Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

Partnerships for the Goal


Goal 17 is about revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development. The 2030 Agenda is universal and calls for action by all countries – developed and developing – to ensure no one is left behind. It requires partnerships between governments, the private sector, and civil society.

The Sustainable Development Goals can only be realized with a strong commitment to global partnership and cooperation to ensure no one is left behind in our journey to development.

However, not all countries are setting off from the same start line, and low and middle income countries are facing a tidal wave of debt which they are treading water.

Developing countries are grappling with an unprecedented rise in external debt levels following the COVID-19 pandemic, compounded by challenges such as record inflation, escalating interest rates, competing priorities and constrained fiscal capacity, underscoring the urgent need for debt relief and financial assistance.

While official development assistance (ODA) flows continue to reach record peaks, the increase in 2022 is primarily attributed to spending on refugees in donor countries and aid to Ukraine.

To be successful, everyone will need to mobilize both existing and additional resources, and developed countries will need to fulfill their official development assistance commitments.

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

Dementia Alliance International

DAI 2014 Houston TX USA C

Democracy in Europe Movement 2025

DiEM25 Brussels Belgium E v

Democratic Society

Demsoc 2006 Brussels Belgium D

Department for International Development Cooperation

Helsinki Finland G fg

Deutsche Ärztegemeinschaft für Humanitäre Zusammenarbeit

DÄZ 1951 Berlin Germany G

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik

DGAP 1955 Berlin Germany G v

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

GIZ 2011 Bonn Germany G g

Deutsches Orient-Institut

DOI 1960 Berlin Germany G j

Development Alternatives

1983 Delhi India G

Development and Humanitarian Learning in Action

Dahlia Brighton UK J

Development Cooperation with the Third World

1975 Bergheim Austria G e

Development Partners Network on Decentralisation and Local Governance

DeLoG 2006 Bonn Germany F g

Developmental Leadership Program

DLP 2009 Birmingham UK F

Dhaka Ahsania Mission

DAM 1958 Dhaka Bangladesh G

Diakonia

1966 Bromma Sweden G

Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe

1954 Berlin Germany G

Dialogue and Cooperation

1965 Paris France F v

Dienst voor Internationale Samenwerking aan Ontwikkelingsprojecten

DISOP 1961 Brussels Belgium G

Digital Education Africa Network

DEAN 2001 Amsterdam Netherlands N

Dillon International

1972 Tulsa OK USA N

Dirección General de Cooperación con Africa, Asia y Europa Oriental

Madrid Spain G

Dirección General de Cooperación con Iberoamérica

1974 Madrid Spain G

Directorate-General for Development Cooperation

DGDC 1971 Brussels Belgium G g

Disability Rights International

DRI 1993 Washington DC USA G

Disabled Peoples' International

DPI 1981 St John's NL Canada B

Doctor To Doctor

1990 Berkeley CA USA G

Don Bosco International

DBI 1995 Brussels Belgium E

Donau Soja

2012 Vienna Austria D

Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative

DNDi 2003 Geneva Switzerland F

Dutch Centre for International Cooperation

DutchCulture 1995 Amsterdam Netherlands G

Dutch Refugee Council

1979 Amsterdam Netherlands G

E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism

2004 London UK G

Earth Charter International

ECI 2000 San José Costa Rica F

Earth Commission

2019 Stockholm Sweden E

Earth Law Center

2008 Durango CO USA G

Earth Partners Foundation

2009 G f

Earth Rights Institute

ERI 2001 Santa Monica CA USA G j

Earth Share

Bethesda MD USA G

Earth5R

2014 Mumbai India F

East Africa Consortium International

EACI 1993 Mogadishu Somalia G

East African Communications Organisation

EACO Kigali Rwanda D

East African Cooperation Treaty

1999 T g

East and Central African Association for Indigenous Rights

ECAAIR 2003 Fredericton NB Canada G

East Asia Foundation

EAF 2004 Seoul Korea Rep N f

East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore

EAI 1997 Singapore Singapore G j

East-West-Network Europe

EWNE Welver Germany F

Eastern Africa Coalition on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

EACOR Nairobi Kenya G

Eastern Africa Police Chiefs Cooperation Organization

EAPCCO 1998 J g

Eastern African Support Unit for NGOs

EASUN 1993 Arusha Tanzania UR G

Eastern Caribbean-Southeast Asia Economic and Cultural Chamber

EC-SEA Chamber Roseau Dominica F

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