The Bridge Collaborative creates the space to think through complex problems across sectors and find new solutions that rapidly mobilize change. We welcome diverse organizations, researchers and practitioners to leverage each other’s unique expertise, find synergies and develop solutions to the world’s toughest challenges.
Workshops
In these collaborative gatherings, we hone in on specific objectives and work through what it will take to achieve them through new thinking, planning and tools. In our first year, we brought together several of these workshops.
LAYING THE FOUNDATION
November 2016
At our first meeting of working group leaders and Secretariat, we laid the groundwork for the development of principles and guidance for cross-sectoral action planning and evidence evaluation.
FULL COLLABORATIVE WORKSHOP
January 2017
More than 100 professionals from the health, development and environment sectors met at our first Full Collaborative meeting to co-design principles and guidance for cross-sectoral action.
FINALIZING A PROTOTYPE
April 2017
We met in San Francisco to finalize the content for the first version of our Practitioner’s Guide on cross-sector action planning and evidence evaluation, which we will apply, learn from and evolve with our members and network.
Roundtables
We gather with decision makers to hear their priorities for cross-sector work and co-design how the Bridge Collaborative can help advance them.

LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON
October 2017
At our global launch event, our leadership luncheon sparked honest conversations with public- and private-sector leaders about what it will take to incentivize cross-sector action.
FROM SHARED PRINCIPLES TO COLLECTIVE IMPACT
April 2017
We hosted senior leaders at a roundtable adjacent to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund spring meetings in Washington, DC, to find ways to break down silos among the health, development and environment communities.
Events
We highlight the work of the Bridge Collaborative to the wide and growing set of audiences where cross-sector impact matters.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Check back soon for listings of our upcoming events.
PAST EVENTS

BRIDGE COLLABORATIVE LAUNCH EVENT
October 2017
We formally launched the Bridge Collaborative in London.
THE BRIDGE COLLABORATIVE AT THE 2017 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF NUTRITION
October 2017
The Bridge Collaborative was represented at the 21st session of the International Congress of Nutrition (ICN) Conference “From Sciences to Nutrition Security” in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
MAKING GLOBAL GOALS LOCAL BUSINESS—INDIA
April 2017
Advisory Council member Nitin Desai represented the Bridge Collaborative at the United Nations Global Compact Meeting “Making Global Goals Local Business” in New Delhi, India. His presentation, “Health is Everyone’s Business,” highlighted the challenge of air pollution in Delhi.
THE BRIDGE COLLABORATIVE AT ACES
December 2016
Bridge Collaborative members gathered for three sessions at the 2016 ACES: A Community on Ecosystem Services conference.