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Partnerships for the Goals
“Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.”
What’s the Goal? Partnerships between local communities, nationally and globally is key. Working for targets within finance, technology, capacity building, trade, and systemic issues, the UN facilitates collaboration between nations to work together for all other sustainable development goals. Especially now, during the current COVID-19 pandemic, it is crucial countries work together to support each other during a time of crisis. We need everyone to come together—governments, civil society, scientists, academia, and the private sector for a better, stronger future. However, this goal is applied throughout many different aspects of development. Essentially, what this goal is saying is:
Written and illustrated by Kamila Dowgiert
Examples of project activities that demonstrate collaboration: • Facilitating the distribution of improved technologies and services to low-income communities e.g. renewable energy, fuel-efficient cook-stoves, mobile phone technology, micro-finance loans. • Strengthening business capacity and financial security through community micro-enterprise programmes and training for improved livelihoods to reduce community dependence on extractive income generating activities. • Supporting communities and local businesses to develop routes to market to ensure fair and full payment.
WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER!
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Sustainable Development Goals