Our objectives: to ensure that the perspective of Nature is fully taken into account in the implementation of all goals and targets; and implementation centers on the well-being of all people and Nature. Each member develops/gathers best practices and these are assembled in Reports that are made widely available. Because diverse localities require different approaches and no approach is appropriate to all situations, the diversity of the modus operandi and foci of its members is the very strength of this Partnership, including those that are still to be confirmed.

1. Approximately once a month, representatives of each of the members meet via telephone conference to decide on the SDG (with associated targets) that will be the focus of the next report. a work schedule and timelines. Sometimes reports are written collaboratively, sometimes members submit individual parts. Who participates in developing a report can vary each time and depends on people's expertise, interest and availability.2. . Participants from each member of our Partnership place ideas/suggestions/best practices under the relevant target of the SDG being dealt with.3. Once all have placed the desired content on the titan pad, each participant makes editing suggestions.4. All participants sign those paragraphs they agree with and make alternative suggestions where they don't.5. A meeting via telephone conference or via another modality is called to agree on ideas and wording where no full agreement has been reached.6. A final editor is chosen to create and format the final draft.7. This is sent out to all members of the Partnership for final agreement and once this has been achieved, it is sent to other associated organizations as appropriate. (For instance the Commons Cluster consists of representatives of mainly ECOSO accredited organizations and these are given an opportunity to endorse the report.)8. The Report is then sent to all Heads of State and Government, all NYC-based UN Ambassadors and Ambassadors with whom we have a special working relationship with the request that they send the report to those in their governments (global and local) who can put it to good use. Feedback is also requested so that we can further perfect our modus operandi.9. Reports are also subsequently used by Partnership members as they see fit, including in preparation of and during relevant UN and other conferences for advocacy purposes.

The suggestions for capacity building and technology transfer are communicated via our reports. Since we use a commons approach we tend to focus on technologies that use a commons-based and are examples of the fast growing collaborative economy that is easily accessible through the Internet.

We are a global partnership and communicate via the Internet. We use a commons approach and make decisions via consensus. We have regular (usually monthly) meetings to decide on our work schedule. These are generally attended by at least one representative of each of the members. Reports are sometimes written collaboratively via the Internet. At other times, members submit individual parts of a report. All share the same overarching values: the well-being of all people and Nature. All work together to ensure that these values are honoured. But, because of the diversity of expertise, members are not obliged to sign off on proposals made by other members when these are outside of their specialty.

John F. Kennedy University;

The Commons Cluster of the UN NGO Major Group;

The Institute for Planetary Synthesis;

4 other partners are still to be confirmed.