Streamlining non‐governmental organizations' programs towards achieving the sustainable development goals: A conceptual framework

Abstract The purpose of the article is to present empirical research on the study of the axiology of the phenomenon of “sustainable government administration”, the identification of its role and place in the system of value priorities for the development of modern human civilization, as well as the justification of new approaches to international cooperation towards the achievement of global Sustainable Development Goals. A new scientific term has been formulated and a separate scientific and practical direction in the field of science “State administration” - “sustainable government administration”, its subject, object, exclusive features, and methods of implementation have been determined. The author’s model of a criterion comparative analysis of state governance of sustainable development, public administration sustainable development and sustainable government administration features is proposed. Particular attention is paid to the issue of enhancing Ukraine’s participation in the activities of international governmental and non-governmental organizations in the field of environmental safety. The article is a logical continuation of previous scientific studies of the author’s team. The analysis allows to assume that in the case of the introduction of state regulation of sustainable development at the global, national and regional levels, has every reason to achieve a significant part of the Sustainable Development Goals without waiting for 2030.

Download Full-text

How Social Enterprises Can Contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – A Conceptual Framework

Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals - Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research ◽

10.1108/s2040-724620180000008007 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 33-46 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

David Littlewood ◽

Diane Holt

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Social Enterprises ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Development Goals

Download Full-text

Conceptual Framework for the Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

International Journal of Management Excellence ◽

10.17722/ijme.v13i3.1113 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 1989-1993

Author(s):

Prabhasara Athurupane ◽

Bhagya Wickramsinghe

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Decision Makers ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Environmental Decision Making ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Development Goals ◽

Role Of Information

This paper seeks to evaluate the role of ICT in achieving the sustainable development goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015. While SDGs do not specifically address ICT, or include a goal on development of ICT, as argued (Berleur & Avgerou, 2005)in this paper, it is an underlying element embedded in the very concept of sustainable development rooted in the definition as propounded by the Brundtland Report. The objective of this paper is to evaluate whether there is a possibility to develop a conceptual framework to ground the use of ICTs in achieving SDGs. For this purpose, this research has evaluated the common conceptual frameworks developed by scholars and posits that rather than developing an all-encompassing framework, it is possible to identify certain necessary features for the role of the ICTs in achieving SDGs. This approach enables policy and decision makers to look at the role of ICT as an integral component of socio-economic and environmental decision making and implementation.

Download Full-text

Multi-stakeholder partnerships: a catalyst to achieve sustainable development goals

Marketing Intelligence & Planning ◽

10.1108/mip-04-2020-0135 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Gabriel Eweje ◽

Aymen Sajjad ◽

Shobod Deba Nath ◽

Kazunori Kobayashi

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

Conceptual Understanding ◽

Conceptual Development ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Content Type ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Development Goals ◽

Stakeholder Partnerships ◽

Multi Stakeholder

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to critically examine the concept of multi-stakeholder partnerships in relation to the United Nations' sustainable development goals and propose a renewed multi-stakeholder partnerships framework that enables the implementation of the sustainable development goals.Design/methodology/approachThis paper employs an integrative review methodology to assess, critique and synthesize the extant literature on the multi-stakeholder partnerships and sustainable development goals.FindingsWe propose a conceptual framework of multi-stakeholder partnerships to support the sustainable development goals implementation. Thus, this paper contributes to the conceptual understanding of the multi-stakeholder partnerships mechanism that enhances the sustainable development goals implementation.Research limitations/implicationsWe propose a conceptual framework of multi-stakeholder partnerships to support the sustainable development goals implementation. Thus, this paper contributes to the conceptual understanding of the multi-stakeholder partnerships mechanism that enhances the sustainable development goals implementation.Originality/valueWe contend that this is one of the few early papers that contributes to the conceptual development of a collaborative multi-stakeholder partnerships paradigm by which such partnerships are formed and institutionalized among multiple interacting sectors to achieve the sustainable development goals.

Download Full-text

A Comment on the Ethics Statements of Global Non-Governmental Organizations and their Relation to Sustainable Development Goals

10.18662/lumproc/gekos2021/01 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Avshalom M. Adam ◽

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Development Strategy ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Armed Conflicts ◽

Regulatory Issue ◽

Governmental Organizations ◽

Mass Migration ◽

Non Governmental Organizations ◽

Clean Air ◽

Development Goals

Human endeavors can be understood at the levels of evaluating what is good (values identification) and judging what is right (norms identification). These ethical considerations ideally find expression by becoming embedded in daily activity, with the ideal often buttressed by formal laws and regulations. Commitments to a strategy of sustainable management remain principally an ethical (rather than a regulatory) issue and are addressed primarily by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) rather than states. The United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer a blueprint for a more sustainable future. Faced with the consequences of climate change, natural disasters, environmental degradation, armed conflicts, and mass migration, NGOs’ commitments to the SDGs may be expressed in their engagement with meeting the immediate basic needs of present generations (e.g., for clean air, clean water, food, clothing, and shelter) and by humanitarian or developmental actions (which are part and parcel of sustainability development strategy and its implementation). In the present paper, I will offer a preliminary exploration of the question, to what extent do NGOs’ ethical commitments encompass strategy-led sustainable development capable of contributing to improving the likelihood of survival of a vulnerable population?

Download Full-text

7. Greener Growth

10.1093/hepl/9780198851745.003.0007 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 149-166

Author(s):

John S. Dryzek

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Governmental Organizations ◽

Collective Effort ◽

Non Governmental Organizations ◽

Ecological Protection ◽

Global Environmental ◽

Development Goals ◽

Brundtland Report ◽

Global Environmental Issues

Sustainable development became the dominant discourse in global environmental affairs in the 1980s, spurred by the landmark Brundtland report to the United Nations, and remains widely popular, embodied for example in the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by an assembly of all the world’s countries in 2015. Sustainable development combines ecological protection, economic growth, social justice, and intergenerational equity, which can be sought globally and in perpetuity. “Green growth” becomes possible, while ecological limits and boundaries fade into the background. However, it is necessary for a collective effort that involves governments, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations, and citizens to make this happen. Sustainable development is an integrating discourse that covers local and global environmental issues and a host of economic and development concerns. Beyond this shared discourse, different actors (such as corporations and environmentalists) ascribe different means to the idea. Despite its popularity as a discourse, sustainable development has not actually been achieved anywhere.

Download Full-text

Migration and justice in the era of sustainable development goals: a conceptual framework

Sustainability Science ◽

10.1007/s11625-021-00958-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Judith Janker ◽

Susan Thieme

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Migration Process ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Political Debates ◽

Trade Offs ◽

Sustainability Concept ◽

Development Goals ◽

Nested System

AbstractMigration and mobility are major characteristics of societies worldwide. The reasons for and pathways of migrations vary, as do perceptions of migration. Political debates are often organised normatively: the debate on the sustainable development goals presents migration foremost as a development issue resulting from global inequalities. The problems faced by particular migrants, and what a more sustainable approach to migration would look like are, therefore, often lost in political debates. We aim to address those gaps: the article conceptualizes, based on established academic debates, how sustainability in migration can be addressed systematically, which aspects are important for a more sustainable migration process and which trade-offs and injustices exist from several perspectives. We create a conceptual framework of sustainability in migration processes, building on the concepts of inter- and intragenerational justice, commonly accepted as the core of the sustainability concept. We apply this conceptual framework to empirical findings on labour migration and multilocality in Kyrgyzstan. The case enables consideration of the nested system effects of scale and translocality. This research is novel because it bridges the divided literature on migration, justice and sustainability, integrates theoretical and empirical insights and provokes a debate on which kind of migration we want to achieve.

Download Full-text