ABOUT US
For more than 25 years, Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future (SF) has been a bridge between stakeholders of all kinds and the international intergovernmental forums where sustainable development, and in particular the environment and issues related to its good governance, are debated, global goals are established, and strategies are mapped out. Our work aims to enhance open, accountable, and participatory decision-making and good governance for sustainable development through the continuous involvement and participation of stakeholders in these forums and in the actions that flow from their work. To achieve those aims, SF is guided by a Board of Directors with decades of experience internationally and in their home countries, further informed by Fellows and Associates from a wide range of fields, and we work closely with the intergovernmental bodies and UN Member States that strive for global environmental, social, and economic sustainability. Read More.
Current Projects, News, Publications, and Other Activities
Enhance Civil Society and Other Stakeholder Engagement at UNEA-7 and in the 2027 Review of the 2030 Agenda – Stakeholder Forum’s Newest Project
December 05, 2025 – The Seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) is the basis for SF’s newest initiative, to ‘Enhance Civil Society and Other Stakeholder Engagement at UNEA7 and in the 2027 Review of the 2030 Agenda.’ It is being delivered in partnership with UNEP’s Civil Society Unit and with support from the European Union. You can find detailed information about it here, including how stakeholders can contribute to the 2027 Review of the 2030 Agenda.
Branislava Balac is Stakeholder Forum’s newest Fellow
December, 2025 – Stakeholder Forum Director Irena Zubcevic is pleased to announce that Branislava Balac has become Stakeholder Forum’s newest Fellow. SF Fellow and Associates are experts in the field of sustainable development with 5 to 10 years – or more – of experience. They work with us to develop partnerships and programs that can promote SF’s mission and work. Branislava is an international consultant with extensive experience in sustainable development. As a Chair of the Committee on Human Settlements, she established partnerships to advocate for the agenda on human settlements and Agenda 21, and was involved in preparations of the new sustainable urban agenda at HABITAT III conference. Read more about Branislava here.
Two publications were launched by Stakeholder Forum Fellows in November and early December.
Education and Learning for a Sustainable Future: 50 Yrs of Learning for Environment and Change, expanded on the Legacy Paper on the same subject authored by Thomas Macintyre, Daniella Tilbury, an SF Fellow, and Arjen Wals, originally published in the People’s Environment Narrative, a product of the Stakeholder Forum’s Towards Stockholm+50 project.
Financing for the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement: The UN Ecosystem of Initiatives on Private Sector Finance 2024 has been updated by SF Fellow Felix Dodds and SF Associate Dr. Ahmed Rachid (AR) El-Khattabi. Read more about these publications, and download them, here.
July 18th, 2025 – The Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development announced the release of Volume 8: SDG 16 and its Interlinkages with other SDGs – Challenges and Opportunities. Felix Dodds, Secretary of the Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development and a former Director of Research and Development of Multilateral Policies and International Affairs at the Rob and Melani Walton Sustainable Solutions Service (RMWSSS) at Arizona State University, and a Fellow at Stakeholder Forum, coordinated the launch of the publication through his publishing company, New World Frontiers. Read more about this book, and download a free PDF copy, here.
Video Recordings and Audio Podcasts of SF’s Countdown to the 2023 SDG Summit are Now Available to View or Listen to
Webinars: Stakeholder Forum’s ‘Countdown to the UN SDG Summit 2023’ is a series of eight webinars held in the run-up to the September 2023 SDG Summit and the Summit of the Future in 2024. Having commenced in November 2022 and concluding in June 2023, the series explores where we are in SDG implementation, identifies transformative actions for change, and assesses what kind of disruptions they might create, together with the benefits for those goals under review and for other goals with which there are interlinkages, with an emphasis on strengthening the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda. You can find video recordings and audio podcasts of all eight webinars here.
Podcasts: Stakeholder Forum Podcasts offer the opportunity to listen to the audio versions of webinars and audio-only podcasts produced in the course of our work over the years. Please feel free to listen to them from your computer, tablet, or on the go from your mobile phone or car. Listen to our newest series of podcasts from the Countdown to the UN SDG Summit 2023 Webinar Series, and our series of 7 podcasts from our recent Towards Stockholm+50 project with UNEP.