17. Partnerships for the goals

SDG 17. Partnerships for the goals

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development***

Targets*
17.1 Strengthen domestic resource mobilisation
17.2 Mobilise additional financial resources for developing countries
17.3 Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries
17.4 Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation
17.5 Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms
17.6 Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacitybuilding in developing countries
17.7 Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilise and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources
17.8 Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships
17.9 Enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data

Key insights

• The ASEAN Community Vision 2025 offers an excellent reference for member countries to achieve the SDGs through enhanced integration and collaboration, particularly with regards to finance-, trade-, and technology-related matters.¹

Business actions**

1. Lead on partnerships to improve domestic resource mobilisation through responsible tax practices
2. Galvanise private sector finance to support sustainable development initiatives in developing countries
3. Lead on partnerships to develop and share new and existing technology, knowledge, and business models
4. Build regulatory, organisational, and staff capacity in developing countries
5. Lead on partnerships that address systemic challenges for achieving the SDGs

Example

• A multi-stakeholder initiative based in Singapore collaborates with and brings together over 500 actors, including farmers, businesses, governments and civil society organisations to transform the regional agriculture-sector through market-based approaches.²

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* All targets for SDG 1 to 17 have been derived from the United Nations Statistics Division (2018), from: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/indicators-list/
** All business actions for SDG 1 to 17 have been derived from the United Nations Global Compact (2017), from: https://www.unglobalcompact.org/library/5461
***Most relevant selected.
1 UNESCAP (2017), from: https://www.unescap.org/sites/default/files/publications/UN%20ASEAN%20Complementarities%20Report_Final_PRINT.pdf
2 Grow Asia (NA), from: https://www.growasia.org/