Multi-Stakeholders Partnership To Achieve Long-Term Sustainable Development Goals
Author
Rodriguez Diaz, Erika Samantha
Term
4. Term
Publication year
2020
Abstract
This thesis examines how to build a multi-stakeholder partnership between business, NGOs, and academia to advance the Sustainable Development Goals, with a specific focus on SDG 4 (Quality Education) and SDG 5 (Gender Equality) by encouraging girls in elementary school to pursue STEM education. The work stems from collaboration with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, the SDSN Youth Global Schools Program, and Aalborg University, where the author held roles across all three. Drawing on literature on multi-stakeholder partnerships, collective impact, and systems approaches, the thesis develops a Multi-Stakeholders Partnership Lifecycle (MSPL) model and applies it as an analytical framework to review three case studies (SGRE, SDSN Youth, and AAU) and their internal and external practices for designing and implementing sustainability interventions. The analysis identifies 11 best practices, highlighting five as particularly critical: using PBL and megaproject models, digital collaboration tools, inclusion of youth as core contributors, a coordinating “backbone organization,” and the design thinking methodology. The thesis culminates in a strategic plan that integrates the MSPL model and these five practices to establish a concrete partnership among the three organizations, and suggests the framework’s adaptability to other levels of collaboration and to both short- and long-term SDG challenges.
Denne afhandling undersøger, hvordan et multi-interessent partnerskab mellem erhvervsliv, NGO’er og akademia kan opbygges for at støtte Verdensmålene, med særlig fokus på SDG 4 (kvalitetsuddannelse) og SDG 5 (ligestilling) ved at opmuntre piger i grundskolen til at vælge STEM-uddannelser. Projektet udspringer af et samarbejde mellem Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, SDSN Youth Global Schools Program og Aalborg Universitet, hvor forfatteren havde roller i alle tre organisationer. På baggrund af litteratur om multi-interessent partnerskaber, collective impact og systemtilgange udvikles en Multi-Stakeholders Partnership Lifecycle (MSPL)-model, som anvendes som analytisk ramme til at gennemgå tre cases (SGRE, SDSN Youth og AAU) og deres interne og eksterne arbejdsgange for at skabe og implementere bæredygtige indsatser. Analysen identificerer 11 god praksis, hvor fem vurderes som særligt centrale: brug af PBL- og megaprojektmodeller, digitale samarbejdsværktøjer, inddragelse af unge som kerneaktører, en koordinerende “ryggradsorganisation” samt design thinking-metoden. Afhandlingen munder ud i en strategisk plan, der integrerer MSPL-modellen og de fem nøglepraksisser for at etablere et konkret partnerskab mellem de tre parter, og peger på, at rammeværket kan tilpasses andre niveauer af samarbejde og andre kort- og langsigtede bæredygtighedsmål.
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