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

Associazione di Cooperazione Rurale in Africa e America Latina

ACRA 1968 Milan Italy G v

Associazione New Humanity

Milan Italy N

Associazione per la Cooperazione Internazionale allo Sviluppo

COOPERMONDO 2007 Rome Italy G

Associazione per la Cooperazione Internazionale e l'Aiuto Umanitario

ALISEI 1998 Milan Italy G

Associazione per la Solidarietà Internazionale in Asia

ASIA-Onlus 1988 Rome Italy G

Associazione Solidarietà Paesi Emergenti

ASPEm 1979 Cantù Italy G

Atlantic Council

1961 Washington DC USA G

Atlantic Council for International Cooperation

ACIC Halifax NS Canada G y

Atlantische Initiative

2004 Berlin Germany G

Atlas Service Corps

2006 Washington DC USA G

Australasian Association for Institutional Research

AAIR 1988 Melbourne VIC Australia G

Australasian Association of Professional Organisers

AAPO 2005 N t

Australian APEC Study Centre

1995 Melbourne VIC Australia G

Australian Council for International Development

ACFID 1965 Deakin ACT Australia G y

Australian Institute of International Affairs

AIIA 1933 Deakin ACT Australia G j

Austrian Research Foundation for Development Cooperation

1967 Vienna Austria G f

Avaaz Foundation

2007 New York NY USA F fv

Avenir pour l'Enfant des Rizières

AER 1979 Toulouse France G

Avoided Deforestation Partners

AD Partners 2007 Washington DC USA G

AVSI Foundation

1972 Milan Italy G f

Awake Ministries International

1998 Jodoigne Belgium N

Baha'i International Community

1844 Le Grand-Saconnex Switzerland F

Balkan Assist

2000 Sofia Bulgaria G

Balkanactie van de Gemeenten

1992 Antwerp Belgium G

Baltic Sea Commission

BSC 1996 Brussels Belgium E

Baltic Sea NGO Network

BS NGO Network Copenhagen Denmark F

Baltic Sea States Subregional Cooperation

BSSSC 1993 Helsinki Finland D g

BalticWaters2030

BW2030 Stockholm Sweden G f

Band Aid Charitable Trust

1985 London UK G

Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies

BIISS 1978 Dhaka Bangladesh G j

Bank of Medical Equipment for Humanitarian Aid

Les Houches France G

Bantani Education

2017 Tervuren Belgium F

Baptist World Aid

BWAid 1920 Falls Church VA USA F

Baptist World Aid Australia

1959 North Ryde NSW Australia G

Barrow Cadbury Trust

1921 London UK G f

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

BCBS 1974 Basel Switzerland E

Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation

BIMSTEC 1997 Dhaka Bangladesh F g

Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organization

BOBP-IGO 2003 Chennai India E g

BC Council for International Cooperation

BCCIC Vancouver BC Canada G y

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

BCSIA 1973 Cambridge MA USA G

Belgian Association of Africanists

Tervuren Belgium G

Belgian Committee for Refugee Aid

1968 Brussels Belgium G

Benedictine Sisters of the Federation of Saint Benedict

1947 St Joseph MN USA R

Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation

BRPF 1963 Nottingham UK F f

BETTER FINANCE

BF 2009 Brussels Belgium D

Beyond the Horizon International Strategic Studies Group

Beyond the Horizon ISSG 2018 Zaventem Belgium F

Bibliotheca Baltica

1992 Marburg Germany D

Bicycles for Humanity

B4H 2007 G

Biennial of the Americas

2010 Denver CO USA G

BIFMA International

1973 Grand Rapids MI USA G

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