SDS has worked in cooperation with a wide range of international development partners over time. These include:
- Asian Development Bank
- Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD)
- Department for International Development (DfID)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- European Union
- European Commission
- European Parliament
- Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- German Federal Foreign Office
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- Integrated Economic Secretariat of Central America (SIECA)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (DGIS)
- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Swiss Development Corporation (SDC)
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN)
- United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
- United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA)
- World Food Programme (WFP)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Bank
- World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).