About the Global Partnership
Realizing the 2030 Agenda, and driving the ‘Decade of Action’, will require urgent additional efforts.
The international community has decided what it wants to achieve in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and a framework for what this needs in the Financing for Development (FfD) process.
But the global effort to drive sustainable development is facing profound headwinds, from growing inequality to a global pandemic. Only collective action will see us through these challenges.
And that is why how we partner and work together – through principle-based and evidence-led development efforts – is more important than ever for achieving the 2030 Agenda.
It is through the four effectiveness principles and their implementation that we can re-build our partnerships on a more equitable basis, for more sustainable results, driving the ‘Decade of Action’.
The Global Partnership
The Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (the Global Partnership) is the primary multi-stakeholder vehicle for driving development effectiveness, to "maximize the effectiveness of all forms of co-operation for development for the shared benefits of people, planet, prosperity and peace." It brings together governments, bilateral and multilateral organizations, civil society, the private sector and representatives from parliaments and trade unions among others, who are committed to strengthening the effectiveness of their partnerships for development.
It supports practical implementation of effective development co-operation principles, promotes mutual accountability, and works to sustain political momentum for more effective co-operation and partnerships. The Global Partnership's monitoring exercise and report is a flagship instrument of the Partnership that provides a critical snapshot of progress toward more effective development cooperation in this effort of the Partnership.
Formally constituted in 2012, the Global Partnership is today led by four Co-chairs representing the main stakeholders involved in development co-operation, including governments and non-State actors. Its work is driven by a 25-member Steering Committee, reflecting the spirit of inclusive partnerships and a ‘whole-of-society’ approach which is required to achieve the 2030 Agenda. More information on the leadership can be found here.
As part of its efforts to sustain political momentum around development effectiveness, the Partnership regularly convenes at high/Ministerial-level. Since the Busan Partnership Agreement (endorsed by 161 countries and 56 international organizations in 2011), the Partnership has also adopted the Mexico Communique (2014) the Nairobi Outcome Document (2016, a negotiated outcome, like the Busan Agreement), the Co-Chair’s Statement on the Senior-Level Meeting (2019) and the Geneva Summit Declaration (2022).
Role of Global Partnership constituencies in advancing effective development co-operation:
The Effectiveness Principles
Agreed in 2011 (as in the Nairobi Document) by more than 161 countries and 56 organizations, the four principles of effective development co-operation provide a framework for more equal and empowered partnerships and more sustainable development outcomes.
The importance of these principles today is illustrated by the 86 governments – a record-breaking number - who led country level engagement in Global Partnership’s last monitoring exercise in 2018. They were joined by more than 100 development partners and hundreds of civil society organizations, private sector representatives, foundations, trade unions, parliamentarians and local governments. These countries believe that the effectiveness principles are critical multiplier for their development efforts.
Implementing the Effectiveness Principles
Building on the commitments resulting from the Geneva Summit Declaration and the recommendations of the 2021 GPEDC Review, the Global Partnership’s 2023-2026 Work Programme focuses on three core outputs:
- Generating Evidence: The New Monitoring Exercise
- Driving Informed Policy Dialogue & Action: Country Dialogues, Strategic Partnerships and the Achievement of the SDGs.
- Fostering Political Awareness, Behaviour Change and Uptake: Targeted Advocacy and Outreach
The overall vision of the 2023-2026 Work Programme is to strengthen the effectiveness of development co-operation to achieve progress towards the SDGs.
