This publication is the product of an international learning event where development NGOs and businesses from the North and the South reflected on their partnerships. Its backbone is a series of five Insights that highlight the main challenges of a partnership and how to address them. This report is written from the perspective of a development NGO, but targets professionals from both Civil Society- as well as Private Sector. It supports a better understanding of the intrinsic organizational and capacity issues that occur when a development NGO engages into a partnership with a business.