The SDG Partnership Guidebook: a practical guide to building high impact multi-stakeholder partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals

The aim of this Guidebook is to convey the magic of how multi-stakeholder partnerships at country level can deliver extraordinary results towards the Sustainable Development Goals and provide clear guidance on how to build the most robust, effective collaborations. The Guidebook sets out the key Building Blocks of successful partnerships and the underlying processes – from initial stakeholder engagement to partnership review – necessary to develop and keep those Building Blocks in place and to maximize partnership impact. Along with frameworks to help organizations understand, identify and select the most appropriate forms of collaboration, the Guidebook includes a series of tools that support organizations through each step of partnership development and management. It also provides guidance on the more in-depth, trickier, but essential, partnering aspects – including trust, power imbalances, and the frustrations and challenges of working across different organizational cultures.