A few days ago, all the implementing partners of the GRAPE programme came together at ICIMOD headquarters. Together with universities, private sector actors, NGOs and INGOs, ICIMOD, and GIZ, we updated each other on the progress of the GRAPE programme, merged our operational plans, engaged in group work sessions on synergies, challenges, opportunities, and overlaps, and did a partnership health check-up, identifying what works well and what needs to be improved.