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

Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation

VIDC 1987 Vienna Austria G jv

Vienna International Science Conferences and Events Association

VISCEA 2006 Vienna Austria E

Village Monde

2010 Québec QC Canada G

VinylPlus

2011 Brussels Belgium F y

Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network

VATSIM 2001 F v

Virtual Educa

2000 Washington DC USA F

Virtual Global Taskforce

VGT 2003 Washington DC USA F g

Virtual Physiological Human Institute for Integrative Biomedical Research

VPH Institute 2010 Leuven Belgium D jy

Virtual Reality Industry Forum

VRIF Fremont CA USA F t

Vodafone Group Foundation

Newbury UK G f

Volkswagen Foundation

1961 Hannover Germany G f

Volta River Authority

VRA 1961 Accra Ghana G g

Wagon africain de gestion de nouvelles électroniques

Réseau WAGNE 1991 Yaoundé Cameroon K

Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies

Wassenaar Arrangement 1996 Vienna Austria F g

Waste Free Oceans

WFO Brussels Belgium F

Water Engineers for the Americas

WEFTA 2002 Santa Fe NM USA G

Water Europe

WE 2004 Brussels Belgium E y

Water Reuse Europe

WRE 2016 Cranfield UK D

Water Science and Technology Association

WSTA 1987 Manama Bahrain D v

Water Security Management, Assessment, Research & Technology

W-SMART Paris France J

Water, Engineering and Development Centre

WEDC 1972 Loughborough UK G

WaterAid Canada

WAC 1987 Ottawa ON Canada G

WATERBORNE

2003 Brussels Belgium F y

WAVE Trust - Worldwide Alternatives to Violence

1996 Croydon UK G

Wayfarer International Committee

WIC 1972 Oakville ON Canada E

Web alliance for Regreening in Africa

W4RA 2009 Amsterdam Netherlands G

Web Art Garden International

WAG International Bridport UK N

Web Information Systems Engineering Society

WISE Society Melbourne VIC Australia E c

Web Intelligence Consortium

WIC Maebashi Japan F

Web Science Trust

WST Southampton UK F

Web3D Consortium

1996 Mountain View CA USA F

WEC International

WEC 1913 Coventry UK F v

WEGEMT

1978 London UK D

Wellspring International Outreach

WIO 2008 N

WePROTECT Global Alliance

2012 Lisse Netherlands B

West Africa Road Transport Union

WARTU 1989 Lagos Nigeria D

West Africa Society of Agricultural Engineering

WASAE 2001 J

West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Association

WATRA Abuja Nigeria D

West African Association of Food Science and Technology

WAAFoST 2008 Guelph ON Canada D

West African Industrial Forum

S ct

West African Postal Conference

WAPCO 2012 Abuja Nigeria D

West African Research and Innovation Management Association

WARIMA 2007 Ibadan Nigeria D

West African Road Safety Organisation

WARSO 2008 D

West African Women's Association

WAWA 1984 Dakar Senegal E

West European Fish Technologists Association

WEFTA 1970 Ijmuiden Netherlands D

West Indies Central Sugar Cane Breeding Station

CBS 1962 St George Barbados E

West-East Bridges Foundation

2011 Amsterdam Netherlands F f

West-Nordic Foundation

1987 Reykjavik Iceland F fg

Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission

WECAFC 1973 Bridgetown Barbados E g

Western Dredging Association

WEDA 1978 Temecula CA USA E

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