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UNITE TO IGNITE: Accelerating the transformational power of partnerships for the SDGs and beyond

This report recommends steps to create an enabling environment for more, and more effective, partnerships for the SDGs.  It provides evidence on what is required, with practical, proven ideas for each level of partnering, from individual to system-wide.

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Key findings of the report

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In the run up to the 2023 SDG Summit, the Global Forum partnered with 2030 Agenda Partnership Accelerator (an initiative by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and The Partnering Initiative) and Partnerships2030 (GIZ). The partners undertook research and mounted a campaign aimed at raising awareness and spurring governments and stakeholders to invest in the partnership enabling factors that will develop, improve and scale up multi-stakeholder partnerships in support of the SDGs and beyond.  

The Unite to Ignite report was compiled from the research and launched at the SDG Summit. It draws on results from a multi-lingual global survey with 260 unique responses, semi-structured expert interviews, relevant academic literature and a number of in-person and online roundtables. It includes the views of actors from many societal sectors, and from those operating at all geographic levels from global to national to local.

The report is accompanied by four short case studies, providing deeper insight and examples of the actions and investments required to unleash a new wave of multi-stakeholder collaboration for the SDGs and beyond. One such case study highlights how the Jamaican government establishes systems, policies and legislation that are facilitatory, and that lead the process of national development.

The report also includes a Global Forum checklist on how national governments can promote partnerships.

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