17 PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS
The world is full of conflict and competition. In a world where the law of the law prevails, in a society where the winner is arrogant, there is constant strife and conflict. Although we sometimes fight with our competitors and drag each other down, we rarely cooperate with each other. In a world where the fastest wins, the strongest wins, or the mass-produced wins, overdevelopment and overproduction run rampant. When competition and conflict heats up, societies are forced into unsustainable situations.
To work for sustainable development, even rivals must work together. Even if we are competitors, we need to form partnerships and work together on sustainability efforts. In order to prevent overdevelopment and overproduction, it is important to help each other instead of fighting.
Until now, companies have believed that competition with rivals is essential for pursuing profits and surviving in the market. This kind of thinking will continue to some extent in the future. On the other hand, however, in order to realize sustainable development, it will be necessary to form partnerships with companies that have been rivals in the past. Now more than ever, companies must revitalize their partnerships.
The United Nations has set 19 specific targets for “Partnerships for the Goals”. Let's take a look at these targets and think about them in order to actually achieve the goals of "Let's achieve our goals through partnerships."
17.1 Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection
It is about strengthening resource mobilization for sustainable development.
As a company, it may be necessary to pay close attention to initiatives for sustainable development in the countries where we operate, and to develop our business in response to these trends.
17.1 Draft Course of Action
・"We will pay close attention to initiatives for sustainable development in the countries where we operate, and develop our business in response to these trends."
17.2 Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries
Here, it is written about the implementation of assistance to developing countries by developed countries.
As a company, it will be necessary to pay close attention to the situation of assistance to developing countries by developed countries and develop business in response to such trends.
17.2 Draft Course of Action
・"We will pay close attention to the situation of assistance to developing countries by developed countries and develop projects that correspond to the trends."
17.3 Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources
It is about mobilizing additional financial resources for developing countries.
As a company, when expanding into developing countries, let's pay attention to such trends of funds.
17.3 Draft Course of Action
・"When expanding into developing countries, we will also pay attention to trends in funding for sustainable development."
17.4 Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress
This article is about reducing the debt burden of developing countries.
As a company, when expanding into a developing country, it will be necessary to keep an eye on trends in the country's debt risk.
17.4 Draft Course of Action
・"When expanding into a developing country, pay close attention to trends in the country's debt risk."
17.5 Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries
Here you will find a framework for promoting investment in the least developed countries.
As a company, it may be better to pay attention to such movements of funds when expanding into the least developed countries.
17.5 Draft Course of Action
・"Pay attention to the movement of financial support when expanding into the least developed countries"
17.6 Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism
It is about collaboration, access and knowledge sharing on science, technology and innovation.
In the future, it may be necessary for companies to think about their business in anticipation of innovation and the improvement of knowledge levels in developing countries.
17.6 Draft Course of Action
・"In the future, we will think about business in anticipation of innovation and the improvement of knowledge levels in developing countries."
17.7 Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed
This article is about technical assistance to developing countries.
As a company, it may become important to pay close attention to trends in technical assistance from developed countries to developing countries, and to find business opportunities in this context.
17.7 Draft Course of Action
・"We will pay close attention to trends in technical assistance provided by developed countries to developing countries, and find business opportunities in this context."
17.8 Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology
It is about enhancing the use of practical technology for the least developed countries.
As a company, it may be better to pay attention to this kind of technical support movement when expanding into the least developed countries.
17.8 Draft Course of Action
・"Pay attention to the movement of technical support when expanding into the least developed countries"
17.9 Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation
This article is about strengthening international support for developing countries to implement the Sustainable Development Goals.
Companies may need to pay close attention to trends in international assistance to developing countries to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and develop business plans accordingly.
17.9 Draft Course of Action
・"We will pay close attention to trends in international assistance to developing countries for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, and formulate business plans accordingly."
17.10 Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda
It is about promoting an open, non-discriminatory and fair multilateral trading system.
It may be necessary for companies to pay close attention to future trends in the trade system and develop business plans accordingly.
17.10 Draft Course of Action
・"We will pay close attention to trends in the future trade system and develop business plans accordingly."
17.11 Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020
Here, it is written about strengthening the export power of developing countries.
For companies, when expanding into developing countries, investing in export business from those countries may be one of the measures to contribute.
17.11 Draft Course of Action
・"When expanding into a developing country, consider investing in the export business from that country"
17.12 Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access
This article is about supporting trade in the least developed countries.
For companies, expanding import business from least developed countries may provide indirect support.
17.12 Draft Course of Action
・"Consider expanding imports from least developed countries"
17.13 Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and policy coherence
Here, it is written about international policy coordination for the promotion of global macroeconomic stability.
As a company, it may be better to formulate a business plan assuming that future policies will become more internationally coordinated.
17.13 Draft Course of Action
・"We will pay attention to whether the policies of the countries where we are conducting business activities will become more internationally coordinated, and we will consider business plans."
17.14 Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development
This is about strengthening policy coherence.
As a company, it may be better to plan your business on the assumption that future policies will be more coherent for sustainable development.
17.14 Draft Course of Action
・"We will keep an eye on whether the policies of the countries where we operate are becoming more consistent, and consider business plans."
17.15 Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development
It is about respecting national policy decision-making spaces and their leadership for poverty eradication and sustainable development.
It would be the idea that the implementation of sustainable development depends on the decision-making and leadership of each country, and that some superpower should not order other small countries to "do as I say".
Companies will need to pay attention to decision-making and leadership in each country in which they operate, and to proceed with business development while paying attention to what kind of policies are established and implemented.
17.15 Draft Course of Action
・"We will focus on decision-making and leadership in each country where we operate, and proceed with business development while paying attention to what kind of policies are established and implemented."
17.16 Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries
It is about strengthening global partnerships to help developing countries reach their goals for sustainable development.
As a company, it may become important to pay attention to global partnership trends that are likely to become more active in the future, and to think about business development while paying attention to how technology and funds move.
17.16 Draft Course of Action
・"We will pay attention to global partnership trends that are likely to become active in the future, and consider how to develop our business while paying attention to how technology and funds will move."
17.17 Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships
It is about encouraging and promoting effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships.
As a company, we can think of ways to contribute by positively considering partnerships with public institutions and partnerships with other companies and NGOs.
17.17 Draft Course of Action
・"We will positively consider partnerships with public institutions and partnerships with other companies and NGOs."
17.18 By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts
It talks about strengthening capacity development assistance to developing countries and improving data availability.
As a company, when expanding into a developing country, participating in capacity development support, etc. in that country can be considered as a contribution measure.
17.18 Draft Course of Action
・"When expanding into a developing country, consider participating in support for capacity development in that country"
17.19 By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries
Here, it is written about efforts to develop measures other than GDP to measure the progress of sustainable development.
Companies may be required to pay close attention to new measures and take them into account when planning their business.
17.19 Draft Course of Action
・"We will keep an eye on new measures and plan our business with them in mind."
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