Cooperation

1. Cooperation is ....

(Source: Business Continuity Management Institute - BCM Institute)

2. Process of working or acting together for common interests and values based on agreement.

Notes (1) : The organizations agree by contract or by other arrangements to contribute with their resources to the incident response but keep independence concerning their internal hierarchical structure.

(Source: ISO 22320:2010 - Societal Security - Emergency Management - Requirements for Command and Control) - clause 3.3