ALFRED VERNIS is Associate Professor of Business Policy and Lecturer on Public Management at ESADE, Barcelona, Spain, and is a member of the Social Council at the Spanish multinational, INDITEX. His areas of expertise are public private collaborations and strategic management. MARIA IGLESIAS has worked for several non-profit organizations and has been a researcher of the first White Paper on the non-profit sector in Catalonia, Spain. She has also worked as a consultant to nonprofit organizations assessing in areas such as human resources, strategic and project management. BEATRIZ

• Introduction PART ONE: COLLABORATION Collaborations Between Businesses and Nonprofits: Approaching Corporate Citizenship Collaborations Between Public Administrations and Nonprofits: Towards a Relational Society Collaborations Among Nonprofits: An Immediate Challenge PART TWO: COMPETENCES REQUIRED FOR THIRD SECTOR CAPACITY BUILDING Accountability Elements in Nonprofits Nonprofits' Governance Bodies and Governability The Human Team Final Considerations