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This part of the website provides information on action to deliver international sustainable development. The list of links below provides a gateway to information on action being taken to deliver international sustainable development.

The world needs more effective ways to deliver international sustainable development. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Department for International Development (DfID), Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and HM Treasury (HMT) share responsibility for helping deliver international development that is more sustainable.

A table of the UK's international priorities for sustainable development primarily arising from the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the Doha Development Agenda of the WTO, the Monterrey Consensus on Financing for Development and the Millennium Development Goals.

Sustainable Development Dialogues have been set up with key emerging partners to accelerate implementation of WSSD commitments.

Multi-stakeholder Partnerships for Sustainable Development On this page you can find information on the UK Government’s Learning Network on Partnerships, and about a range of projects and partnerships we have supported in order to promote and help achieve SD at the international level.

The International Sustainable Development Fund (ISDF) is a fund managed by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to accelerate implementation of WSSD and MDG commitments.

The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) took place in Johannesburg from 26 August to 4 September 2002. This part of the website outlines the UK Government's preparations for the summit, outcomes of the Summit at home and abroad and UK Government follow-up.

Sustainable development is a fundamental objective of the European Union (EU). The EU Sustainable Development Strategy provides a policy framework to deliver sustainable development. See also the 'Britain in Europe' pages on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website.