Our Mission
The Global Partnerships Forum builds the partnerships the 2030 Agenda demands — convening leaders across sectors to foster dialogue, catalyze collaboration, and advance practical solutions to global challenges.
Who We Are
The Global Partnerships Forum is an independent, non-partisan organization (501(c)3 not-for-profit) dedicated to one conviction: that the challenges of our time are too complex for any single actor to solve alone. Since our founding, we have worked at the intersection of diplomacy, development, and innovation – convening the leaders, thinkers, and doers who are willing to work across boundaries to build a more equitable and sustainable world.
Headquartered in New York, at the heart of the multilateral system, GPF works across governments, international organizations, the private sector, philanthropy, academia, and civil society to foster collaboration around the world’s most pressing challenges.
Standalone pull quote: What unites everyone who works with us is a shared belief that meaningful, lasting change is built on partnerships – not transactions.
The Global Partnerships Forum is guided by a clear mission and a shared vision for collaboration, sustainable development, and global progress.
The Global Partnerships Forum builds the partnerships the 2030 Agenda demands — convening leaders across sectors to foster dialogue, catalyze collaboration, and advance practical solutions to global challenges.
A world where governments, institutions, businesses, and communities collaborate across boundaries to advance sustainable development and shared prosperity.
Built at the intersection of diplomacy, development, and innovation, GPF’s story is rooted in one enduring belief: lasting progress happens when people work across boundaries to build meaningful partnerships.
The Global Partnerships Forum was founded on a simple conviction: the challenges of our time are too complex for any single actor to solve alone. From the beginning, GPF was designed as an independent, non-partisan platform where leaders, thinkers, and doers could come together to build a more equitable and sustainable world.
Headquartered in New York, at the heart of the multilateral system, GPF works across governments, international organizations, the private sector, philanthropy, academia, and civil society. This cross-sector approach has shaped the organization’s identity and remains central to how it convenes collaboration around global challenges.
What unites everyone who works with GPF is a shared belief that meaningful, lasting change is built on partnerships — not transactions. That principle continues to guide how the Forum fosters trust, creates dialogue, and helps translate shared purpose into practical action.
GPF’s mission is closely aligned with the kind of cooperation the 2030 Agenda demands: convening leaders across sectors, catalyzing collaboration, and advancing practical solutions to global challenges. Over time, the organization has continued to strengthen its role as a forum for dialogue and a catalyst for partnership.
GPF has long believed that the next generation of partnership-builders deserves early exposure to the multilateral world. Its youth programs introduce students to global cooperation through expert talks, site visits, simulations, and peer learning — opening doors, expanding understanding, and sparking new ideas.
For university partners, GPF offers co-designed programs that can be integrated into existing curricula or delivered as standalone intensives. Available for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as youth leadership initiatives, these programs reflect GPF’s broader commitment to equipping future leaders to collaborate across borders and sectors.
As global challenges continue to evolve, GPF remains focused on bringing the right people together at the right time. Its story is still being written through every partnership formed, every dialogue convened, and every effort to advance sustainable development and shared prosperity through collaboration.
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