Bulletin 354 - Building partnerships for sustainable development
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Lessons from the Netherlands, Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica
| Authors | H. Verhagen , N. Dorji , Biaou G. , L. Abarca |
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| Series | Bulletins of the Royal Tropical Institute |
| ISBN | 9789068326796 |
| Language | English |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Pages | 46 pages |
| Published | 2003 |
| Price | € 11.50 |
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Description
KIT/NIPS, Fundecooperación, SDS Bhutan, CBDD Benin
The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in 2002 introduced roughly 280 international partnership initiatives. Partnerships hold the potential to become a viable mechanism to pursue development in a way that complements government action. They represent the beginning of a shift from the stiff formal waltz of traditional diplomacy to the jazzier dance of improvisational solution-oriented cooperation between governments, international institutions, businesses and NGOs.
The Sustainable Development Agreements (SDAs) between Benin, Bhutan, Costa Rica and the Netherlands can be considered a partnership experience 'avant la lettre'. Signed in 1994, these agreements have a great deal in common with partnerships, because both strive for the involvement of societies at large and for the exploration of new governance models. The objective of this publication is to transfer these lessons to WSSD partnerships. Linking the experience of the SDAs with the future of partnerships, three key challenges are identified in this publication.
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