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Sustainability Development Goal (SDG) 17 Partnership is a voluntary and collaborative effort between various parties, both public and nonpublic, in which all participants agree to work together to achieve a common purpose or undertake a specific task, as mutually agreed, to share risks and responsibilities, resources and benefits (UN 2016a). Here, voluntary commitments to advance implementation of the SDGs have been an integral part of partnership effort. In specific, the 2017 UN Ocean Conference described Voluntary Commitments as initiatives voluntarily undertaken by Governments, the United Nations system, other intergovernmental organizations, international and regional financial institutions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society organizations, academic and research institutions, the scientific community, the private sector, philanthropic organizations, and other actors – individually or in partnership– that aim to contribute to the implementation of...
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Nik Hasan, N.N., Hamzah, A. (2020). Global Partnership Under a New Normal: Challenges and Response to COVID-19. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Partnerships for the Goals. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71067-9_135-1
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