Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

Partnerships for the Goal


A successful sustainable development agenda requires partnerships between governments, the private sector and civil society. These inclusive partnerships built upon principles and values, a shared vision, and shared goals that place people and the planet at the centre, are needed at the global, regional, national and local level.

Urgent action is needed to mobilize, redirect and unlock the transformative power of trillions of dollars of private resources to deliver on sustainable development objectives. Long-term investments, including foreign direct investment, are needed in critical sectors, especially in developing countries. These include sustainable energy, infrastructure and transport, as well as information and communications technologies. The public sector will need to set a clear direction. Review and monitoring frameworks, regulations and incentive structures that enable such investments must be retooled to attract investments and reinforce sustainable development. National oversight mechanisms such as supreme audit institutions and oversight functions by legislatures should be strengthened.

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

World Women Organization

WWO J

World Wood Day Foundation

WWDF 2013 F f

World Youth Academy

WYA 2016 Vienna Austria F

World Youth Alliance

WYA 1999 New York NY USA F

World’s Youth for Climate Justice

WYCJ The Hague Netherlands F

WorldFish

1975 Bayan Lepas Malaysia E

WorldShare

1946 Doncaster UK G

Worldwide Collaborations on Autism Needs

WeCAN Singapore Singapore N

Worldwide Life Quality Enhancement Association

Martigny Switzerland G

Worldwide Partners

WP 1938 Denver CO USA N

Worldwide Partners Alliance

WPA 2010 Kowloon Hong Kong J

Worldwide Support for Development

WSD Tokyo Japan G

WORLDWISE

1991 Bainbridge Island WA USA N

WSM

1971 Brussels Belgium G f

Xavier Network of European Jesuit Development NGOs

2003 Madrid Spain G y

YEAR - Young European Associated Researchers

YEAR 2007 Brussels Belgium F

YES-Europe

2016 Geneva Switzerland F

YMCA Global Community Center

GCC Hiroshima Japan G

Yokohama Association for International Communications and Exchanges

YOKE 1981 Yokohama Japan G

YOU Stiftung - Bildung für Kinder in Not

YOU Foundation 1992 Düsseldorf Germany G f

Young European Research Universities

YERUN 2016 Brussels Belgium F

Young Global Leadership Foundation

YGLF 2005 New York NY USA G

Youth Coalition

YCSRR 1999 Ottawa ON Canada F

Youth RISE

2006 London UK F

Youth with a Mission

YWAM 1960 Harpenden UK F

ZaMir Transnational Net

1992 F

Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahayan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation

1992 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates G f

ZOA

1973 Apeldoorn Netherlands G

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