Sustainable development is a raising issue in the debate in Mexico with weak empowerment. ; Some sectors do not even realize about the benefits and the sense of urgency to adopt a ; Sustainable development approach, which is integrative, coherent and collaborative providing a ; framework for trust building and participative decision-making. ; The Netherlands tradition of consensus building and participation provide with some useful ; elements to elaborate the case of the need of a collaborative approach in the design, planning and ; implementation of projects with Sustainable development goals and further grant some light to ; the Mexico’s search for consensus building not only to create an integrated approach towards ; sustainability but to unblock the current political gridlock which is a precondition to meet further ; sustainable development goals. ; Throughout this work, the evolution of the Sustainable development concept and debate are ; described as a precondition to understand the complex challenges and the underlying beliefs that ; form the base for the current trends of sustainability. The case for collaboration for sustainable ; development is drawn in order overcome and address global and local issues. The Trilemma ; Triangle methodology is used to map down the sustainable development trade-offs between the ; three elements –economic, environmental and social considerations- according to local needs, ; political, cultural and environmental characteristics. The three sectors –government, business and ; civil society – main characteristics and drivers are described in order to facilitate the mutual ; understanding, to visualize opportunities and threats and to identify the space for collaboration. ; Different models of partnerships are described and analyzed highlighting some main components ; of a more effective model of multisectorial partnerships for sustainable development which are ; further analyzed and contrasted with real cases of study identifying opportunities and strengths ; according to the ...