Search Results for 'SDG'
The long march towards responsible money
The majority of philanthropy institutions fulfil the SDGs through their grants. What about the rest of their metabolism? What is the global impact of PIs? If you consider a single PI – for instance our …
Peace in the new development agenda
Recent United Nations and World Bank reports have highlighted that almost no fragile or low-income country has met MDG targets. This fragility is widespread, with the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) finding that 2 …
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 …
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 …
Case study – Fund innovation to protect children
Goal 16 includes the target to ‘End abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence and torture against children’. The World Health Organization reports that each year, 40 million children under the age of 15 …
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 – 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 …
Alliance magazine announcement
Paula Park has resigned as Editor & Executive Director of Alliance magazine. She joined the organisation in June 2015 and since then has been assisting us in our review of Alliance as we look to …