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Enhancing the Effectiveness of Sustainability Partnerships:

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Derek Vollmer, Rapporteur; Science and Technology for Sustainability Program; National Research Council
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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 ...
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Front Matter i-x  
I Introduction 1-6 (skim)
II Partners Coming Together 7-10 (skim)
III Partnership Organization andGovernance 11-16 (skim)
IV Partners and Co-production 17-20 (skim)
V Evaluating Outcomes and Enhancing Effectiveness 21-26 (skim)
VI Partnerships for Sustainability: Examining the Evidence 27-50 (skim)
CASE STUDIES 51-52 (skim)
VII Networks, Club Goods, and Partnerships for Sustainability: The Green Power Market Development Group 53-80 (skim)
VIII Assessing the Role and Relevance of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) in Global Sustainability Governance 81-108 (skim)
IX Clean Water and Sanitation for All: Global Water Challenge 109-124 (skim)
X Agua para Todos:Water for All 125-142 (skim)
XI The Sustainable Forest ProductsGlobal Alliance 143-169 (skim)
XII The Common Code for the Coffee Community (4C) 170-200 (skim)
XIII Sustainable Silicon Valley: A Model Regional Partnership 201-220 (skim)
XIV The ACS Green Chemistry Institute®: A Case Study of Partnerships to Promote Sustainability in the Chemical Enterprise 221-246 (skim)
XV The Multilateral Initiative on Malaria: An Alliance to Enhance African Malaria Research 247-262 (skim)
XVI Public-Private Partnerships and Pro-Poor Livestock Research: The Search for an East Coast Fever Vaccine 263-276 (skim)
XVII The Farm to Fork Initiative: A Shareholder and Management Partnership 277-292 (skim)
Appendix A Partnerships for Sustainability: Examining the Evidence 293-296 (skim)
Appendix B Partnerships for Sustainability, Examining the Evidence: A Symposium--The National Academy of Sciences, Lecture Room 297-300 (skim)
Appendix C Partnerships for Sustainability: Past, Present, and Future 301-308 (skim)
Appendix D OUTLINE FOR PARTNERSHIP CASE STUDIES 309-312 (skim)

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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.

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