Multi-stakeholder partnerships and the Sustainable Development Goals
Author
Eisenmayer, Alfred
Term
4. term
Publication year
2018
Abstract
This thesis examines the role of multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) in realizing the Sustainable Development Goals, focusing on poverty eradication and sustainable development as guiding norms. Using a constructivist lens and theories of norm and policy entrepreneurs, norm dynamics, and transnationalism, it analyzes why MSPs emerged within the UN, how they were promoted from the WSSD Type II outcomes through the MDGs to the SDGs, and what functions they perform as tools for implementation. The study synthesizes core concepts and historical developments and considers the United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP) as an illustrative case. The analysis argues that MSPs arose as part of a transnational governance space in which non-state actors complement states in addressing globalization challenges. It also finds that, despite conceptual ambiguities and design shortcomings, MSPs can shape global governance and contribute to SDG delivery, particularly where partners’ strategic interests intersect, as seen in UNFIP-supported initiatives.
Dette speciale undersøger multi-stakeholder-partnerskabers rolle i at realisere Verdensmålene med fokus på fattigdomsbekæmpelse og bæredygtig udvikling som styrende normer. Med et konstruktivistisk udgangspunkt og teorier om norm- og policyentreprenører, normdynamikker og transnationalisme analyseres, hvorfor partnerskaber opstod i FN-regi, hvordan de blev fremmet fra Type II-resultaterne ved WSSD over MDG’erne til SDG’erne, og hvilken funktion de har som implementeringsværktøjer. Studiet samler centrale begreber og historiske udviklinger og inddrager De Forenede Nationers Fond for Internationale Partnerskaber (UNFIP) som et illustrativt eksempel. Analysen peger på, at partnerskaber voksede frem som led i et transnationalt styringsrum, hvor ikke-statslige aktører supplerer stater i håndteringen af globaliseringens udfordringer. Den viser også, at selv om partnerskaber rummer begrebsmæssige uklarheder og designmæssige mangler, kan de påvirke global governance og bidrage til opfyldelsen af SDG’erne, særligt når partnernes strategiske interesser mødes, som det ses i UNFIP-støttede initiativer.
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