World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) engages and collaborates with many organizations and individuals to carry out research and development activities within the mandate of its mission. The scope of the present policy is limited; it only addresses collaborations which involves WorldVeg providing funds to other organizations. Usually such organizations are selected and contracted following WorldVeg’s procurement procedures and/or the procedures as imposed by the funding agency. This is the standard process. In such cases, the organization is called contracting party or collaborator. In a number of cases it is more effective for WorldVeg to provide a grant to achieve its development outcomes. In such cases the organization is called a partner and the standard procurement process is replaced by a less onerous partner selection process.