DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT OF PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION

2005 ◽  
Vol 07 (03) ◽  
pp. 457-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
DARIUSZ KOBUS
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Patterns ◽  
The Core ◽  
Countries In Transition ◽  
Operational Criteria ◽  
Policy Failures

The insufficient operationalisation of the sustainable development (SD)concept hinders development of widely recognised standards for assessment of SD progress. This paper reports on development and testing of a conceptual framework for assessment of progress towards achieving sustainable development (APASD) of (primarily) countries in transition from central planning to market economy. The framework departs from the core principles of sustainable development and develops them into a set of operational criteria, which in turn are developed into sets of performance indicators. Benchmarking is applied for indicators, and an approach to aggregation of assessment results is described. Application of the framework allows identification of sustainable and unsustainable development patterns, as well as policy failures that lead to unsustainable development. The assessment is concluded with recommendations for policy reforms that address policy failures and unsustainable development patterns. The overview of the results obtained in testing the APASD framework in Estonia is presented to illustrate its application.

scholarly journals A Framework for Assessing Commitment Indicators in Sustainable Development Decisions

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 5234
Author(s):  
Mustafa S. Al-Tekreeti ◽  
Salwa M. Beheiry ◽  
Vian Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Capital Projects ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Corporate Leaders ◽  
Corporate Decisions ◽  
Waste Energy ◽  
Infrastructure Project

Numerous decision support systems have been developed to address the decision-making process in organizations. However, there are no developed mechanisms to track commitment down the line to the decisions made by corporate leaders. This paper is a portion of a study that establishes a framework for a comprehensive metric system to assess commitment to Sustainable Development (SD) decisions down the line in capital projects, and sets the groundwork for further development of performance indicators for SD outcomes. This ultimately leads to investigating the relationship between commitment to corporate decisions and better project performance in SD parameters. Hence, this study explores the literature to extract relevant parameters that reflect the degree of the project participants’ commitment to SD decisions and to develop commitment indicators. The study created then validated an index to track this commitment along the project stages: the Sustainable Development Commitment Tracking Tool (SDCTT). The SDCTT was tested on an infrastructure project case study. In this paper, techniques relevant to the first stage of projects (planning and definition) are presented. The SDCTT is the groundwork for the future development of performance indicators for SD outcomes, and within the postulated model should ultimately contribute towards reducing project waste, energy use, and carbon emissions.

Forage diversity, conservation and use.

2020 ◽  
pp. 423-449
Author(s):  
Jean Hanson ◽  
Rainer Schultze-Kraft ◽  
Michael Peters ◽  
Peter Wenzl ◽  
Ahmed Amri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Genetic Resources ◽  
Plant Genetic Resources ◽  
Gene Bank ◽  
International Network ◽  
Global System ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Core ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Forage Diversity

Abstract This chapter outlines the scientific and development impacts of forage diversity conservation, characterization and distribution work under the international network of forage collections in CGIAR. The focus for the future will continue to be on the core operations that are essential to conserve and manage the diversity with increased emphasis on those that will ensure efficiency and value for money in gene bank operations. In addition to these essential activities, there are opportunities to be more forward and outward looking and to link with activities in the Livestock CRP and the Excellence in Breeding Platform, as well as to contribute to the global system of plant genetic resources, support the FAO Global Plan of Action and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals.

RETRACTED: Analyze on the Tourism Value of Traditional Costume Culture Resources in South Jiangsu District and the Development of Tourism Products

2013 ◽  
Vol 821-822 ◽  
pp. 803-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya Nan He ◽  
Lin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Brand Awareness ◽  
Original Design ◽  
Core Competitiveness ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Brand Building ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Core Competitiveness ◽  
High Level ◽  
Blue Print

There are abundant traditional costume resources in south Jiangsu district, such as Suzhou embroidery, clothes of watery town, blue print cloth and the others. These resources have powerful tourism values, but there are some shortages on their development, such as lack the core competitiveness product, the product grade is very low, and the brand awareness is weak, etc. So it is valuable and necessary to develop the tourism programs and merchandise with the traditional costume elements. Then we should encourage original design to inhance the competitiveness, increase the product level, win the high level consumer, propose the brand building to reach the sustainable development.

scholarly journals The discipline content design “Fundamentals of Automation and Telemechanics” for the sustainable development of competencies within the framework of educational programs

2021 ◽  
Vol 296 ◽  
pp. 08014
Author(s):  
Grigory Cherezov ◽  
Elena Rusakova ◽  
Vladimir Tselishchev
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Control Systems ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Train Control ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Courses ◽  
Development Of Competencies ◽  
Different Content ◽  
Content Design

The trajectory generation is necessary to achieve sustainable development and the formation of the competencies of a specialist in the field of railway automation and telemechanics and communications. The trajectory is formed through studying the disciplines of the curriculum. The discipline structure is an important factor for the formation of competencies. The article studies the matters related to the discipline content design “Fundamentals of Automation and Telemechanics” for students in the specialty “Train Control Systems” of various specializations. It is shown that despite the fact that the discipline “Fundamentals of Automation and Telemechanics” belongs to the core courses of the educational program, for the sustainable development of the competencies of students of various specializations, it should have a different content. An exemplary discipline content for various specializations is proposed. The formed competences are presented. Along with possible training methods.

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

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. 

scholarly journals Does the New Rural Pension Scheme improve residents’ livelihoods? Empirical evidence from Northwestern China

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. e0250130
Author(s):  
Yan Chen ◽  
Lisheng Zhao ◽  
Yubing Fan ◽  
Bingxue Xie
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Pension System ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Northwestern China ◽  
Pension Scheme ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Replacement Rate ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Aged People ◽  
Financial Perspective

The sustainable development of pension systems has been investigated from a financial perspective worldwide. However, the pension adequacy and its effect on the sustainability of a national pension system are still understudied. Using actual replacement rate and modified living standards replacement rate, this study empirically evaluates whether China’s New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS) grants enough livelihood protection for the rural residents in the Northwestern China. The results show that the NRPS fails to meet the basic needs of the elderly people (i.e., age of sixty years or older) or the middle-aged people (forty-five to fifty-nine years old), while it only provides limited protection for the young people (sixteen to forty-four years old). These findings suggest that the current NRPS benefits are very low in the Northwestern China and policy reforms should be further implemented to improve the sustainable development of the New Rural Pension Scheme.

The Impact of Investment on Sustainable Competitiveness Aspects

2022 ◽  
pp. 333-354
Author(s):  
Sanela Arsić ◽  
Aleksandra Fedajev
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Global Market ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Patterns ◽  
Demographic Dynamics ◽  
Financial Investments ◽  
The Impact

The European Union (EU) consists of 27 economies characterized by different economic structures, living standards, demographic dynamics, technology development, and other factors shaping their sustainable development patterns. This chapter aims to examine the impact of total investments and R&D investments on the sustainable development of EU economies and determine how these financial investments impact sustainable competitiveness in the global market. The assessment of the sustainable development performances was performed for the period from 2008 to 2019 using the linear regression model. The key findings pointed out that total investments and R&D investments had different impacts on sustainable competitiveness aspects in old member states (OMS) and new member states (NMS). The results could help policymakers understand, adjust, and optimize sustainable competitiveness to secure economic growth in all regions and reduce the differences between OMS and NMS.

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