Yhteistyöskentelevät

Yhteistyöskentelevät is a Finnish term used to describe people or organizations that engage in collaborative work. The word is formed from the base “yhteistyö” (collaboration, cooperation) and the participial suffix “-skentelevä,” yielding a form that indicates active participation in joint action. In practice, it refers to those who work together toward common goals, sharing information, resources, and responsibilities.

The term is primarily used in formal or semi-formal writing, such as reports, policy documents, project descriptions, and academic texts. It emphasizes the agents of collaboration rather than the mere existence of a partnership. Yhteistyöskentelevät can describe individuals, teams, departments, organizations, or cross-sector networks that coordinate their efforts.

Grammatically, yhteistyöskentelevät is the third-person plural present tense or can function as a descriptive nominal phrase referring to “the collaborators.” It is common to see it contrasted with phrases like yhteistyötä tekevät, toimivat yhteistyössä, or yhteistyössä mukana olevat, which convey related ideas with slightly different nuances.

In summary, yhteistyöskentelevät denotes those who actively participate in collaborative work, highlighting joint action, coordination, and shared goals in organizational, research, or public-sector contexts. Examples of its use include descriptions of partners in a project, stakeholders in a policy initiative, or teams within an inter-organizational network.