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Title Enhancing the effectiveness of sustainability partnerships : summary of a workshop / Derek Vollmer, rapporteur ; Science and Technology for Sustainability Program, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 105 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-61).
Contents Partners coming together -- Partnership organization and governance -- Partners and co-production -- Evaluating outcomes and enhancing effectiveness -- Partnerships for sustainability: examining the evidence / Derek Vollmer -- Networks, club goods, and partnerships for sustainability: the Green Power Market Development Group / Liliana B. Andonova -- Assessing the role and relevance of the Renewable Energy Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) in global sustainability governance / Philipp Pattberg [and others] -- Clean water and sanitation for all: global water challenge / Derek Vollmer, Kathleen McAllister, and Jacqueline Coté -- Agua para todos: water for all / Cortnie Shupe and Julia Steets -- The Sustainable Forest Products Global Alliance / William Sugrue -- The Common Code for the Coffee Community (4C) / Petra Kuenkel, Vera Fricke, and Stanislava Cholakova -- Sustainable Silicon Valley: a model regional partnership / Blas Pérez Henríquez -- The ACS Green Chemistry Institute®: a case study of partnerships to promote sustainability in the chemical enterprise / Kira JM Matus -- The multilateral initiative on malaria: an alliance to enhance African malaria research / Barbara Sina -- Public-private partnerships and pro-poor livestock research: the search for an East Coast fever vaccine / David J. Spielman -- The Farm to Fork Initiative: a shareholder and management partnership / LeRoy C. Paddock.
Summary "Sustainable development---meeting human needs while nurturing and restoring the planet's life support systems---requires a continuous process of scientific innovation, new knowledge and learning, and collaborative approaches to implementing technologies and policies. To address these challenges, different stakeholder groups are increasingly seeking to ally themselves through partnership, in order to implement projects, deliver services, establish secure funding mechanisms, and achieve on the ground results. Advocates of this collaborative approach point to the failure of governmental regulations, international commitments, or business as usual. However, skeptics often question the effectiveness of partnerships at achieving sustainable development goals and, in the absence of demonstrated results, wonder where partnerships are adding value. A symposium held in June 2008 and summarized in this volume, attempted to advance the dialogue on partnerships for sustainability in order to catalyze existing knowledge and inform future efforts. Ideas that came out of discussions at the symposium will help leaders in government, the private sector, foundations and NGOs, and universities, both in the United States and internationally, as they develop and participate in new partnerships for sustainability.'--Publisher's description.
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Subject Sustainable development -- Congresses.
Sustainable development.
Sustainable development -- Management -- Congresses.
Sustainable development -- Management.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Vollmer, Derek.
National Research Council (U.S.). Science and Technology for Sustainability Program.
National Research Council (U.S.). Policy and Global Affairs.
Other Form: Print version: Enhancing the effectiveness of sustainability partnerships. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2009 9780309129930 (OCoLC)503147661
ISBN 9780309129947 (electronic book)
030912994X (electronic book)
1282454919
9781282454910
0309129931 (paperback)
9780309129930 (paperback)