The World Partnerships Forum is designed to engage participation and action in the global effort to advance the partnership approach to sustainable development. The Forum is the natural ‘in-person’ complement to the online services delivered via Partnerships Central, and it seeks to extend aware-ness beyond public authorities to influence the actions of all actors who have an impact on sustain-able development, including governments, businesses, local authorities, civil society, trade unions, and, importantly, the public at large.

The themes for the first Forum are to raise the exposure of sustainable development commitments and targets, champion the use of partnerships as a valuable mechanism for achieving sustainable development, and strengthen their capacity to achieve. The Forum will explore issues affecting key stakeholders and engage partnerships from all over the world. The Forum will also include expert panel discussions among representatives from governments, UN agencies, donors, and development banks.

In the run up to the Forum will be a series of online discussions and debates. During the conference, a specially-designed website will provide interaction between speakers and delegates at the confer-ence and the wider community involved in partnerships but unable to attend.

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