Editorial
| Published date | 02 October 2017 |
| Pages | 266-267 |
| Date | 02 October 2017 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/WJSTSD-08-2017-0024 |
| Author | Allam Ahmed |
| Subject Matter | Public policy & environmental management,Environmental technology & innovation |
Editorial
Private public partnerships (PPPs) as a policy tool to achieve the United
Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Introduction
We are pleased to present the final issue of the World Journal of Science, Technology and
Sustainable Development (WJSTSD) for 2017.
As the flagship journal of the World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD),
we are also pleased to see the journal developing itself extremely well across the world and
spark a new debate on policy issues relating to the role of science, technology and
innovation for achieving sustainable development (SD).
There is a continuous interest to highlight that a successful SD agenda requires
partnerships between governments, the private sector and civil society. In recognition of
this, at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, in September 2015, a set of
17 goals were formulated to transform our world by 2030 through SD. Among these goals
notably, Goal 17 acknowledged that actions were needed to mobilize, redirect and unlock the
transformative power of trillions of dollars of private resources to deliver on SD objectives.
As such, highlighting the need for private-public partnerships (PPPs) to be used as a policy
tool to support the desire of governments around the world to achieve the desired 2030
outcomes of SD in society.
Paragraph 67 of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 70/1 recognizes the role of
the private sector in development and calls upon its contribution: “Private business activity,
investment and innovation are major drivers of productivity, inclusive economic growth
and job creation. We acknowledge the diversity of the private sector, ranging from
micro-enterprises to cooperatives to multinationals. We call upon all businesses to apply
their creativity and innovation to solving sustainable development challenges. We will
foster a dynamic and well-functioning business sector, while protecting labour rights and
environmental and health standards in accordance with relevant international standards
and agreements and other ongoing initiatives in this regard […]”.
The need for partnerships is recognized in Sustainable Development Goal 17:
“Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for
sustainable development”. This implies more qualitative and quantitative engagement of
the private sector in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, an enhanced impact of the
United Nations’values and objectives, in particular related to sustainability, on the business
models of private companies, advances in the engagement of businesses from corporate
social responsibility to dir ect contributions to the rea lization of the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) or expansion of for-profit actors’activities in areas which
were usually addressed by public entities.
Special issue on PPPs and SD
We are hoping to publish a dedicated special issue of WJSTSD next year focussing on PPPs
as a policy tool to achieve the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The special issue will emphasize on the fact that the responsibility for achieving SD is a
global one with the immense value of PPPs as a policy tool to further public policies in a
wide range of fields, such as the national industrial policy, educational policy, reducing
unemployment, improving employment conditions, support for small businesses, local
development which in equal measure supports the realization of the SDGs. It is hoped that
World Journal of Science,
Technology and Sustainable
Development
Vol. 14 No. 4, 2017
pp. 266-267
© Emerald PublishingLimited
2042-5945
DOI 10.1108/WJSTSD-08-2017-0024
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