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).