New article on legitimacy challenges of multistakeholder partnerships for the 2030 Agenda

Published 21 November 2024

This article explores legitimation attempts by global multistakeholder partnerships that seek to support implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda. This generation of global partnerships faces strong expectations on obtaining synergies between policy fields and between the actors involved. We examine self-legitimation in a comparative study of two partnerships aiming to contribute to the 2030 Agenda. These are the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and the Universal Health Coverage 2030.

We identify factors at three levels that explain differences in the self-legitimation patterns of these two partnerships: the level of global norms, the level of policy field, and the institutional level. Overall, studying the self-legitimation attempts by multistakeholder partnerships reveals key governance challenges in global settings. These challenges are vague mandates, limited resources, and accountability weaknesses.

Authors: Matteo De Donà, Kristina Jönsson and Magdalena Bexell

Title: Multistakeholder Partnerships and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Sources and Audiences of Self-legitimation in the Fields of Health and Climate

Link to the article: https://doi.org/10.1080/13600826.2024.2428803