Multi-stakeholder partnerships are essential for solving complex societal problems.
But the partners often lack agency in framing and enforcing agreements. This challenges the cooperation needed to be effective.
This perspective article examines the role that partnerships can play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It elucidates a portfolio approach to partnerships that
First published in Sustainability 10 September 2019, 11, 4947. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11184947 The following is an extract. The full version can be accessed below. Recent scientific reports highlight the urgent
First published in Sustainability Science (2022) The sustainable development goals (SDGs) offer a broad, holistic framework of interdependent economic, social, and environmental objectives to enable integrated
“The growing magnitude and complexity of socioeconomic problems facing societies throughout the world transcend the capacities of individual organizations and sectors to deal with them
The journey has taught me two crucial lessons.
First, it is critical to understand the roots of the problem that you want to tackle.
Second, you must have in mind that a multi-partnerships approach will be essential to attaining your social change objectives.
I know nothing about return on investment.
I know we need to save the planet but have no idea how. I know what I am able to do in my personal life, recycling, buying organic and local, walking instead of driving etc., etc., I know how to fix plumbing, to a certain point… then I call the plumber. I know I will need a mason to access the leak behind the wall… When I go to my GP I usually get good advice – he’s a really good GP – then he sends me to a specialist.
When discussing partnership terms for each project, I tend to keep things general and fair for all parties. But I also have to consider the strengths of the partnering organization and the partner whom I’ll be talking with on a weekly if not daily basis.
Interviewed by Emily Ghassemi, Partnership Researcher, Impact17 Who are you? I’m Beris Gwynne. I have worked as a diplomat and aid official and in the
Many people have said that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic threatens to reverse progress made towards achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. In the article “SDG17:
Impact17 believes that multisector partnerships that genuinely involve stakeholders are the most effective. We know that community engagement is not easy. However, it is vital
It’s a given that collaboration is a potent accelerator for progress, particularly when it comes to delivering change in solving other big global problems, such
Partnership is the new buzzword. All aspiring politicians, business tycoons, or institutional leaders must, at the very least, envelope their agenda in the soft language
Photo credit: Laura Eldon/Oxfam People always need to be at the centre of humanitarian response. They are not. That is not good enough. Imagine a
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