scholarly journals Contribution des Techniques Andragogiques au Succês de la Formation Continue : Cas de la Mise en Œuvre des Objectifs de Développement Durable au Benin

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (42) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Florentine Akouété-Hounsinou
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Formation Continue ◽  
Training Centre ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Training Outcomes ◽  
Categorical Analysis ◽  
Développement Durable ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Vocational Training Centre ◽  
Continuing Vocational Training

Dans cet article, le travail a consisté à mesurer l’atteinte des objectifs de la formation et à analyser la perception que les participants ont de leurs acquis de formation. Ainsi, cette recherche a pour but d’apprécier le recours aux techniques andragogiques dans la formation des formateurs d’adultes dans un centre de formation professionnelle continue. La démarche méthodologique adoptée est mixte. Le recensement exhaustif des 12 formateurs en Objectifs de Développement durable (ODD) conviés au renforcement de leurs capacités est fait. Il y en a eu 10 qui ont accepté de participer à l’enquête. La collecte des données a été réalisée grâce à un questionnaire (fiche d’évaluation de la formation) ayant servi à voir leur niveau de satisfaction et un guide d’entretien pour connaître la perception des participants sur l’atelier de formation. L'analyse catégorielle a permis de traiter les données qualitatives et de répartir les différentes réponses dans des ensembles en fonction de leur signification et de leur interprétation contextuelle. Majoritairement, les participants formateurs sont totalement satisfaits des modules de formation en andragogie qui, avec les notions enseignées en ODD, permettront l’amélioration de leurs pratiques. Plus de 70% des participants ont aimé l’organisation matérielle et plus de 80% ont nettement apprécié le déroulement de la formation. Il importe donc de former les formateurs à l’approche andragogique pour renforcer leurs capacités dans la compréhension et l’interprétation des ODD comme stratégie pour l’atteinte des objectifs de formation.   In this article, the work consisted of measuring the achievement of training objectives and analyzing participants' perception of their training outcomes. Thus, the purpose of this research is to assess the use of andragogic techniques in the training of adult trainers in a continuing vocational training centre. The methodological approach adopted is mixed. The exhaustive census of the 12 trainers in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) invited to strengthen their capacities is done. There were 10 who agreed to participate in the survey. Data collection was carried out through a questionnaire (training score sheet) used to see their level of satisfaction and an interview guide to find out how participants perceived the training workshop. Categorical analysis made it possible to process qualitative data and to divide the different responses into sets according to their meaning and contextual interpretation. For the most part, the training participants are completely satisfied with the training modules in andragogy which, together with the concepts taught in the SDGs, will allow the improvement of their practices. More than 70% of the participants liked the material organization and more than 80% clearly appreciated the course of the training. It is therefore important to train trainers in the andragogic approach to strengthen their capacities in understanding and interpreting the SDGs as a strategy for achieving training objectives.

scholarly journals Performance management, impact measurement and the sustainable development goals: The fourth wave of integrated social accounting?/Gestion de la performance, mesure de l'impact et les objectifs de développement durable: la quatrième vague de comptabilité sociale intégrée?

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Laurie Mook
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Impact Measurement ◽  
Social Accounting ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Développement Durable ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Fourth Wave

Integrated social accounting places social and environmental performance alongside financial performance. This is in contrast to supplemental social accounting reports, which are separate from the financial reporting and often used as marketing and public relations devices. It is possible to identify different ‘waves’ of integrated social accounting, starting with the first wave in the 1970s, the second wave in the 1990s, and the third wave in the 2000s. Today, with the popularization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030 agenda, we may be entering the fourth wave. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a common language and shared purpose for a multitude of actors, spanning networks, organizational types, and geographical levels. This article proposes an integrated social accounting model that focuses organizational attention on the internal and external impacts of their activities, through the lens of the SDGs. La comptabilité sociale intégrée place la performance sociale et environnementale aux côtés de la performance financière. Cela contraste avec les rapports supplémentaires de comptabilité sociale, qui sont séparés des rapports financiers et souvent utilisés comme dispositifs de marketing et de relations publiques. Il est possible d’identifier différentes «vagues» de comptabilité sociale intégrée, à commencer par la première vague des années 1970, la deuxième vague des années 1990 et la troisième vague des années 2000. Aujourd'hui, avec la popularisation du programme des Nations Unies pour le développement durable à l'horizon 2030, nous entrons peut-être dans la quatrième vague. Les objectifs de développement durable (ODD) fournissent un langage commun et un objectif commun à une multitude d'acteurs, couvrant des réseaux, des types d'organisations et des niveaux géographiques. Cet article propose un modèle de comptabilité sociale intégré qui concentre l'attention sur les impacts internes et externes des activités organisationnelles à travers la lentille des ODD.

scholarly journals A GIS-MCDA-Based Suitability Analysis for Meeting Targets 6.3 and 6.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4153
Author(s):  
Angeliki Mentzafou ◽  
Momčilo Blagojević ◽  
Elias Dimitriou
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Input Data ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Water Quality Monitoring ◽  
Quality Monitoring ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals

Among the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established in the 2030 Agenda, goals 6.3, regarding clean water and improve of water quality, and 6.5, regarding integrated water resources management, highlight the need for the implementation of successful environmental water quality monitoring programs of transboundary river waterbodies. In the present study, the designation of high priority areas for water quality monitoring of Drin transboundary watershed is performed using a suitability model, a GIS-based multicriteria decision analysis (GIS-MCDA) approach that takes into consideration the most important conditioning factors that impose pressures on rivers. Based on the results, the methodological approach used manages to sufficiently delimit the areas with increased need for water quality monitoring in the Drin watershed, and the validation procedure produces a correlation coefficient of 0.454 (statistically significant at a 0.01 level). Limitations arise in the case of a lack of detailed information or inaccurate input data and due to the inconsistency among the input data and the different methodological approaches regarding the information collection of each country involved. These restrictions foreground the need for cooperation between the countries involved regarding the exchange of scientific knowledge and common legislation, so as to achieve integrated, effective, and sustainable management of water resources of the area.

scholarly journals METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO EVALUATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SPORTS AND HEALTH SPHERE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serhii Tsymbaliuk
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Physical Culture ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Health Goals ◽  
Sport For Development ◽  
Development Goals

The study aims to substantiate the methodology for assessing the sustainable development of sports and health in the region. To achieve this goal, the following tasks are necessary: to reveal the essence of the sports and health sphere of the region; determine the role of sport in achieving sustainable development goals; substantiate the need for a comprehensive analysis of sustainable development of sports and health in the region; to develop a methodology for assessing the sustainable development of sports and health in the region. The article defines the essence of the sports and health sphere of the region. Over the past two decades, sport and other forms of physical activity have been found to be used to achieve social development goals and as a tool for peacekeeping and peacekeeping operations around the world as part of the so-called “sport for development and peace”. The main international documents declaring the importance of sport in achieving development and peace are presented. It is proved that the effective functioning of the sports and health sphere of the region in the complex ensures the achievement of economic, social, and health goals, which meets the guidelines of sustainable development. The legislative bases of sustainable development of physical culture and sports in Ukraine are revealed, the main tasks and ways of activation of sustainable development of sports and health sphere in Ukraine under the conditions of decentralization are given. It is argued that determining the effectiveness of measures to enhance physical culture, sports, and health in the regions in order to timely adjust the policy of local governments to support it requires systematic monitoring of sustainable development of sports and health. On this basis, the need for comprehensive analysis is substantiated and a method for assessing the sustainable development of sports and health in the region has been developed. The use of this technique provides opportunities to identify the achievements and problems of the development of mass sports for the application of relevant state institutions, the specification of measures aimed at the development of physical culture, sports, and health.

scholarly journals The Sustainable Development Goals: A Tipping Point for Impact Measurement?

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie Mook
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Impact Measurement ◽  
Social Accounting ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Développement Durable ◽  
Development Goals

This article proposes a holistic framework of integrated social accounting that could be adopted by all types of organizations in the social economy, as well as in other sectors. The impetus for this derives from the popularity of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the broadening of collective impact thinking. The article advances a model of integrated social accounting that brings together four dimensions: 1) resources/capitals, 2) value creation/destruction, 3) internal systems and processes, and 4) organizational learning, growth, and innovation. Organizations using this model focus on the implications of their activities through the lens of the SDGs, looking both internally and externally.Cet article propose un cadre global de comptabilité sociale intégrée qui pourrait être adopté par les organisations de l’économie sociale, ainsi que dans d’autres secteurs. Cela découle de la popularité des objectifs de développement durable (ODD) et de l’élargissement de la réflexion collective en matière d’impact. L’article avance un modèle de comptabilité sociale intégrée qui regroupe quatre dimensions : 1) ressources / capitaux, 2) création / destruction de valeur, 3) systèmes et processus internes et 4) apprentissage organisationnel, croissance et innovation. Les organisations qui utilisent ce modèle se concentrent sur les implications de leurs activités dans l’optique des ODD, en cherchant à la fois en interne et en externe.

scholarly journals Key Principles of Sustainable Development of a Company’s Business System

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-32
Author(s):  
A. V. Kolobov
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Progressive Movement ◽  
Business System ◽  
Decision Making System ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
A Company

Nowadays, the economic situation of a company is influenced by the dynamics of changes in external factors that directly affect the company development. This significantly complicates the decision-making system of the management aimed at improving the sustainability of implemented changes. At the same time, the problem is affected by the lack of understanding at what stage of sustainable development the enterprise itself is in order to choose a set of tools correctly (methods and practices) for a transformational project. The paper describes the progressive movement of the organization along the path of sustainable development, reveals the concept of sustainable development and examines existing approaches to its implementation. The problem of sustainable development is considered by domestic and foreign authors. The result of the work is an approach to assessing the level of sustainable development of a company, which uses a matrix for assessing the level of maturity in the context of the company’s development stages. There has been proposed the structure of the project office as a resource for the implementation of its development. The paper offers a set of sustainable development principles which allow to ensure for the promotion and support of transformation. To support the processes of regular analysis of the achievement of the sustainable development goals, it is proposed to apply methods of activity analysis within the management system. The author suggests to use a system of audits, defines a set of analysis indicators of audit quality and the list of evaluation questions. It is concluded that the system for assessing the level of sustainable development of the enterprise is adequate and effective in the long term. The application of the presented methodological approach based on the proposed eleven elements in the practical activities of enterprises will allow determining the points of application of efforts and correctly choosing the list of tools used. The proposed approaches contribute to ensuring the sustainability of the results obtained and the rational usage of resources in the course of the ongoing changes.

scholarly journals The Impact of Urban Inequalities on Monitoring Progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 11: Methodological Considerations

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philipp Ulbrich ◽  
João Porto de Albuquerque ◽  
Jon Coaffee
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Local Variation ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Data Practices ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Methodological Considerations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

There is much discussion regarding the Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) capacity to promote inclusive development. While some argue that they represent an opportunity for collaborative goal-led and evidence-based governance, other voices express concerns as they perceive them as techno-managerial framework, that measures development according to quantitatively defined parameters and does not allow for local variation. We argue that the extent to which the positive or negative aspects of the SDGs prevail depends on the monitoring system’s ability to account for multiple and intersecting inequalities. Attention to the role of inequalities for SDG monitoring is of particular importance for SDG 11 due to the additional methodological challenge posed by the need for sub-nationally (urban) representative indicators – especially in cities with intra-urban inequalities related to socio-spatial variations among neighbourhoods. Investigating the extent to which its representativeness is vulnerable to inequalities we systematically analyse the current methodological proposals for the SDG 11 indicator framework. The outcome is a call for 1) a more explicit attention to intra-urban inequalities, 2) the development of a methodological approach to “recalibrate” the city-level indicators to account for the degree of intra-urban inequalities, and 3) an alignment between methodologies and data practices applied for monitoring SDG 11 and the extent of the underlying inequalities within the city that is being assessed. This would enable an informed decision regarding the trade-off in indicator representativeness between conventional data sources, such as censuses and household surveys, and emerging methods, such as participatory geospatial methods and citizen-generated data practices.

scholarly journals The Challenge of Increasing the Effectiveness of Learning by Using Active Methodologies

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Vergara ◽  
Maximiliano Paredes-Velasco ◽  
Carmen Chivite ◽  
Pablo Fernández-Arias
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Dropouts ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Collaborative Methodology ◽  
Experimental Group

One of the most important objectives of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is quality education, which is related to reducing school dropouts. To this end, the use of active learning methodologies improves the motivation, facilitating the learning process and, hence, reducing the dropouts. The present study proposes a methodological approach based on collaborative learning, titled: Presentation–Questions–Answers (PQA). The aim of the research is to determine whether the use of a collaborative learning methodology affects the motivation and learning of students studying theoretical content. An analytical experimental linear study was developed, whereby students were distributed across two groups, (i) a control group, which employed a lecture-based traditional approach, and (ii) an experimental group, which employed a collaborative methodology. Pre-and post-tests were carried out to assess the knowledge and motivation of students using the Situational Motivation Scale (validated scale) and a specific knowledge scale. Improvement was found in the effectiveness of the experimental group regarding the control group, with findings showing that the group utilizing the collaborative methodology acquired 64% more knowledge than the control group during the same period. However, no significant changes were found in either the intrinsic or the extrinsic motivation of the students in either group. The results prove that the use of collaborative learning maintains students’ motivation and is more effective than lecture-based methods in learning theoretical content.

scholarly journals Innovative Financing of the Sustainable Development Goals in the Countries of Western Balkans

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Luksic ◽  
Bojana Boskovic ◽  
Aleksandra Novikova ◽  
Rastislav Vrbensky
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Debt ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Public ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Societies ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
The Eu

Abstract Background: This paper is related to the current stage of the development in the Western Balkans. Despite becoming a growing instrument to finance sustainable development green, debt swaps and social or sustainability bonds are a relative novelty in this region. At the same time the development needs are huge, especially in the light of the Covid-19 aftermath. Results: We have analyzed the public debt position in the Western Balkans countries which points to the deteriorated new debt accumulation perspective especially in the light of the growing public debt over the past decade. Our research suggests that the ESG/Sustainability-linked bonds and debt-for-climate swaps as innovative financial instruments seem to be promising to leverage additional finance into sustainability goals in the Western Balkans Six given their need on the EU track and their economic and structural challenges. After briefly discussing the methodological approach, we discuss the history and features of green bonds and debt-for-nature swaps and their diverse underlying mechanisms. Then we derive recommendations for policymakers in designing future green bonds and debt-for-nature swaps and apply these to national circumstances in the Western Balkans Six. Conclusions: The related countries need to explore more innovative approaches to finance sustainable societies. In the close cooperation with the EU and related to the European Green Deal countries of the Western Balkans six should feel motivated to design financing mechanisms that will bring in the more transparency into the different policies and the more accountability for their implementation. The EU should stand ready to use its cohesive and pre-accession funds to support such market mechanisms, which can bring the cooperation to the next level. Applying the recommended modality may help keep the problem of the public debt be kept at bay while additional funds may support implementation of thestructural reforms.

scholarly journals The Impact of Urban Inequalities on Monitoring Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals: Methodological Considerations

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philipp Ulbrich ◽  
Joao Porto De Albuquerque ◽  
Jon Coaffee
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Local Variation ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Data Practices ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

There is much discussion regarding the Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) capacity to promote inclusive development. While some argue that they represent an opportunity for goal-led alignment of stakeholders and evidence-based decision-making, other voices express concerns as they perceive them as a techno-managerial framework that measures development according to quantitatively defined parameters and does not allow for local variation. We argue that the extent to which the positive or negative aspects of the SDGs prevail depends on the monitoring system’s ability to account for multiple and intersecting inequalities. The need for sub-nationally (urban) representative indicators poses an additional methodological challenge – especially in cities with intra-urban inequalities related to socio-spatial variations across neighbourhoods. This paper investigates the extent to which the SDG indicators’ representativeness could be affected by inequalities. It does so by proposing a conceptual framing for understanding the relation between inequalities and SDG monitoring, which is then applied to analyse the current methodological proposals for the indicator framework of the “urban SDG”, Goal 11. The outcome is a call for 1) a more explicit attention to intra-urban inequalities, 2) the development of a methodological approach to “recalibrate” the city-level indicators to account for the degree of intra-urban inequalities, and 3) an alignment between methodologies and data practices applied for monitoring SDG 11 and the extent of the underlying inequalities within the city. This would enable an informed decision regarding the trade-off in indicator representativeness between conventional data sources, such as censuses and household surveys, and emerging methods, such as participatory geospatial methods and citizen-generated data practices.

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