Jan Sarvaes, Thomas L. Jacobson and Shirley A. White (eds). Participatory Communication for Social Change. New Delhi: Sage Publications. 1996. 286 pages. Hardbound. Indian Rs 325.00.

1996 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 288-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Afia Malik
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Equitable Distribution ◽  
Participatory Communication ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Collective Decisions ◽  
The Right

Changing needs and aspirations of society is the fundamental element of the development process. The state’s failure to cope with this galvanises people to make collective decisions. In development projects, participation is very important to decision-making, as it involves the sharing of information, knowledge, commitment, and the right attitude. Participation, like sustainable development, has become one of those catchwords whose message is advocated by everyone, but with their own definition. In development, it is broadly understood as the active involvement of people in making decisions about the implementation of processes, programmes, and projects which affect them. It involves the equitable distribution of political and economic powers between different groups in a society, leading often to a decrease in the advantages of the élites. However, the term covers a wide variety of activities.

scholarly journals Women in Adult Education Program for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Implications for Library and Information Services

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-32
Author(s):  
Ngozi Perpetua Osuchukwu ◽  
Ndidiamaka Lucy Nebolise
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Nigerian Women ◽  
Anambra State ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Observation Methods ◽  
The Right

Abstract Objective – Education offers advances in human and social development. It provides knowledge and resources that hold the potential for economic empowerment, resulting in a better livelihood. Hence, women need access to education with library services, if they are to have a voice, participate in sustainable development, and take care of their own health, as well as that of their children and members of their households. This paper examines the challenges women encounter in Onitsha metropolis, Anambra State, Nigeria. This study seeks to gain insight into the resources used to enhance learning, as well as the students’ perceptions and satisfaction with their learning experience. Methods – A descriptive survey research design was used. The study was carried out in five adult education centres in the city with a sample size of 120 women, randomly selected for collection of data. Questionnaire, interview, and observation methods were employed. The physical assessment of the centres was done for an evidence based report and to assess the real situations of the centres. Results – The findings show the challenges faced by Nigerian women in their pursuit of ongoing adult education included: time for the classes which are usually held in the evening, poor financial status, lack of encouragement from spouses and relations, poor learning environments, and stress. The data were analyzed using percentages and frequency counts. They are presented in tables and figures. Conclusions – It is recommended that education and library management should assess these centres for program improvements like providing more enabling environments and learning facilities. The implication of the study is that library and information services should be extended to these women to stimulate and support learning with the right attitude for active involvement in the educational activities and for enhancement of social inclusion.

scholarly journals Sustainable development in polyethnic border regions of Ukraine (on the example of Transcarpathia)

2021 ◽  
Vol 255 ◽  
pp. 01047
Author(s):  
Mykhaylo Pityulych ◽  
Kateryna Sochka ◽  
Victoriia Makarovych ◽  
Oksana Yoltukhovska ◽  
Nataliya Keretsman
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Border Regions ◽  
Development Agencies

The purpose of this work is to identify some issues of current sustainable development process in polyethnic border regions of Ukraine. The need to involve various domestic stakeholders (like local, regional and national authorities, businesses, households, education and research institutions, NGOs, regional development agencies) and representatives from neighboring countries in elaboration and implementation of sustainable development programs in border regions is substantiated. Conducted survey helped to identify the position of local NGOs representatives, involved into the different regional development projects, about the priority directions of sustainable development and obstacles for their realization in the polyethnic region. Certain peculiarities of sustainable development related to regional polyethnicity have been identified during the survey. Certain ways to increase the involvement of various ethnic groups in process of sustainable development in border regions have been proposed.

Finding Cost-Effective Applications for Expert Systems

1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-61
Author(s):  
P. J. Hartman
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Expert Systems ◽  
Processing Speed ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Risk Assessments ◽  
Problem Complexity ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
The Right

Expert systems are one of the few areas of artificial intelligence which have successfully made the transition from research and development to practical application. The key to fielding a successful expert system is finding the right problem to solve. AI costs, including all the development and testing, are so high that the problems must be very important to justify the effort. This paper develops a systematic way of trying to predict the future. It provides robust decision-making criteria, which can be used to predict the success or failure of proposed expert systems. The methods focus on eliminating obviously unsuitable problems and performing risk assessments and cost evaluations of the program. These assessments include evaluation of need, problem complexity, value, user experience, and the processing speed required. If an application proves feasible, the information generated during the decision phase can be then used to speed the development process.

scholarly journals Minimising the Monopoly Among Construction Players in Klang Valley, Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-33
Author(s):  
Mashanim Mahazir ◽  
◽  
Arief Nashrin Kamarudzaman ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Business World ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Extensive Literature Review ◽  
Klang Valley ◽  
The Right

The rising innovations of technologies, some companies have developed greed towards owning as many projects as possible. Those involved think that they are the only ones who should be handling complex works as they are the only ones who have the right equipment to do the right job. This act of greed in the business world is known as ‘monopoly’. Twenty three (23) papers were referred through extensive literature review in order to know types of monopolies, factors causing the monopoly and proposed solution to minimize monopoly among conatruction players. As a result, contractor became the most contributor to monopoly due to croinism. In order to minimize the monopoly, one should enhance the competitive advantage, embrace the sustainable development and transparency in decision making.

scholarly journals Identifying Clusters of Regions in the European South, based on their Economic, Social and Environmental Characteristics

REGION ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Athanasios Angelis-Dimakis ◽  
Katerina Dimaki
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
European Countries ◽  
The European Union ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Basic Image ◽  
The Right

<p>Regional development has been in the centre of interest among both academics but also decision makers in the central and local governments of many European countries. Identifying the key problems that regions face and considering how these findings could be effectively used as a basis for planning their development process are essential in order to improve the conditions in the European Union regions. For a long period of time a country’s or a region’s development has been synonymous with its economic growth. Over the last years, however, economies and societies have been undergoing dramatic changes. These changes have led to the concept of sustainable development, which refers to the ability of our societies to meet the needs of the present without sacrificing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Measuring sustainable development means going beyond a purely economic description of human activities; requires integration of economic, social and environmental concerns. New techniques are required in order to benchmark performance, highlight leaders and laggards on various aspects of development and facilitate efforts to identify best practices. Furthermore, new tools have to be designed so as to make sustainability decision-making more objective, systematic and rigorous. The growth or decline of a country or region depends on its power to pull and retain both business and the right blend of people to run them. Working in this context, we have so far defined a variable which is called the Image of a region and quantifies this pulling power. The region’s Image is a function of a multitude of factors physical, economic, social and environmental, some common for all potential movers and some specific for particular groups of them and expresses its present state of development and future prospects. The paper examines a number of south European countries and focuses on their NUTS 2 level regions. Its objective is to:</p><ul><li>Estimate the Basic Image values of those regions.</li><li>Group those regions into different clusters on the basis of the values of the various factors used to define their respective Basic Images.</li><li>Present and discuss the results.</li></ul>

scholarly journals LOCAL PEOPLE'S ATTITUDES TOWARDS QUALITY OF ENVIRONMENT IN SERBIA – B&H CROSS-BORDER REGION

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirjana Bartula ◽  
Uroš Radojević ◽  
Dragana Selmanagić ◽  
Ema Zildović ◽  
Miloš Nikolić
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Environmental Decision Making ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
People’S Attitudes

Public participation in environmental decision-making is nowadays accepted as an integral part of thesustainable development process and an important mean for improving quality, legitimacy and capacity ofenvironmental assessment and decisions. When communities participate in the management of their resources inform of consultation or active involvement, there is a greater likelihood of success as people are more willing toobey their own regulations than those imposed upon them from outside. This paper presents results of a survey inSerbia-BiH cross border region that explored the attitudes of local people towards natural resources andenvironment quality, environmental priorities and efficiency of local government in solving environmentalproblems. Results were used as inputs for drafting “Action plan for sustainable use of cross border naturalresource” contributing in this way to better acceptance and easier implementation of the plan at the communitylevel.

scholarly journals THE DEMOCRATIC BOUNDARY PROBLEM RECONSIDERED

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustaf Arrhenius
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Boundary Problem ◽  
Central Issue ◽  
Recent Criticism ◽  
Decision Method ◽  
The People ◽  
Collective Decisions ◽  
The Right ◽  
Theoretical Import

Who should have a right to take part in which decisions in democratic decision making? This “boundary problem” is a central issue for democracy and is of both practical and theoretical import. If nothing else, all different notions of democracy have one thing in common: a reference to a community of individuals, “a people”, who takes decision in a democratic fashion. However, that a decision is made with a democratic decision method by a certain group of people doesn’t suffice for making the decision democratic or satisfactory from a democratic perspective. The group also has to be the right one. But what makes a group the right one? The criteria by which to identify the members of the people entitled to participate in collective decisions have been surprisingly difficult to pin down. In this paper, I shall revisit some of the problems discussed in my 2005 paper in light of some recent criticism and discussion of my position in the literature, and address a number of new issues.

The Right to Information and Transformative Development Outcomes

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 837-864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Gomez
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
The Past ◽  
Development Outcomes ◽  
Right To Information ◽  
The Right

Abstract One of the innovations of the past 30 years has been the creation and subsequent use of the “right to information (RTI)” to deepen democracy, enhance citizen participation and generate transparent systems of governance. Transitional societies and existing democracies alike have embraced legal regimes on the right to information. An RTI law gives a person a right to demand information from a public body (and in some cases from private bodies as well) without having to disclose why the information is being sought. Such a right can enhance transparency in public administration, decrease the level of arbitrary decision-making, and facilitate citizen participation at local, regional and central government levels. It can also reduce corruption and prevent the abuse of public power. UN Sustainable Development Goal 16 commits States to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. More particularly, Target 16.10 aims to “ensure public access to information”. By examining the work of the Sri Lankan RTI Commission over the past 2 years, this Article assesses whether RTI regimes and RTI commissions can be transformative in their impact, including to help realize SDG Goal 16. Can they help generate transparent, participatory and less-corrupt development outcomes, foster a concept of active citizenship, provide genuine public scrutiny of government decision-making, and enable citizens to benefit from an inclusive development process?

scholarly journals Participation and Development Buzzwords

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Sajad Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Participatory Process ◽  
Essential Step ◽  
Sufficient Knowledge ◽  
Project Objectives

The concept of sustainable development cannot be imagined without ownership, innovation, empowerment, and sustainability itself. In the same manner, it is not possible to achieve objectives of catchphrases like ownership, innovation, empowerment, and sustainability without ensuring genuine participation in the development projects. Genuine participation refers to a participatory process that takes place based on well-informed participants. A well-being outcome of participation relies on participants with sufficient knowledge of the issue and development process (Hussain, Khuhro, 2019). It is different from mobilisation campaign that emphasis on particular project objectives. In order to achieve goals of sustainable development, well-being participation is an essential step to take. This paper argues that a lack of real participation potentially restricts a sustainable development project to achieve objectives of ownership, innovation, empowerment, and sustainability, respectively.

scholarly journals The Development of Coastal and Marine

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suharto Widjojo ◽  
Suharjo Suharjo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Marine Communities ◽  
Marine Areas

Planning and development process of oastaland marine resources tends centralized and adopted top down policy, without any active participations from coastal and marine communities. In order to reach integrated and sustainable development in coastaland marine areas, people should have both complete and up to date information, so that planning and decision making for all aspect of the environment can be done easily. People should give a high attention of surveis, mappings, as well as science and technology of coastal and marine sectors, in order to change the paradigm of development from inland to coastal and marine. Moreover, people should give high attention of potential resources of coastal and marine areas.

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