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and Katharine Ford, who are co-directors and principal advisers. GK Partners provides business advice, policy guidance and strategic support to commercial, governmental and charitable organisations. GK They work with social enterprises commercial enterprises public institutions and international institutions GK Partners' services include specialist programmes on Access to Finance (A2F), Access to Property (A2P), Finance for Development (F4D) and Policy for Development (P4D). Faal and Ford met in 2001 while working on a

social enterprise A social enterprise is an organization that applies commercial strategies to maximize improvements in financial, social and environmental well-being. This may include maximizing social impact alongside profits for co-owners. Social enterprises ca ...

business support system under the auspices of the UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) GK Partners has worked with the Business and Intellectual Property Centre of the

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, and financial institutions such as

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and Charity Bank. The company had inputs in the negotiations and formulation of the 2015

Sustainable Development Goals The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or Global Goals are a collection of 17 interlinked objectives designed to serve as a "shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future".United Nations (2017) R ...

and the

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agreements. GK Partners also provided evidence to the

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on 'SDGs and Business' in October 2015.

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