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

The Bridge - Forum Dialogue

2000 Luxembourg Luxembourg G

The Building Limes Forum

BLF 1992 Edinburgh UK N

The Class Foundation

2011 Amsterdam Netherlands F

The European Committee of Industrial Furnace, Heating and Metallurgical Equipment Associations

CECOF 1972 Frankfurt-Main Germany D t

The European Plastic Pipes and Fittings Association

TEPPFA 1992 Brussels Belgium D t

The European Society of Telemetry

EST Gernlinden Germany G

The Global Business Initiative on Human Rights

GBI 2009 Eastbourne UK F

The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law

HiiL 2005 The Hague Netherlands G j

The Institute for a Global Sustainable Information Society

GSIS 2003 Vienna Austria G j

The International Air Cargo Association

TIACA 1990 Miami FL USA C

The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit

ICIEC 1994 Jeddah Saudi Arabia E eg

The Nippon Foundation

1962 Tokyo Japan G f

The Rockefeller Foundation

1913 New York NY USA F f

The Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative

Vienna Austria G

The Sustainability Laboratory

The Lab 2008 G

The Sustainable Trade Initiative

IDH 2008 Utrecht Netherlands F f

The Wolfsberg Group

2000 E

The World Bank Group

Washington DC USA F g

Thermal Spraying and Surface Engineering Association

Rugby UK N

Thin Green Line Foundation

2007 Balnarring VIC Australia G f

Third Generation Partnership Project

3GPP 1998 Sophia Antipolis France E

Third Generation Partnership Project 2

3GGP2 Arlington VA USA E

Third Protocol Amending the Convention on the Canalization of the Moselle

1987 T g

Third Protocol to the Central American Agreement on Fiscal Incentives to Industrial Development

1977 T g

Third World Center for Water Management

1999 Glasgow UK G

Third World Network

TWN 1984 Penang Malaysia F

Third World Science Technology and Development Forum

STD Forum 1982 Glasgow UK G

Thought For Food

TFF 2011 F

TIC Council

2018 Brussels Belgium D

Timber Construction Europe

Berlin Germany D

TIME Association

1989 Gif-sur-Yvette France F

Timor Aid

1998 Dili Timor-Leste G

Tire Industry Association

TIA 2002 Bowie MD USA G t

Together for Sustainability

TfS 2011 Brussels Belgium F

Top E - European Consulting Engineering Network

1990 F

Torremolinos Protocol of 1993 Relating to the Torremolinos International Convention for the SAfety of Fishing Vessels

SFV PROT 1993 1993 London UK T g

Toy Industries of Europe

TIE 1997 Brussels Belgium D t

TP Organics - European Technology Platform

TP Organics Brussels Belgium F y

TRACE International

TRACE 2001 Annapolis MD USA J

Trade Union Eurocontrol Maastricht

TUEM Maastricht Netherlands E v

Trade Union International of Chemical, Energy, Metal, Oil and Allied Industries

TUI CHEMISTRY-ENERGY B yt

Trade Unions International of Agriculture, Food, Commerce, Textile and Allied Industries

1996 Montreuil France B t

Trade Unions International of Transport, Fisheries and Communication

TUI Transport 1953 B t

Trademark Law Treaty

TLT 1994 T g

Trademark Registration Treaty

1973 T g

Trades Union International of Workers in the Building, Wood, Building Materials and Allied Industries

UITBB 1949 Nicosia Cyprus B ty

TRAFFIC International

TRAFFIC 1976 Cambridge UK F

Trans Africa Pipeline

TAP 2005 Toronto ON Canada G

Trans World Radio

TWR 1954 Cary NC USA G

Trans-ASEAN Energy Network

Jakarta Indonesia J gp

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