Improve equity and inclusivity within partner relationships. NPI proactively seeksopportunities to engage more equitably and increase inclusion in operations andprogramming, particularly for those communities that traditionally have beenoverlooked by USAID and other donor agenciesincluding faith-based organizations,minority-serving institutions, and diaspora communities. Demonstrate accountability to constituents. Recognizing that USAIDs work is from theAmerican people to the people of the world, NPI emphasizes the need to be equallyaccountable to the people in the communities in which we work as well as to theAmerican taxpayer. Seek innovative approaches. NPI capitalizes on the full marketplace of ideas andsolutions by collaborating with partners from all sectors of society, while developingpartnerships that foster mutual accountability and develop local capacity. Lower barriers to partnerships. NPI identifies processes, norms, and regulations thatprohibit potential partnerships and finds ways to mitigate them while maintainingappropriate safeguards on taxpayer resources. Identify new and nontraditional sources of funding. NPI fosters partnerships thatleverage non-U.S. government funding sources to enhance local ownership and supporteffective collaboration across the spectrum of humanitarian and development funders.