Partnerships are at the “core” of efforts to reach the sustainable development goals, the poverty and environmental targets agreed by world leaders in 2015.

That’s according to Deidre Boyd, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Thailand, the UN’s most senior official in the country.

The 17 goals also known as the SDGs and which are meant to be realized by 2030 include one focused specifically on partnerships, which seeks to bring international organizations, like the UN, together with governments, civil society, the corporate world and individuals in order to achieve the other 16 goals.

Daniel Dickinson spoke to Deidre Boyd on a recent visit to UN Headquarters in New York and asked her what partnerships means,  in the context of the sustainable development goals.