There is also a growing body of literature that describes attempts to foster collaboration in the planning and delivery of public services and seeks to identify generic aspects of the process. One such approach has been documented by Asthana, Richardson and Halliday (2002) that looks at a framework which captures the key ingredients of partnership working. This framework will be used here as a reporting structure to illustrate some of the main themes that have emerged from this case study. The framework for examining partnership working is presented in Figure 2.