1. Organisational barriers to international collaboration
SIS-CC lessons learnt

2. Legal Country specific rules and regulations
Organisation specific procurement rules
Non-contractual agreements between two similar organisations
Budget alignment and funding streams
Gaining administrative support and avoiding hidden internal costs
Organisational barriers to international collaboration – SIS-CC Lessons Learnt

3. Communication Cultural/language differences Different timezones
Technology constraints (tool availability, security, licencing…)
Cost and organisation of face-to-face meetings
Organisational barriers to international collaboration – SIS-CC Lessons Learnt

4. Stakeholder engagement
Gaining strategic buy-in
Senior Management advocate is a Must!
Selling a long term vision and benefits vs short term wins
Changing an embedded culture of “if it isn't broken why change it?”
Moving from personal to organisation activity (mitigate the risk when people leave organisation)
Organisational barriers to international collaboration – SIS-CC Lessons Learnt

5. Burden on lead organisation
Need to provide support
Not a software vendor and no mechanisms in place to support this model
Coordination and management overhead
Unplanned indirect staffing costs
Avoid being seen as a distraction from own organisation work
Organisational barriers to international collaboration – SIS-CC Lessons Learnt