A/HRC/41/41/Add.2 Plurinational State of Bolivia, Colombia, Kenya, Nepal, Peru, Suriname and the United Republic of Tanzania.f Together 2030 is a global civil society initiative aimed at generating and sharing knowledge on the implementation and accountability of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals. The initiative helps civil society organizations to promote national implementation and track progress of the 2030 Agenda. g Since 2016, the civil society Reflection Group on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in partnership with several civil society organizations and trade unions from around the world, has published a report entitled “Spotlight on sustainable development”, which provides an independent and comprehensive assessment of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its Goals.h In Nepal, the Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal presented a shadow report to the country’s voluntary national review process ahead of the high-level political forum. The shadow report mapped local civil society contributions to realizing the Goals, identified gaps in the country report and provided suggestions to improve the voluntary national review and the process in Nepal. i Similarly, in 2017, the SDGs Kenya Forum, a civil society platform that advocates and promotes engagement with the Government in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, submitted a comprehensive report to the Government towards the voluntary national review, ahead of the high-level political forum. a See https://nhri.ohchr.org. See www.dpn.gob.ar. c See https://www.humanrights.dk/what-we-do/sustainabledevelopment-goals. d See https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/memberstates/paraguay. e See https://en.unesco.org/news/unesco-pilots-global-data-collection-access-information. f See http://nav.indigenousnavigator.com/index.php/en/. g See https://www.together2030.org/. h See https://www.2030spotlight.org/en. i See http://action4sd.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/NepalShadowReport.FECOFUN.pdf. b D. Goal 17 of the Sustainable Development Goals affirms the need for partnerships between Governments, civil society and the private sector in order for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to be successful 68. Partnerships for sustainable development are defined as multi-stakeholder initiatives that are voluntarily undertaken by Governments, intergovernmental organizations, major groups and other stakeholders, whose efforts are contributing to the implementation of intergovernmentally agreed development goals and commitments. Partnerships are recognized as effective instruments for mobilizing human and financial resources, expertise, technology and knowledge.4 69. In order for civil society to mobilize and collaborate effectively, the elements described below need to be in place. 70. Partnerships that offer opportunities for formal engagement between civil society, Governments and other key stakeholders should be maximized, keeping in mind the principles for full and effective participation outlined above. To that end, forums such as the Open Government Partnership need to be strengthened and leveraged, particularly in their efforts to encourage the meaningful engagement of citizens and civil society in open government reforms. 71. Stakeholders engaged in development cooperation, including civil society, should be considered equal partners seeking a common objective and should therefore pool their resources and competencies to achieve that objective. Stakeholders should share ownership 4 Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development. 11