The first term of the Global Councils on Sustainable Development Goals (2018/20) was launched at the World Government Summit (WGS) in February 2018, to give visibility to the best approaches & ideas vetted by practitioners. The Global Councils on SDGs is a unique interdisciplinary network of decision-makers from governments, international organisations, academia, & the private sector, who came together over the last two years to share innovative practices & discuss the creative implementation of the 17 SDGs at the national & global levels. During the councils’ two-year work plan, the councils aimed to work on creating new partnerships between countries, organisations, & sustainable development advocates for the implementation of SDGs through the discussion of innovative solutions, & integration of their findings into the United Nations & other global fora on SDGs. The initiative was launched as a cross-collaborative project between the United Arab Emirates Prime Minister’s Office, WGS & the FCSC during the WGS SDGs in Action event.