International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development (PaRD)

International Partenership on Religion and Sutainable Development was launched in February 2016[1] in order to engage the values of various International faiths into sustainable development goals of the world. Goveronmental, intergovernmental entities as well as Faith Based and civil society organizations Organizations engaged in development or humanitarian assistance can become its members.It is free to join membership. Key is to having been engaged in active participation in global partnership. Working programmes of organisation are decided in its annual meetings and general assembly of members. Until 2021 5 such general assemblies have taken place. PaRD secretariat located at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Bonn and Berlin supports the members in implementing the goals of organisation. Last such general assembly was held at Capetown in South Africa . Khushwant Singh new Head-of the PaRD Secretariat in its opening speech at this General Assembly played a visionary role.[2]

Development of PaRD

Since launching of this organisation in 2016 , till April 2017 it had registered 3 government bodies Germany, Great Britain and Norway and 17 intergovernmental bodies including World Bank & Union of Africa as members and 50 civil society and faith based organisations as members.[3]Of late It has 135 partner members in 2020[4] and 144 consisting of 128 religious organisations from 38 countries and from 8 world religions in November 2021 as per Khushwant Singh its Head of Secretariat in Bonn [5]

Fields of Work

Main area of work of this organisation is to concentrate on to achieve target SDG 17 of UN adopted in 2015 resolution by 2030,i.e to Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.[6]

To achieve above strategic target presently PaRD is concentrating on following fields:[7]

  • Health:Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages goal 3 of SDG.[8]
  • Gender Equality:Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls goal 5 of SDG.[9]
  • Water :Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all goal 6 of SDG.[10]
  • Climate Change: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts , goal 13,[11] conserve marine resources goal 14[12]manage forests and halt biodiversity loss goal 15[13]
  • Peace : goal 16[14]

References
  1. Dembowski, Hans; Nitschke, Ulrich. "The ambivalence of religions". dandc.eu. Retrieved 13 November 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "PaRD's Head of Secretariat Khushwant Singh's welcomes all participants of the General Assembly of Members in South Africa". www.partner-religion-development.org. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  3. "The International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development". D+C. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  4. Seretariat, PaRD. "PaRD Annual Work Plan 2021" (PDF). partener-religion-development.org. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  5. "Becoming More Together: PaRD Head of Secretariat Khushwant Singh welcomes participants of the General Assembly of Members in South Africa". www.partner-religion-development.org. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  6. "Goal 17 | Department of Economic and Social Affairs". sdgs.un.org. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  7. "PaRD's Annual Work Plan 2020/21" (PDF).
  8. "Goal 3 | Department of Economic and Social Affairs". sdgs.un.org. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  9. "Goal 5 | Department of Economic and Social Affairs". sdgs.un.org. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  10. "Goal 6 | Department of Economic and Social Affairs". sdgs.un.org. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  11. "Goal 13 | Department of Economic and Social Affairs". sdgs.un.org. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  12. "Goal 14| Department of Economic and Social Affairs". sdgs.un.org. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  13. "Goal 15 | Department of Economic and Social Affairs". sdgs.un.org. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  14. "Goal 16 | Department of Economic and Social Affairs". sdgs.un.org. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
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