AUTHOR=Cruz Sofia Alexandra 

TITLE=SDG 17 and global partnership for sustainable development: unraveling the rhetoric of collaboration

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Environmental Science

VOLUME=Volume 11 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-science/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1155828

DOI=10.3389/fenvs.2023.1155828

ISSN=2296-665X

ABSTRACT=As the 2030 SDG Agenda unfolds, a growing body of literature from various disciplines is analysing how sustainable development can be a process for change to achieve a dynamic equilibrium between the economic, social and environmental dimensions. This article aims to critically examine the evolution and implementation of the UN 2030 agenda for sustainable development, with a particular focus on its collaborative approach. It discusses the Goal 17 Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, devoting particular attention to how this SDG has been founded in a blurred vision of collaboration. Actually, there has been much rhetoric about enhance multistakeholder partnerships for sustainable development including government, business sector, nongovernment organisations, academia, social partners and civil society. However, reporting the difficulties and unmitigated success are not common. From the perspective of the theory of collaborative advantage, this paper examines the collaborative advantages and inertias of the process of collaborating and identifies important key elements to consider in SDG 17, such as power relations, trust, goals management, organisational cultures and leadership.