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

International Virtual Laboratory for Enterprise Interoperability

INTEROP-VLab 2007 Brussels Belgium F

International Virtual Observatory Alliance

IVOA 2002 F

International VR Photography Association

IVRPA 1997 Philadelphia PA USA N

International Water Association

IWA 1990 London UK C

International Water Management Institute

IWMI 1984 Colombo Sri Lanka E j

International Water Mist Association

IWMA 1998 Hamburg Germany D

International Water Resources Association

IWRA 1971 Nanterre France B

International Webcasting Association

IWA 1996 Chantilly VA USA N

International Webmasters Association

IWA Pasadena CA USA D

International Weed Science Society

IWSS 1975 B

International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium

IWGSC 2005 Eau Claire WI USA C v

International Windship Association

IWSA 2014 London UK D

International Wire and Cable Symposium

IWCS 1987 Annandale VA USA E c

International Wire and Machinery Association

IWMA 1970 Lichfield UK C

International Wireless Telegraph Convention

Radiotelegraph convention 1906 T g

International Women's Coffee Alliance

IWCA 2003 G

International Women's Federation of Commerce and Industry

IWFCI 1992 Melbourne VIC Australia G t

International Wool Textile Organisation

IWTO 1929 Brussels Belgium C t

International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality

REFSQ 1994 S c

International Working Group on Data Protection in Technology

IWGDPT 1983 Bonn Germany E

International Working Group on Endoscopic Ear Surgery

IWGEES C

International Working Group on Satellite-Based Emergency Mapping

IWG-SEM 2012 F y

International Workshop on Advanced Image Technology

IWAIT 1998 S c

International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering

Max Ent S c

International Workshop on Computer Science and Engineering

WCSE S c

International Workshop on High Aspect Ratio Micro and Nano System Technology

HARMNST S c

International Workshop on Railway Noise

IWRN 1976 S c

International World Games Association

IWGA 1980 Lausanne Switzerland E y

International World Wide Web Conference Committee

IW3C2 1994 Kowloon Hong Kong G

International Youth Council

IYC 2007 G

International Youth Federation

2014 London UK C

International Youth Nuclear Congress Network

IYNC Network 2000 Palaiseau France F c

International Youth Reformation Organization

IOREF Ado-Ekiti Nigeria J

International Zeolite Association

IZA 1967 Caen France C v

International Zinc Association

IZA 1990 Brussels Belgium C yt

Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wasserwerke im Rheineinzugsgebiet

IAWR 1970 Düsseldorf Germany D

Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kommunikation und Medien

IAKM Wiesbaden Germany N

Internationale Forschungsgemeinschaft Deinking-Technik

INGEDE 1989 Munich Germany D t

Internationale Kommunikation und Kultur

INTERKOM Bonn Germany G

Internationale Mosel-Gesellschaft mbH

IMG 1957 Trier Germany F eg

Internationaler Aero-Philatelisten Club

IAPC 1927 Berlin Germany G

Internationaler Hilfsfonds

IH Brussels Belgium G f

Internet

F

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

IANA Brussels Belgium G

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

ICANN 1998 Brussels Belgium F

Internet Governance Forum

IGF Geneva Switzerland F g

Internet Governance Project

IGP 2004 Atlanta GA USA G

Internet Names Authorization and Information Center

INAIC New York NY USA N

Internet Research Task Force

IRTF Kirchheim unter Teck Germany E

Internet Sans Frontières

ISF 2007 Paris France J

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