The Global Youth Action Network (GYAN) is a not-for-profit organization that acts as an incubator of global partnerships among youth organizations. Their mission is to facilitate youth participation and intergenerational partnership in global decision-making; to support collaboration among diverse youth organizations; and to provide tools, resources, and recognition for positive youth action. GYAN believes that the critical issues facing the planet now demand our attention and commitment; and that if we are to solve these problems in our life, then we must act, and combine our efforts to guarantee a future of peace, justice and sustainability.

TakingITGlobal.org (TIG) is an online community that connects youth to find inspiration, access information, get involved, and take action in their local and global communities. It is now the world's most popular online community for young people interested in making a difference, with hundreds of thousands of unique visitors each month. TIG's highly interactive website provides a platform for expression, connection to opportunities, and support for action.

The Youth Coalition is an international organization of young people between the ages of 15 & 29 committed to promoting youth sexual and reproductive rights at the national, regional and international levels. Sexual and reproductive rights are human rights, and therefore apply equally to young people. The Youth Coalition believes that young people have a valuable contribution to make to society and must be given a voice in all policy and decision-making processes that is respected and fully incorporated.

The Global Youth Coalition on AIDS (GYCA) recognizes that while there is an enormous array of youth-serving HIV/AIDS organizations worldwide that work on the many facets of the pandemic, there is currently no global coalition that draws together a diversity of youth affected and infected by HIV/AIDS. Not only is there an absence of a North-South dialogue between youth working to fight HIV/AIDS but many HIV/AIDS youth-led initiatives are uninformed about other groups doing similar work in their own countries, and about the resources and opportunities available to them. GYCA is an alliance of close to 800 youth leaders and adult allies in HIV/AIDS. It was proposed by youth worldwide, including the youth attendees of the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok and XIV International AIDS Conference in Barcelona. Our Coalition is expanding daily and we invite youth of all HIV statuses, ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientations, genders and religions to participate in its development.

The UNEP Environmental Youth Network is a global database of youth organizations and young activists worldwide who are working towards environmental development. Information on various UNEP activities and environmental initiatives are regularly communicated to members of the network, who also receive our publications, periodicals etc. The Environmental Youth Network fosters active communication between UNEP and young people. It aims at promoting partnerships for the environment by enhancing access to environmental information and through the creating two-way dialogues on the environment.

The Global Youth Network Project is run by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to increase youth involvement with the international community in developing drug abuse prevention policies and programmes. They seek to create interest among youth and youth workers in the field of drug abuse prevention as well as increase communication between youth groups and UNODC towards collecting and disseminating information on best practices that build the capacity of youth groups across the world to successfully conceptualise and implement drug abuse prevention projects.

The Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) is the leading international multi-stakeholder network committed to harnessing the potential of information and communication technologies (ICT) for sustainable and equitable development. Through the GKP, governments, business and civil society organisations, share their experience, ideas, issues and solutions to unleash the potential of ICT to improve lives, reduce poverty and empower people. While fostering meaningful exchanges and learning, GKP also provides the platform for building effective multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) to generate innovative and practical solutions to development problems, and creates opportunities for scaling up ICT initiatives and spreading their benefits. Working together, GKP members increase their organisational influence and visibility.

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) contributes to sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change, measurement and assessment, and natural resources management. By using Internet communications, we report on international negotiations and broker knowledge gained through collaborative projects with global partners, resulting in more rigorous research, capacity building in developing countries and better dialogue between North and South.