Partnerships are essential for building synergies and complementarities to advance the Nexus Approach in the sustainable management of environmental resources. ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-FLORES places a strong emphasis on building, strengthening, and sustaining strong relationships with a diversity of partners at the local, regional, and international levels to consolidate its resource base and bridge effective science-to-policy linkages for maximising the impact of partnerships for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-FLORES has an extensive network of partners across UN Member States, universities and research institutions, the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ (²ÝÁñÊÓƵ) network, UN Entities, international organisations and networks, and the private sector.
The cornerstone of ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-FLORES¡¯s formalised agreements is the funding agreement with the Institute¡¯s core donors: the and the Free State of Saxony represented by the .
The is an important strategic partner, which having been selected as a University of Excellence, receives permanent funding from the federal and state governments in Germany. Institutionalised through a framework agreement, ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-FLORES¡¯s strong collaboration with TU Dresden takes the form of multiple joint initiatives in research (see ) and education (see , ).