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

International Collaboration for Essential Surgery

ICES Montreux Switzerland F

International Collaboration on Advanced Neutron Sources

ICANS 1977 Oak Ridge TN USA F

International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting

ICCR 2011 C y

International Collaboration on Endocarditis

ICE Durham NC USA N

International Collaborative for Science, Education and the Environment

1992 Wayland MA USA N

International Collective in Support of Fishworkers

ICSF 1986 Chennai India F

International College of Cardiology

ICC 2000 Moradabad India F

International College of Dentists

ICD 1920 Flint MI USA E v

International Commission for the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples

ICRA International 1988 Fontenay-sous-Bois France E

International Commission for the Study and Improvement of Mathematics Teaching

1950 Berlin Germany E v

International Committee Buchenwald Dora and Commandos

IBDC 1952 Montreuil France E v

International Committee for Rehabilitation Aid to Afghanistan

ICRAA 2013 Leeds UK G

International Committee of Sports for the Deaf

ICSD 1924 Lausanne Switzerland B y

International Committee of the Red Cross

ICRC 1863 Geneva Switzerland F v

International Committee on Fundraising Organizations

ICFO 1990 Madrid Spain D

International Community for Ecopsychology

ICE N

International Community for Open Research and Education

ICORE J y

International Community for the Relief of Starvation and Suffering

ICROSS 1979 Ngong Hills Kenya G

International Community Foundation

ICF 1991 National City CA USA G f

International Community Justice Association

ICJA 1963 Columbus OH USA G

International Community of Breeders of Asexually Reproduced Ornamental and Fruit Varieties

1961 Hamburg Germany D

International Community of Defence Industry Workers' Unions

ICDIWU Moscow Russia D t

International Community of NLP

ICNLP International Sao Paulo Brazil D

International Community of Women living with HIV Eastern Africa

ICWEA Kampala Uganda E

International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS

ICW 1992 F v

International Community on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management

ISCRAM 2004 Brussels Belgium C

International Confederation of Cleft Lip and Palate and Related Craniofacial Anomalies

ICCPCA 1969 E v

International Conference for the Information Community

ICIC 1989 Vienna Austria S c

International Conference of NGOs

1950 Paris France E y

International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Social Computing

CollabTech 2019 S c

International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation

WasteEng S c

International Conference on Multi-Organisational Partnerships, Alliances and Networks

MOPAN S c

International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion

S c

International Conference on the Great Lakes Region

ICGLR 2000 Bujumbura Burundi E cg

International Congo Aid-Smile African Children

ICASAC 1994 Thornton Heath UK G

International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement

ICSEI 1988 Sydney NSW Australia F c

International Consortium for Cooperation on the Nile

ICCON 2001 F g

International Consortium of Landscape and Ecological Engineering

ICLEE 2004 D

International Consortium on Landslides

ICL 2002 Kyoto Japan F y

International Consumer Support for Infertility Community

iCSi 1999 Silverwater NSW Australia F

International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness Response and Cooperation

OPRC 1990 London UK T g

International Cooperation Agency for Maternal and Infant Health

Matres Mundi International 1996 Barcelona Spain G

International Cooperation and Development Fund

ICDF 1988 Taipei Taiwan G fg

International Cooperation and Solidarity Organization

Madrid Spain G

International Cooperation Centre for Agricultural Education

ICCAE 1999 Nagoya Japan G

International Cooperation Committee of Animal Welfare

ICCAW Beijing China N

International Cooperation on Cosmetics Regulation

ICCR 2007 Tokyo Japan F g

International Cooperation on Education About Standardization

ICES 2006 Seoul Korea Rep F

International Cooperation on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for the Registration of Veterinary Medicinal Products

VICH 1996 Brussels Belgium E y

International Cooperation Research Association

ICRA 1991 G

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