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The power of partnership: insights from Kenya
A famous Kiswahili saying ‘kidole kimoja hakiuwi chawa’ – a single finger alone cannot kill a louse – mirrors some recent reflections on the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) achievements and challenges. Governments wouldn’t effectively achieve …
Partnering for the public good: an SDG strategy
The evolving interaction between foundations and government in the Netherlands could either excite people in the foundation community or worry them. The Dutch government signed a landmark agreement with foundations, called ‘Space for Private Giving’, …
Philanthropy should track SDG progress
The global community of development practitioners should take pride in the achievement of a consensus move from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the SDGs. The process has not been smooth. There are still disagreements …
Teach development
The Sustainable Development Goals set a new vision for the future of our societies: unlike their predecessors, the MDGs, they don’t distinguish between developed and developing countries and they are meant to be applied universally. …
CIVICUS: Civil society data development for the UN’s global goals
Better data is fundamental to the full implementation and review of the UN’s global goals. To assist the UN in this endeavour, a number of cross‑sector initiatives use modern statistical systems and bespoke metrics to …
Audacity, adaptability key to SDG partnerships
The Sustainable Development Goals focus as much on what we must achieve as they do on how we might go about it. The new global development thus enables new possibilities for how we collaborate across …
GIFE: Linking private social investment and the global goals
The SDGs were officially launched this year to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and by evaluation of the MDG process, Brazil realized that the most challenging aspect is the implementation of each SDG, which …
Case study – SDG success hinges on political will
Foundations and civil society should stand ready to ensure that government has the political will to implement the Sustainable Development Goals, not just in developing countries but also in developed ones. The Millennium Development Goals …
Case study – Shared goals for public good: the city as a laboratory of change
Transforming the urban development models that produce exclusion and inequality is no longer an option. It is a major mandate on the global agenda. Goal 11 of the SDGs, for example, focuses on making ‘cities …
December 2015
The 17 new Sustainable Development Goals that come into force in January 2016 represent a remarkable achievement. 193 UN member states have agreed on a new, universal set of goals and targets that they will …