Special Feature

Global Partnerships Week 2012

December 10-14, 2012

“The entry point for collaboration between the U.S. Department of State, the public and private sectors, and civil society”

The Global Partnerships Week will recognize of the importance of public-private partnerships as a tool for strengthening diplomacy and development outcomes.

The Secretary’s Global Partnership Initiative (S/GPI) is the entry point for collaboration between the U.S. Department of State, the public and private sectors, and civil society. Launched by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2009, S/GPI aims to strengthen and deepen U.S. diplomacy and development around the world through partnerships that leverage the creativity, innovation, and core business resources of partners for greater impact.

Led by the Special Representative for Global Partnerships Kris Balderston, S/GPI is working with partners across sectors, industries, and borders to promote economic growth and opportunity; to invest in the well-being of people from all walks of life; and to make democracy serve every citizen more effectively and justly. [Full Article]

U.S. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

Frontlines and Frontiers: Making Human Rights a Human Reality

… In the Middle East and North Africa, as in other places in the midst of transitions, like Burma, the United States and the world have an interest in seeing new governments build the institutions and legal foundations they need to achieve lasting stability internally and to be constructive partners internationally. In other words, we want those transitions to go well. And religious freedom is just one example of how human rights are at the center of meeting that challenge. [Source: U.S. Department of State] »
Flagship Partnership: Accelerating Market-Driven Partnerships

Accelerating Market-Driven Partnerships (AMP) is a public-private partnership that seeks to unlock unprecedented economic value while delivering positive social and environmental impact. [Source: U.S. Department of State] »
Flagship Partnership: Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves

Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is a public-private initiative to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and combat climate change by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions. [Source: U.S. Department of State] »
Flagship Partnership: International diaspora Engagement Alliance

International diaspora Engagement Alliance (IdEA) provides a platform for diaspora communities to promote diplomacy and development in countries of heritage by forging partnerships around trade and investment, volunteerism, philanthropy, and innovation. [Source: U.S. Department of State] »
Flagship Partnership: Partners for a New Beginning

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB) is a platform designed to promote public-private partnerships that create economic opportunity, foster advances in science and technology, enhance educational opportunities and catalyze exchange programs. [Source: U.S. Department of State] »

PUBLICATIONS

Growing Up Green

Youth are leading the way to a sustainable future by creating innovative solutions to global problems. Read about some of their amazing accomplishments and ambitious plans for the future in this issue of eJournal USA. [Source: IIP Digital] »
Climate Change Partnerships

Climate Change Partnerships leverage the complementary skills and talents of diverse partners and likely will be among the required responses to global climate change. [Source: IIP Digital] »
Sharing Science: Global Partnerships

This edition of eJournal USA focuses on science as an inherently international undertaking in which researchers share the results of their work with a scientific community that spans the planet, through a growing array of collaborative efforts, technical journals, conferences, the Internet, and dedicated high-bandwidth data networks for research and education. [Source: IIP Digital] »