SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) Progress
Al-Quds University understands the importance of establishing partnerships for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Al-Quds University values the importance of partnerships to develop the collaborative and mutual synergies needed to achieve the goals. Built around this premise, the university has taken a multi-faceted approach to develop education, research, capacity building, and advocacy for the future alignment of efforts dedicated to individual and collaborative initiatives across the spectrum of sustainable development.
Collaboration with Stakeholders and Partners:
After gaining a better understanding of the complexities around the Development goals, Al-Quds University started building its partnerships with government ministries, the civil society sector, global and local regional intergovernmental institutions, the business sector, and the global and local academic community. These partnerships promote the sustainable allocation of assets, skills, and resources for coordinated efforts to work through the development obstacles, capture growth opportunities, and contribute towards the attainment of the SDGs. Al-Quds University partnerships develop, expand and improve their impact on and through education, sustainable innovation, and integrated community development to cover most, if not all, the impact domains.
Joint Research and Innovation Projects:
The University has participation in multidisciplinary research and development projects with partners addressing public health, education, renewable energy, climate resilience, biodiversity, and sustainable urban development. These partnership projects promote innovation, provide actionable solutions, and help in the advancement of sustainable development science and practice. The partnership outcomes provide evidence Al-Quds University’s research capacity and impact research and development within the university and toward local and regional communities.
Capacity Building and Technical Assistance:
The university emphasizes the development of institutional and human capacity toward achieving sustainable development. Building toward this, the university has organized training, workshops, and mentorship projects to promote the capacity of people and institutions working in the area of sustainability. With the evidence based tools and strategy offered within these projects, those departing will focused and targeted work toward the effective achievement of the SDGs.
Knowledge Sharing and Networking:
Al-Quds University is a center for the exchange and collaboration of ideas. It hosts and organizes a diverse range of global conferences, symposiums, and policy forums. Such events strengthen communication, networking, and the mutual appreciation of the opportunities and challenges different stakeholders face regarding development. Such opportunities enable the university to foster an active, dynamic, and interdisciplinary community of practice to advance the attainment of the SDGs.
Resource Mobilization and Funding Partnerships:
Al-Quds University engages internationally with donors, development agencies, philanthropic institutions, and the private sector for resource and funding mobilization. Such partnerships help the university maintain and expand its impact by securing the financial and technical resources necessary for the university’s educational, research, and community outreach activities. This strategic engagement ensures the continuity and increased scaling of university SDG-related initiatives.
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning:
To strengthen its initiatives and partnerships to promote the SDGs to assist the university, its partnerships, and the initiatives to promote the SDGs to assist the university actively engage with initiatives to promote the SDGs. The rational approach enables transparency and geared active collaboration towards improved outcomes and impact. It enables the university to implement a comprehensive learned approach, allowing it and its partners to refine and adapt approaches to deliver greater impact.
Advocacy and Policy Engagement:
Al-Quds University is a leader in advocacy that seeks to create and implement comprehensive policy systems that facilitate effective and inclusive sustainable development partnerships. The University actively engages in policy discussions at international platforms, contributing to the development of policies that improve collaboration, knowledge, and capacity development at the local, regional, and international levels.
Al-Quds University is a catalyst for progress, and is pioneering the integration of partnerships in advocacy and policy development. The collaborative actions, synergy of efforts, and alignment of partnerships will enable the University community to fast-track the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Global Goals cannot be fully realized in isolation. These goals require innovative technology, equitable market access, and fair trade, particularly for developing countries. Support, empathy, creativity, passion, and a spirit of collaboration are crucial for developing a better world.
Improve the means of implementation and strengthen the global partnership for sustainable development. The partnership must actively engage governments, the private sector, civil society, the UN, and other stakeholders to fully mobilize resources. It is critical to meet the implementation targets, particularly the provision of funds, to realize the agenda.
Enhancing cooperation can help protect the environment and aid in sustainable development through the mobilization of assets and resource sharing. The promotion of the establishment and transfer of technologies that protect the environment, training, and the development of the sustainable environment can help aid collaboration. An environment dimension can be integrated into the existing financial system to make it more sustainable.
Al-Quds University is committed to the implementation of the means of revitalizing global partnerships. This is one of the reasons why the University participates in the UN Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Given this, the University has contributed to the achievement of SDG 17 in several ways.
Cooperation with local and global stakeholders has contributed to sustainable development. Al-Quds University has formed cooperative partnerships with local and global stakeholders. Al-Quds University has collaborated with global and local partners and has united other stakeholders, such as government agencies, non-governmental agencies, global organizations, the academic world, and private businesses, to facilitate the development of mutually beneficial resource and knowledge networks. This has contributed to the cross-sectoral and integrated approaches needed for global sustainable development.
Interdisciplinary approaches to research help address development challenges. Al-Quds University research and development comprehensive projects enable collaborative partnerships. These collaborative research and development projects provide the knowledge and innovative means to challenge sustainable development. The research integrates multiple disciplines and diverse sectors and addresses challenges of education, health, climate change, and biodiversity.
Capacity Building and Technical Assistance: Al-Quds University assists local and international partners by practicing what they preach on sustainable development policies, programs, and projects implementation. These include training workshops, mentoring programs, and seminars on developing skills and capacities of those investing efforts on the SDGs.
Knowledge Sharing and Networking: The university organizes conferences, workshops, and seminars, which promote the sustainable development goals by facilitating knowledge and networking opportunities. These functions unite the diverse range of stakeholders, including specialists, practitioners, and policymakers, together to tackle sustainable development issues and exchange successful initiatives.
Leveraging Resources and Mobilizing Funding: Al-Quds University gives high priority to resource mobilization and securing development funds. They collaborate and coordinate with stakeholders and implementers on research proposals to attract donor funding and in-kind contributions to deliver on project goals. Donor and resource mobilization include social investments from the private sector, philanthropic sponsorship, and other SDGs resource development initiatives for education, research, and outreach community projects.
Assessing Impact and Partnerships: Al-Quds University and its strategic partnerships and initiatives aim to assess and determine the impact of their Integration to the SDGs.. This includes the tracking of every step, the measuring of the results, and most importantly, teaching and learning to help inform the University on the next planning phases to enhance the impact. Meaningful impact is determined through const monitoring and assessment of all partnerships, which guarantees that the University is able to commendably contribute to the global goals of the SDGs.
Al-Quds University Influence: Al-Quds University strives to garner effective and progressive partnerships and frameworks that are focused on advocacy on goals. This is solely focused on partnerships and frameworks that steer advocacy on goals.
Conclusion: Al-Quds University is determined to sustain the achievement of SDG 17 through the collaboration of global and regional collaborators, collective research and developmental missions, capacity building and technical support, advocacy and resource mobilization, networking and knowledge exchange, evaluation, and promotion of strategic partnerships.