A country, organization, community, or relationship has been identified as potentially relevant, but little engagement or analysis has occurred.

Background, participants, needs, priorities, and strategic relevance are being researched and understood.

Enough context and a clear purpose exist to begin, renew, or broaden substantive outreach.

Outreach, interviews, meetings, or substantive conversations are actively occurring.

Mutual understanding and a continuing relationship now exist, even if no specific collaboration has been selected.

A specific collaboration, exchange, demonstration, proposal, or strategic opportunity is being developed.

Concrete joint work or an ongoing partnership is underway.

Use the relationship primarily to understand the country, organization, ecosystem, needs, and perspectives.

Preserve trust and communication without actively expanding the relationship or pursuing a specific opportunity.

Invest in more sustained engagement, reciprocal exchange, and stronger mutual understanding.

Link the relationship to an existing AIRA initiative, community, standard, service, or area of expertise.

Shape a new collaboration, pilot, proposal, service, funding opportunity, or formal partnership.

Preserve the relationship history and context, but stop active advancement until conditions change.