Partnerships for the goals can be seen through many different lenses. There’s the international collaboration between nations, there is the national collaboration between government agencies within a country, but the partnerships reach all the way down to destination level where a number of different stakeholder interact with the municipality. From a destination perspective the DMO is the focal point of any tourism partnerships and in the absence of a DMO, the municipal organisation is usually seen as the DMO whether that is an active choice by the municipality or not. SDG 17 focuses on the partnerships that are needed to reach and accelerate the goals. This means that all other SDGs benefit from taking a partnership approach. In the UST project it is evident that a municipality can create policies for sustainable tourism and act to reduce poverty, preserve life on land and act with circularity in mind. However, the project has also shown how much partnerships mean for the ability to deliver on strategies, policies and plans. Each destination is unique in its setup of stakeholders, but there are groups of stakeholders that most destinations have in common. It is crucial for municipalities to identify these stakeholder groups and engage them in win-win partnerships. What winning means is different for each group, but some common denominators exist here that we can use as guidelines when we start to design our partnerships. All of these partnerships create an ecosystem that thrives when stakeholders start helping each other reach their individual win conditions. INTRODUCTION Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them. Pr. nr.:2022-1-SE01-KA220-VET-000089744
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