How can cross-sector collaboration between artists, community development initiatives, public health, and public policy lead to innovative solutions to global challenges?
Creative collaborations are important for formulating community-based solutions because it allows us to see a more comprehensive picture of the different forces that shape our lives. The need for all stakeholders from different sectors in the community to convene and work together through multi-sector collaboration is important to create a shared vision and value, foster collective action and greater participation that increase better success rate, ensure the benefits spill across all stakeholders and prevent the exclusion or prejudice of marginal members of community. Here are some ways on how cross-sector collaboration within the community result to innovative solutions to some global concerns.