"Partnerships for the Goals: Strengthens

The 17th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) is "Partnerships for the Goals," which aims to strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development. This goal is integral to the success of all other SDGs, as it emphasizes the necessity of collaboration among governments, the private sector, civil society, and various other stakeholders to achieve sustainable development on a global scale.

### The Importance of Partnerships

Partnerships are crucial for addressing complex and interconnected global challenges such as poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace, and justice. No single entity or country can tackle these issues alone. The 17th SDG underscores that a successful sustainable development agenda requires inclusive partnerships built upon principles and values, a shared vision, and shared goals that place people and the planet at the center.

### Targets and Indicators

The 17th SDG includes 19 targets and 25 indicators, which are categorized into five main areas:

1. **Finance**: Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection. Encourage official development assistance (ODA) and financial flows, including foreign direct investment, to states where the need is greatest.

2. **Technology**: Promote the development, transfer, dissemination, and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favorable terms. Enhance the use of enabling technology, particularly information and communications technology.

3. **Capacity-Building**: Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the sustainable development goals, including through North-South, South-South, and triangular cooperation.

4. **Trade**: Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory, and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization (WTO). Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, with a view to doubling the least developed countries' share of global exports by 2020.

5. **Systemic Issues**: Address policy and institutional coherence for sustainable development. Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology, and financial resources.

### Progress and Challenges

While significant progress has been made in fostering partnerships for the SDGs, challenges remain. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for stronger and more resilient partnerships to address global crises. There has been a recognition of the importance of mobilizing resources and ensuring that no one is left behind.

### The Role of Stakeholders

1. **Governments**: National governments play a critical role in all

1. Objective 1.Enhance international cooperation 2.Promote investment in sustainable devolopment . 3.Strengthen multi-stakeholder partnerships 4.Collaboration and partnershipships are crucial for achieving the other 16 goals.

2. Our understanding of SDG 17 Sustainable devolopment goal 17 aims to stregthening global partnership to achieve sustainable devolpment .It emphasizes collaboration between countries, sectors and communties to mobilize resources, share technology, build capacity, promote fair trade and ensure coherent policies. The goal is to work together effectively to implementand achieve all other goals by 2030.

3. Objective of the campaign AWARNESS SDG ALIGNMENT Raise awarness about the potential drawbracks of digital payments PROMOTING CASH PAYMENTS Encourage the use of cash payments to mainatain financial inclusivity Aligns with SDG 17 by fosteerimg collabration and community awarness 11

4. Problems with Digital Payment Privacy concerns: Technology: Financial Oversight Risks of data breaches and loss of privacy . Issues during technological failures or outages. Challenges in tracking spending with digital transaction

5. Causes of Over-reliance on Digital payments Promotion Discounts and rewards for digital payments usersn Convenience: Speed and ease of digital transactions . Government incentives: Push towards a cashless economy..

6. Proposed Solution Awarness campaign: Educate the public about the benefits of cash usage by preparing posters and videos Through this awarness tools we educated people about why should we switch to cash payment

7. Actions and Impact Our team conducted an awarness program on June 3,2024 across all BCA classroom at christ college of science and management. This intiative empowered students with pratice knowlwdge and statergies for managing digital payments responsibly. The event fostered a culture of mindful spending,alleviated financial stress among student and established ongoing peer support networks to sustain financial literacy efforts

8. ACTION TAKEN Creating Awarness on Digital and cash payment

9. Snapshots Switchinfg towards cash payment BEFORE AFTER

10. Thank you! HANEEN SHIRISHA ZOHA