Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships & Voluntary Commitments

The achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals will require all hands on deck. It will need all of us together in an integrated manner by pooling financial resources, knowledge, and expertise.

In our new development era with 17 intertwined Sustainable Development Goals and 169 associated targets as a blueprint for achieving the sustainable Future We Want, cross-sectorial and innovative multi-stakeholder partnerships will play a crucial role for getting us to where we need by the year 2030.

PARTNERSHIPS for sustainable development are multi-stakeholder INITIATIVES voluntarily undertaken by Governments, intergovernmental organizations, major groups, and others stakeholders, which efforts are contributing to the implementation of inter-governmentally agreed development goals and commitments, as included in Agenda 21, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, the Millennium Declaration, the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) entitled “The Future We Want”, the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Sustainable Development Goal 17, which reads “Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development,” recognizes multi-stakeholder partnerships as important vehicles for mobilizing and sharing knowledge, expertise, technologies and financial resources to support the achievement of the sustainable development goals in all countries, particularly developing countries.

Goal 17 further seeks to encourage and promote effective public-private, and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships.

President Akufo-Addo Reappointed Co-Chair Of Eminent Group Of Advocates For UN SDGs

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has been re-appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, to serve as Co-Chair of the Eminent Group of Sustainable Development Goals Advocates for an additional two years.

It will be recalled that President Akufo-Addo was first appointed as Co-Chair of the Secretary-General’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocates, along with Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway, in April 2017.

With the mandate of the current group of Advocates ending on December 2018, the President will continue to serve in this capacity, per the letter of invitation from the United Nations Secretary-General.

The letter from the UN Secretary-General to President Akufo-Addo stated that “given your strong commitment to the 2030 Agenda, it gives me great pleasure to invite you to remain as co-chair of the SDGs Advocates for an additional two years, until 31 December 2020.”

In response to a letter from the UN Secretary-General, dated 17 October 2018, the President expressed appreciation for the trust and confidence that the Secretary-General has reposed in him to continue working with his fellow Advocates towards the accelerated realization of the Sustainable Development Goals.

The SDG Advocates consists of 17 eminent persons assisting the UN Secretary-General in the campaign to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by world leaders in September 2015.

With a mandate to support the Secretary-General in his efforts to generate momentum and commitment to achieve the SDGs by 2030, the Advocates have been working to promote the universal sustainable development agenda, to raise awareness of the integrated nature of the SDGs, and to foster the engagement of new stakeholders in the implementation of these Goals.