Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Industries, Innovation & Infrastructure


Goal 9 seeks to build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.

Economic growth, social development and climate action are heavily dependent on investments in infrastructure, sustainable industrial development and technological progress. In the face of a rapidly changing global economic landscape and increasing inequalities, sustained growth must include industrialization that first of all, makes opportunities accessible to all people, and second, is supported by innovation and resilient infrastructure.

Even before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, global manufacturing – considered an engine of overall economic growth – has been steadily declining due to tariffs and trade tensions. The manufacturing decline caused by the pandemic has further caused serious impacts on the global economy.

This is primarily due to high inflation, energy price shocks, persistent disruptions in the supply of raw materials and intermediate goods, and global economic deceleration.

While LDCs in Asia have made considerable progress, African LDCs would need to change the current trajectory and accelerate progress significantly to attain the target by 2030. However, medium-high and high-technology industries demonstrated robust growth rates.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

International Fiscal Association

IFA 1938 Rotterdam Netherlands B

International Flight Information Service Association

IFISA C

International Flight Inspection Symposium

IFIS S c

International Flight Services Association

IFSA 1966 Atlanta GA USA G

International Food and Agribusiness Management Association

IFAMA 1990 Corvallis OR USA D

International Forecourt Standards Forum

IFSF 1991 Colchester UK F

International Forest Products Transport Association

IFPTA 1982 Cohasset MA USA D

International Forum for Innovative Northeast Asia Strategy

IFINS 1977 G

International Forum for Islamic Dialogue

IFID 1994 London UK N

International Forum for Road Transport Technology

IFRTT 1986 Melbourne VIC Australia F

International Forum for Rural Transport and Development

IFRTD 1992 Nairobi Kenya F

International Forum for Social Innovation

IFSI 1976 Paris France F

International Forum on Engineering Decision Making

IFED Calgary AB Canada F

International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses

IFIBiop Aubière France F t

International Forum on Sustainable Value Chains

ISVC 2013 Horgen Switzerland F

International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems

IFAAMAS F f

International Foundation For Biotechnology Research and Early Stimulation in the Culture of Health, Nutrition, Sport, Art, Science, Technology and Society

International Biotechnology Foundation 2009 San Juan Bautista Tuxtepec Mexico G f

International Foundation for Online Responsibility

IFFOR Palm Beach Gardens FL USA N f

International Foundation for Telemetering

IFT 1964 San Diego CA USA G f

International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes

IFFTI 1998 Delhi India F f

International Foundation of the High Altitude Research Stations Jungfraujoch and Gornergrat

HFSJG 1930 Bern Switzerland F f

International Francophone Institute

IFI 1994 Hanoi Vietnam E j

International Freight and Logistics Network

IFLN 2000 Houston TX USA F

International Frozen Food Association

IFFA 1974 F

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFAD Rome Italy F fg

International Gas Union

IGU 1931 London UK C y

International Generator Technical Community

IGTC N

International Geosynthetics Society

IGS 1983 Austin TX USA D v

International Glassfibre Reinforced Concrete Association

GRCA International 1975 Northampton UK G

International GNSS Service

IGS 1993 Pasadena CA USA E

International Green Automotive Lightweight Technology Alliance

IALTA 2014 Shanghai China J

International Grid Trust Federation

IGTF F y

International Grooving and Grinding Association

IG and GA 1972 Coxsackie NY USA N

International Group for Lean Construction

IGLC 1993 Haifa Israel E v

International Group of Historic Aircraft Recovery

TIGHAR 1985 Oxford PA USA N

International Group of Research Reactors

IGORR 1989 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance France E

International Group on Aviation and Multimodal Transport Research

IGAMT C jv

International Handicappers' Net

IHN 1958 Phoenix OR USA N

International Harbour Masters' Association

IHMA Lancing UK C

international HealthTechScan

i-HTS 1996 Cologne Germany F

International Hemp Building Association

IHBA 2009 Kenmare Ireland D

International High-Speed Rail Association

IHRA 2014 G

International Highway Project

1981 J p

International Hologram Manufacturers Association

IHMA 1993 Sunbury-on-Thames UK F

International Hotel and Restaurant Association

IH&RA 1946 Geneva Switzerland B

International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory

INL 2005 Braga Portugal G g

International Ice Charting Working Group

IICWG 1999 F

International Ice Patrol

IIP 1914 Suitland MD USA F g

International Imaging Technology Council

IITC 2000 Las Vegas NV USA N

International Inbound Services Forum

IISF J

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