Is it worth doing fieldwork with this organisation? A method for considering context before conducting fieldwork research in Sport for development and peace.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tegwen Gadais ◽  
Laurie Décarpentrie ◽  
Andrew Webb ◽  
Marie Belle Ayoub ◽  
Mariann Bardocz-Bencsik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Limited Time ◽  
Sport For Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Existing Data

Much has been written about sport as a tool for development and peace. But more research on Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) organizations, is needed to better understand their actual contributions to the UNs sustainable development goals. Yet, the unstable, risky, and restricted contexts in which many NGOs and SDP agencies operate often leaves researchers struggling to find effective yet feasible methods through which to examine agencies in these fields. Indeed, conducting field work on and with SDP agency often implies allocating significant quantities of researcher’s limited time, funding, and other vital resources. And as limited resources need to be invested wisely, SDP researchers will clearly need to prepare their fieldwork. Nevertheless, there are but a handful of methodological papers that address the question of how to prepare for SDP field work. In other words, the question of how we know if it is worthwhile, and safe enough, to proceed with SDP field work remains. Building on previous research, the purpose of this study is to raise important ontological and epistemological questions about what can be known about a given context, before setting off on fieldwork. We further explore the use of the Actantial Model as a research method for analyzing existing data before deciding whether to conduct fieldwork in complex and frequently insecure situations. In other words, will the cost (material, temporal, financial, and physical) of conducting fieldwork be worth it? By applying the Actantial Model, with the specific aim of informing decisions regarding subsequent fieldwork, to one specific case, contributions regarding the pertinence of conducting fieldwork are provided.

scholarly journals The Collective Intelligence based Program to Accelerate Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals as a Case Study for Collectively Intelligent Program Design

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy E Williams
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Program Design ◽  
Collective Intelligence ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Software Platforms ◽  
The Cost

General Collective Intelligence (GCI) are software platforms that organize groups into a single collective intelligence with general problem solving ability. In doing so a GCI has the potential to give groups vastly more ability to address collective challenges such as the SDGs. A GCI is a significant infrastructure investment. The Collective Intelligence based Program to Accelerate Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (CIPAA-SDGs) however is designed to implement a GCI in phases so that the cost to any single project is far outweighed by the potential benefits. The phasing of that GCI development in the CIPAA-SDGs program design is used here as a case study for collectively intelligent program design.

scholarly journals Conditions for the effective functioning of the system of internalization of economic damage from emissions in the territory

2020 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 13005
Author(s):  
Vladimir Kurdyukov ◽  
Sergey Kanurny
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Economic Damage ◽  
Traditional Methods ◽  
Effective System ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Cost

The results of the study are derived from a framework for estimating and recovering damage from emissions, the assimilation potential and sustainable development goals taken into account as well. The identified conditions for the establishment of an effective system for internalizing economic damage from emissions in the territory are limited to ensuring the fairness and consistency of the decisions taken, formation of incentives for continuous improvement of the situation and achievement of the goals of sustainable development in the territories. The main conditions are to reduce the limitations of traditional methods and to overcome uncertainty in the analysis of data. The development of assimilation potential should generate income for its owner (the source of income is the polluter). If payments for cap-and-trade payments are insufficient, the state must subsidize the activity. Since the estimation of the cost of cap-and-overs is done in some part in isolation, it is possible to identify the economic feasibility of its operation within the framework of the model. Due to importance and complexity, one of the main elements and conditions of an effective system of internalization of externalities in the territory is the solution of the problems of road transport.

scholarly journals What Do We Mean by Sustainable Finance? Assessing Existing Frameworks and Policy Risks

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 975
Author(s):  
Marco Migliorelli
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Cost Of Capital ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
Financial Flows ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Policy Context ◽  
Sustainable Finance ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Cost

I observe that the sustainable finance landscape as it stands today is featured by an overabundance of heterogeneous concepts, definitions, industry and policy standards. I argue that such heterogeneity may hinder the smooth development of the conceptual thinking underpinning sustainable finance and originates specific risks that may harm the credibility of the nascent market. These risks include green and sustainable washing, the rebranding of financial flows without additionality, the disordered adjustment in the cost of capital spreads between industries. I argue that to reflect the actual industry and policy context as wells as to steer conceptual and applied practice sustainable finance should be today referred to as “finance for sustainability”. To this extent, both its definition and implementing standards should make clear reference to the relevant sustainability dimensions (in particular in line with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement) and to the sectors or activities that positively contribute to these dimensions.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific: Projected Costs for 2020–2030

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michiel Van der Auwera ◽  
Arthur van de Meerendonk ◽  
Anand Ramesh Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Large Sections

Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, this working paper applies a new costing model to analyze the costs associated with social protection in 30 Asia and Pacific countries. Using the Social Protection Reform Simulation (SPRS20) model, the authors seek to estimate the cost of delivering standardized social protection packages through the emergency (2020), recovery/transition (2021–2023), and the remaining duration for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (2024–2030). This paper anticipates further demand and need for social protection for considerably large sections of the population. It aims to foster further research and discussion on social protection in Asia and the Pacific and aid countries in strategizing for the future.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF BPK LEGAL BASIS FOR FORESIGHT AUDITORS FOR THE ACCELERATED ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Angga Kiryaditama Putra
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
Legal Basis ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Future ◽  
Development Goals

Law Number 15 of 2004 and Law Number 15 of 2006 only lay down the authority of the BPK in conducting audits in general and the types of audits that can be conducted by BPK. These regulations, however, do not specifically and explicitly provide the authority to the conduct of a foresight audit. Foresight audit launched by BPK in the 2016-2020 BPK Strategic Plan will be very important in the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030, given that the BPK will provide feedback and suggestions on important future policies to accelerate the achievement of SDGs. Legal instruments have an important role for BPK as the legal basis for the institution in achieving the Highest Maturity Model of the Accountability Organization in conducting a foresight audit. This study employs a normative legal research method that aims to explore and study regulations that support BPK as a foresight auditor in the future. The results illustrate that the legal basis or legal instruments for the exercise of BPK’s foresight audit authority is sufficient but still needs to be improved. The addition of legal instruments and authorities can be a solution to ensure that any foresight audit performed in the future can run optimally and accelerate the achievement of the SDGs. 

scholarly journals Application of the DEA method to assess the agricultural sector development

Ekonomika APK ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 312 (10) ◽  
pp. 14-21
Author(s):  
Yurii Kernasiuk
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Maximum Level ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Dea Method

The purpose of the article is to study the efficiency of the agricultural sector of the economy in terms of assessing the optimal use of limited resources to ensure the maximum level of food security in the context of achieving sustainable development goals. Research methods. When carrying out the research, a set of general scientific methods and techniques were used: monographic - in the study of domestic and foreign publications on the above-mentioned problems; Data Envelopment Analysis - for a non-parametric assessment of the relative efficiency of the agricultural sector of the economy in terms of the optimal use of limited resources to ensure the maximum level of food security in the context of achieving sustainable development goals; a systematic approach based on the principles of systems analysis and synthesis - to substantiate the relationship between sustainable development and food security, as well as the efficiency of agricultural production; abstract logical - for theoretical generalization of research results; economic analysis - to study the efficiency of agricultural production. Research results. The dynamics of the use of the DEA method has been studied and analyzed. On the basis of a system analysis, the efficiency of the agricultural sector of the economy has been investigated in terms of assessing the optimal use of limited resources to ensure the maximum level of food security in the context of achieving sustainable development goals. It was found that for the period of data analysis from 2015 to 2019, none of the regions approached the border of the effective use of agricultural potential to ensure the maximum level of production of the main types of agricultural products per person. Scientific novelty. Based on a combination of the theory of socioeconomic and sustainable development, further study of theoretical and methodological approaches to assessing effective agricultural production using the DEA method was obtained. Practical significance. The research results will have practical use in the development and substantiation of regional and national strategies for the development of agro-industrial production, as well as in further scientific research. Tabl.: 3. Refs.: 19.

Rent Soil Theory V. Sustainable Development Goals in Indonesia: Environment Law Perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Pulung Widhi Hari Hananto ◽  
Nanik Trihastuti ◽  
Dzulfiki Muhammad Rizki ◽  
Ramadhan Catur Bismono
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Forest Use ◽  
The Government ◽  
Rent Theory

Indonesia is known as a rich country with its forests and various biodiversity. In regard to the issue of forest use and management in Indonesia, there are always pros and cons in how to manage the forest properly. To support the economic sector in Indonesia, the government always optimizes forest functions and clearing forests for the business sector. In practice, Indonesia implements soil-rent theory, zwhich triggers polemics because there is friction with sustainable development goals (SDG). This article is using normative research method. Later on, this article will discuss the gap between the rent soil theory and sustainable development goals (SDGs) with the comprehensively approach to environmental law.

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