scholarly journals Balancing Institutions for Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals Through ‘Network Within Hierarchy’

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 4498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Wong
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
Policy Integration ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Depth Interviews

Policy integration as the central theme of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda calls for more networks for linking actors and policies. The national coordinators of SDGs implementation have maintained a steering hierarchy that creatively engages the network of ministries to develop and implement the National Strategy on Sustainable Development. The integration literature presents a gap in understanding the internal fights of the bureaucrats behind the glossy policy documents. The study relied on 53 in-depth interviews and public documents from Finland, Germany and the Czech Republic to reveal how bureaucrats design institutions to balance the network, hierarchy and market features by maximising the strengths of each mode. The analysis aimed to reveal how ‘Networks Within Hierarchy’ facilitates policy integration. It was found that the network deliberated slowly, rationally and personally. The supporting hierarchy provided direction, steered processes and finalised decisions, and the competitive market supplied choices of policy idea, killed bad ideas, and retained specialisation. When the network entered into endless debate, the coordinators forced a consensus through the hierarchy. Bureaucrats competed with each other in proposing better arguments for their ideas, lifting the quality of the deliberation and the consensus.

scholarly journals Relationship between tourism and Sustainable Development Goals in Africa: Circular Economy as a future bet

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Miguel Rodríguez-Antón
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Peace And Justice ◽  
Development Goals

No one has the slightest doubt about the enormous potential that the African continent has as a tourist destination. The diversity of cultures, the great biodiversity that it possesses, the multiple artistic manifestations that it offers and the beauty of the seas that surround it are key pieces in continuing to promote its capacity as a tourist attraction, which is approximately 60 million tourists per year who generate seven percent of exports and employment. However, in order for Africa to take off, it is necessary that a number of conditions related to security, health, education, eradication of poverty, reduction of inequalities, peace and justice and quality of its waters, among others, are intimately related to the Sustainable Development Goals defined in the 2030 Agenda. In this context, we maintain that the implementation of the Circular Economy in Africa will be a key tool in this process of improving the sustainability of this continent in its three aspects, economic, social and environmental, and raising its level of tourism competitiveness.

scholarly journals SOCIAL INNOVATION: CHARACTERISTICS RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 0326-0332
Author(s):  
Yohani Dominik dos Figueiredo ◽  
Márcia Aparecida Prim ◽  
Gertrudes Aparecida Dandolini
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Innovation Characteristics ◽  
Development Goals

Social innovation and sustainable development are topics of research interest for political leaders and civil society players, as well as for scholars from different disciplinary fields. They are presented as an effective, efficient, and sustainable solution to social problems generated by the present. In this sense, this research aims to identify characteristics of social innovation that are associated with sustainable development, from a narrative review of the literature. As a result, it was possible to identify characteristics such as improving quality of life and well-being, social change, innovative nature, among others, which are directly linked to the constructs of sustainable development. Special attention should be paid to the Sustainable Development Goals, which go hand in hand with social innovation actions as a way to reverse the situation of environmental degradation and social indigence.

Challenges and Opportunities of the Sustainability in Healthcare

2020 ◽  
pp. 120-149
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Malgorzata Miszczyńska
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Relationship Of

Public health, affecting the operations of the entity and its environment, plays an important role in the concept of sustainable development. Health condition affects the quality of life of the individual thus the condition of the economy. Taking into consideration the complex relationship of public health and the concept of Sustainable Development Goals, the analysis seems to be fully justified. The aim of the analysis is to determine challenges and opportunities of the sustainability of selected United Nations Member States healthcare sectors. Particular emphasis in the analysis was placed on the situation of the Polish sector against the background of the analyzed countries. The analysis was based on the Sustainable Development Goals and was carried out using one of the MCDA method.

scholarly journals The emerging accountability regimes for the Sustainable Development Goals and policy integration: Friend or foe?

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 1371-1390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen ◽  
Arthur L Dahl ◽  
Åsa Persson
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
National Level ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Shared Responsibility ◽  
Good News ◽  
Policy Integration ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Policy Integration ◽  
Development Goals

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the full Agenda 2030 in which they are embedded are aspirational and intended to be both transformational and integrative in a number of ways. The need for integration across policy domains is stressed throughout the agenda. The Sustainable Development Goals are also accompanied by an emerging system for follow-up and review centered on a long list of indicators that are intended to enable countries to be accountable towards their citizens. There is, however, in the accountability literature indication that some accountability mechanisms can be counterproductive for integrative policies. This paper is centered around the question whether an accountability regime, and if so how, is compatible with a high degree of policy integration both conceptually and in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals. We approach this question through looking both at the literature on integrative governance and some of the central concepts it covers such as (environmental) policy integration and mainstreaming, and the accountability literature. This enables us to provide an analytical framework for evaluating the potential of the emerging accountability regimes for the Sustainable Development Goals to enhance more integrated policy making and action. We conclude that there are little or no strong hierarchical elements of accountability relationships at the global level which can be good news for more integrative policies – but only if there is a strong sense of shared responsibility among actors at all levels, available information on the types of behavioural efforts that support integration, and accountholders that take an active interest in integration. At the national level, there may be hierarchical accountability mechanisms with sanction possibilities that may discourage integration. Here, those who hold actors to account can counteract this if they have deeper understanding of the underlying interlinkages among the goals and targets, and based on this, engage in accountability mechanisms.

scholarly journals Promoting Online Transparency to Help Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals: An Empirical Study of Local Governments in Latin America

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1837
Author(s):  
Tamara Guerrero-Gómez ◽  
Andrés Navarro-Galera ◽  
David Ortiz-Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Systemic Variables ◽  
Latin American Countries

Although transparency on the sustainability of public services is an issue of urgent interest to both governments and academics, previous research in this area has mainly focused on developed European countries, and has paid insufficient attention to areas that are still developing, such as many Latin American countries. The aim of this study is to identify factors that promote transparency on sustainability by local governments in Latin America, in the view that greater transparency will help them meet the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Therefore, using content analysis and following the GRI guidelines, we analyze the economic, social and environmental information published on the websites of 200 large local governments in 18 Latin American countries. In addition, using linear regression and calculating the corresponding Spearman coefficients, we analyze the influence of idiosyncratic and systemic variables on the volume of information disclosed. Our findings show that certain factors—population size, education level, unemployment, the quality of legislation and political corruption—affect transparency on sustainability. The conclusions drawn from this analysis enable us to identify useful measures for enhancing transparency on sustainability, including the reform of transparency laws and the analysis and disclosure of citizens’ information demands.

Conclusion: Key Challenges for Global Governance through Goals

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Biermann ◽  
Norichika Kanie
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Institutional Arrangement ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Policy Integration ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Setting Process ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Development Goals

This chapter summarizes some key findings of the book, discuss the challenges for, and opportunities of, the Sustainable Development Goals by identifying several conditions that might determine their successful implementation, and also suggest some possible avenues for further research. The approach of “global governance through goals”—and the Sustainable Development Goals as a prime example—is marked by a number of key characteristics, including its detachment from the international legal system, weak institutional arrangement, global inclusion and comprehensive goal-setting process, and granting much leeway to national choices and preferences. Those characteristics are reflected in the challenges for implementation, including those of developing indicators and institutional arrangements, tailoring implementation at national or stakeholder levels, and securing policy integration. Further research is needed in addressing these challenges, which requires inter- and transdisciplinary research development.

actual aspects of planning and development of training programs

2020 ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
A.T. Shilkina ◽  
◽  
I.V. Filippova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Oriented Approach

The key aspects of the Sustainable Development Goals in the context of the quality of education are identified, formulated in the framework of the UN Conference «2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development», which are the basis for ensuring an effective process of planning and development of educational programs; The importance of the design and development of curriculum oriented to students based on a problem-oriented approach is substantiated; The key advantages of the modular step-by-step structure of the curriculum are revealed, which allow you to select the appropriate level of complexity of tasks and not overload the classes.

scholarly journals Doing More with Less

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (304) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Flamini ◽  
Mauricio Soto
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Public Spending ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Development Goals

Following a benchmarking exercise, we estimate the spending required to reach satisfactory progress in the Sustainable Development Goals in the health, education, and infrastructure sectors in Brazil. We find that there is room for savings in education (up to 1.5 percentage point of GDP) and health (up to 2.5 percentage points of GDP) without compromising the quality of services but additional investments for over 3 percent of GDP per year are needed to close large infrastructure gaps in roads, water, and electricity by 2030. Brazil can do more with less, but increasing efficiency of public spending will require substantial reforms.

scholarly journals Methodology to categorize the research output of academic institutions, through the Sustainable Development goals (SDGs)

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Patricio Cortes-Rodriguez ◽  
Renzo Rondanelli-Delpiano ◽  
Paola Santander-Meneses ◽  
Ricardo Vilches-Vargas
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Reading Level ◽  
Research Management ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Status ◽  
Development Goals

Background: This article presents a methodology to categorize scientific publications according to the targets of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. For the above, a dataset with bibliographic and descriptive attributes of 2,379 articles from 2017 by co-authors affiliated to the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus databases, was used. Methods: The methodology considered three relevant and consecutive milestones: establishment of the reading level that was applied for each publication record, which considers a proportional amount of information; assignment of one of the 18 categories identified for the analysis of the information, which include the 17 SDGs and the option "unclassified" and one of the 169 subcategories corresponding to the specific goals; and, finally, recording the status of the review process carried out, which allowed control of the progress and quality of the cross-review. Results: The results show that 58.6% of the articles contribute to a primary target, of these 233 contribute to a secondary target; goals 3, 4, 9, and 11 are the most frequent in the process of assigning SDGs. There is an 81% increase in the use of alphanumeric targets when they are assigned as secondary targets. At the same time, cross-checking is shown to be beneficial when allowing the reclassification of 190 articles to some of the targets. Finally, it is established that levels 2 and 3 enabled better classification, given that the contents considered provide more information; however, it is significant that through level 1, 355 articles were categorized as "unclassified". Conclusions: It is concluded that the methodology allows for a conclusive, exhaustive, rigorous, extensive, and varied classification through the different milestones and actions carried out, providing strategic information for decision making and research management in the academy-society relationship.

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