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Partnerships for the Goals

SDG 17 focuses on strengthening implementation means and revitalizing the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development. Achieving these goals requires collaboration from governments, private sector, civil society, and other stakeholders. It emphasizes enhancing international cooperation, improving access to technology and innovation, promoting sustainable policies, and mobilizing financial resources, especially for developing nations.

How engineering can make it happen

Partnerships in engineering are essential to advance the goals of sustainable development, whether within engineering disciplines or across national and international engineering institutions, involving government, industry, and universities. These partnerships are developing solutions and roadmaps to implement technologies, to build capacity and knowledge transfer mechanisms, and to establish inclusive approaches to sustainable development. World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development, is a collaborative international effort to bring engineering and the community together to achieve these goals.

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Key facts

2 in 3 people used the internet in 2022

259 million more male than female users

Official development assistance data funding fell by more than 20% from 2018–2020

Least developed countries’ exports stuck at 1% of global trade

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