This document specifies requirements for the effective identification, development and management of Collaborative Business Relationships within or between organizations. Whilst this document principally addresses the management system of an organization it also recognizes that effective collaboration requires two or more organizations to engage together, therefor it is necessary that management systems accommodate the joint activities of the parties. This document is applicable to private and public organizations of all sizes, from large multinational corporations and government organizations, to non-profit organizations and micro/small businesses. Application of and/or compliance with this document can be on several different levels, for example: -çø a single application (including operating unit, operating division, single project or programme, mergers and acquisitions); -çø an individual relationship (including one-to-one relationships, alliance, partnership, business customers, joint venture); -çø multiple identified relationships (including multiple partner alliances, consortia, joint ventures, networks, extended enterprise arrangements, and end to-end supply chains); and -çø full application organization-wide for all identified relationship types.