Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Industries, Innovation & Infrastructure


Goal 9 seeks to build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.

Economic growth, social development and climate action are heavily dependent on investments in infrastructure, sustainable industrial development and technological progress. In the face of a rapidly changing global economic landscape and increasing inequalities, sustained growth must include industrialization that first of all, makes opportunities accessible to all people, and second, is supported by innovation and resilient infrastructure.

Even before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, global manufacturing – considered an engine of overall economic growth – has been steadily declining due to tariffs and trade tensions. The manufacturing decline caused by the pandemic has further caused serious impacts on the global economy.

This is primarily due to high inflation, energy price shocks, persistent disruptions in the supply of raw materials and intermediate goods, and global economic deceleration.

While LDCs in Asia have made considerable progress, African LDCs would need to change the current trajectory and accelerate progress significantly to attain the target by 2030. However, medium-high and high-technology industries demonstrated robust growth rates.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

Solidarités International

1991 Paris France G v

Sound and Music Computing Network

SMC 2004 Copenhagen Denmark F

South African Road Federation

SARF 1950 Birchleigh South Africa N

South American Postal Convention

1911 T g

South American Regional Agreement on Radiocommunications, 1935

1935 T g

South American Regional Agreement on Radiocommunications, 1937

1937 T g

South American Regional Agreement on Radiocommunications, 1940

1940 T g

South and East African Society of Agricultural Engineering

Nairobi Kenya J

South Asia Forum for Infrastructure Regulation

SAFIR 1999 Delhi India F

South Asia Rural Reconstruction Association

SARRA 1984 Bangalore India D

South Atlantic Maritime Area

1966 Buenos Aires Argentina F g

South East Asia Drymix Mortar Association

SEADMA 2006 Munich Germany D

South East Asia Net

SEANET 1963 Bangkok Thailand F

South East Asian Water Utilities Network

SEAWUN 2002 Hanoi Vietnam F

South East Europe Transport Observatory

SEETO Belgrade Serbia F g

South Eastern Europe Advisory Service Network

SEASN 2015 Zagreb Croatia F

South Pacific Airlines Darts Association

SPADA 1988 J

South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission

SWIOFC 2004 Maputo Mozambique E g

South-West Pacific Dialogue

SWPD 2002 F cg

Southeast Asia Engineering Education Development Network

SEED-Net 2001 Bangkok Thailand K

Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society

SEAGS 1967 Bangkok Thailand D v

Southeast Asian Laboratories Network

SEALNET 1999 J

Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization

SEAMEO 1965 Bangkok Thailand D gy

Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture

SEARCA 1966 Los Baños Philippines E gy

Southern Africa Postal Operators Association

SAPOA 2001 D g

Southern Africa Telecommunications Association

SATA 1980 Maputo Mozambique D

Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

SAARMSTE 1992 D

Southern African Association for the Conference Industry

SAACI Parklands South Africa N t

Southern African Association of Science and Technology Centres

SAASTEC 1996 Pretoria South Africa G

Southern African Bitumen Association

SABITA 1979 Howard Place South Africa D

Southern African Development Community

SADC 1992 Gaborone Botswana F g

Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering

SAIIE Johannesburg South Africa N jt

Southern African Online User Group

SAOUG Pretoria South Africa E

Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association

SARIMA 2002 Centurion South Africa G

Southern African Society for Trenchless Technology

SASTT 1992 D

Southern African-Nordic Centre

SANORD 2007 Cape Town South Africa E

Spacecraft Charging Technology Conference

SCTC 1977 S c

SPARC Europe

2004 Veenendaal Netherlands F

Special Agreement Concerning Telegraphic Relations

1921 T g

Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement, 1971

STP 1971 London UK T g

Special Union for the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks

Nice Union 1970 Geneva Switzerland F g

SPMUDA International Organization for Peace and Development

SPMUDA International Dumaguete City Philippines G

SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research

1966 Brighton UK G

Staff Association of the International Civil Aviation Organization

ICAO Staff Association 1948 Montréal QC Canada E v

Standing International Road Weather Commission

SIRWEC 1985 Dorval QC Canada E v

Starch Europe

1963 Brussels Belgium E

Start Network

2010 London UK F y

Steel Construction Institute, The

SCI 1986 Ascot UK E j

STEPS Centre

Falmer UK G

STI International

Vienna Austria C j

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