Welcome to the United Nations Office for Partnerships

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Welcome to UNOP

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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes, under Sustainable Development Goal 17, a call to revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development, including through multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources toward achievement of the Goals.

The United Nations Office for Partnerships strives to serve as a gateway for partnership building between the private sector, foundations and other non-State actors and the United Nations system in furtherance of the Sustainable Development Goals.

In this role, the Office has three primary functions:

  • To serve as the operational interface between the United Nations Foundation and the United Nations system in support of high-impact projects implemented throughout the world by UN system agencies;
  • To provide administrative support to the United Nations Democracy Fund;
  • To advise, guide and facilitate partnership events and initiatives between the United Nations and non-state actors, such as private sector, foundation and civil society, in support of the Sustainable Development Goals.

News & Events

31 January 2018

Co-hosted by Ceres, the UN Foundation, and the UN Office for Partnerships, the Summit highlighted the growing climate-related investment risks and opportunities. This biennial event aims to catalyse further actions that investors, businesses and governments can take to expand investments in clean energy in developed and developing countries.

30 January 2018

The 7th annual ECOSOC Youth Forum—the largest official annual gathering on youth issues at the UN—took place from 30 to 31 January 2018. The Forum served as a platform for youth leaders, government officials and civil society representatives to address the challenges that today’s generation of young people is facing.

07 December 2017

Nest's Third Annual Artisan Leadership summit was convened as a multi-stakeholder open forum and benefit luncheon hosted by Nest and Ethical Fashion Initiative at the United Nations in New York. This event was a platform for participants and attendees to lay the groundwork for a New Handworker Economy that connects handowrkers, brands, and consumers in a circular and human-centric chain.

Learn more about our projects

Click on the images below to find out more about some of our projects.