scholarly journals BiOnto: An Ontology for Sustainable Bioeconomy and Bioproducts

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4265
Author(s):  
Chiara Bicchielli ◽  
Noemi Biancone ◽  
Fernando Ferri ◽  
Patrizia Grifoni
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Information Access ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
Building Process ◽  
Structured Information ◽  
Development Goals

Sustainable bioeconomy and circular economy are more and more connected to sustainable development goals. This requires engaging all the different stakeholders to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development. Therefore, information access is a key challenge related to all the sustainable development goals. This article considers ideas, approaches and concepts related to sharing knowledge on Bioeconomy and collaborative ecosystems based on an ontology, aiming to facilitate information and services access. This ontology has been defined starting from the experience of the BIOVOICES project and from the need to establish a common terminology shared among scientists, enterprises, policymakers and civil society organisations on the bioeconomy. Indeed, the ontology provides a structured information of the BIOVOICES multi-stakeholders social platform’s content, facilitating accessing and sharing it. The building process and the validation of the ontology have been described.

scholarly journals Circular Economy as a Catalyst for Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals: A Positive Relationship between Two Self-Sufficient Variables

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12652
Author(s):  
Juan-Manuel Valverde ◽  
Carmen Avilés-Palacios
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal 6

Governments, civil society organisations and companies have expressed an interest in contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, but incorporating these goals into their strategies and activities is not an easy task. This study aims to provide information on the role of circular economy as a tool to boost progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals to assist these different stakeholders in their quest to attain the goals. Using heuristic methodology, a review of the existing literature was conducted to explore the relationship between the two terms. Specific attention was paid to the development goals with the highest interdependence with circular economy: Sustainable Development Goal 6 (Clean Water), 8 (Decent work), 12 (Responsible consumption and production) and 15 (Life on land). Having identified the reciprocal relationships between the two variables, the results of the literature review were then analysed to explore their possible self-sufficiency. The findings of the study are intended to assist stakeholders in incorporating the SDGs into their corporate sustainability strategies.

scholarly journals Civil society in Kono District, Sierra Leone: Capacity, constraints, and potential to contribute to local Sustainable Development Goals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sahr Otto Fasuluku
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Checks And Balances ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Organisational Capacity ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Kono District

This study examines the organisational capacity and constraints of civil society organisations (CSOs) in Kono District, Sierra Leone and their potential to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) there. Capacity was found to be very low, with major constraints both internal and external preventing capacity growth and effectiveness. These included poor internal systems and member cooperation, external financial and in-kind dependency, power and politics within and without CSOs, communities’ fear of speaking to power and therefore their abdication of roles as checks and balances to hold leaders to account. Several options are available to CSOs, councils and chiefs to address Kono’s effectiveness at delivering the SDGs for Kono.

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.

Integration of the IFLA Code of Ethics in Attaining Sustainable Development Goals: A Strategy for Improved Information Access and Attainment of SDGs

Mousaion ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Priti Jain ◽  
Liah Shonhe
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Data Repositories ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Survey Tool ◽  
Development Goals

The United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals are a worldwide call for action to eradicate poverty, to eliminate inequalities, to protect the planet, to achieve sustainable economic growth, and to warrant that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. However, there is ethical disquiet in achieving these goals. Yet, there is not much deliberation over the role of information ethics in achieving these goals. This study sought to examine the relevance of IFLA Code of Ethics for librarians and other information workers in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals. A pragmatism paradigm was adopted by which 71 responses were attained through the use of an online survey tool (Google forms). The data collected were both qualitative and quantitative. The study findings revealed that librarians conduct various activities in an effort to uphold the IFLA Code of Ethics to enhance attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals. These activities include non-censorship, training in ICTs and copyright issues, cooking and reading clubs, tutoring services, gender equality in duty allocation and remuneration, pen data repositories or databases, dissemination of social media information, health awareness programmes, non-discrimination against library users, and inclusive access by catering for people with disabilities. The study recommends that libraries implement the appropriate infrastructure and monitor the adherence to the professional code of conduct to create a productive workforce and an environment that promote achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

scholarly journals Sustainable development goals and SMEs decisions: Czech Republic vs. Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarmila Šebestová ◽  
Włodzimierz Sroka
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Business Sustainability ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Selling Point

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a “major engine” of economic growth and socioeconomic development, and reaching many sustainable development goals (SDG). They should make the SDGs a prominent selling point to demonstrate why consumers should buy from them to reduce waste and enhance recycling. If a consumer sees an SME engaged in the SDGs (goal 8,9 and 12), it will be motivated for further support. Given these facts the paper compares Czech and Polish approaches to the circular economy by quantitative evaluation based on primary research (Czechia, 210 respondents) and qualitative context comparison in Poland. Our research has confirmed that there are differences in both countries in relation to the sustainable development goals, with SMEs decisions in the Czech SMEs sector being on level business sustainability 1.0, and that in Poland being below 1. Additionally, Czech entrepreneurs have more knowledge and practice in “green” methods than do Poland’s.

UN Secretary General Appoints ICSU Executive Director to Special Advisory Group on the SDGs

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Executive Director ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Advisory Group ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals

AbstractICSU Executive Director Heide Hackmann has been appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to serve on a special advisory group, drawn from civil society, the private sector, and the scientific community, which will support the Technology Facilitation Mechanism, a key part of the post-2015 architecture for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

scholarly journals Leaving no one behind? The influence of civil society participation on the Sustainable Development Goals

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 693-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole-Anne Sénit
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
National Level ◽  
Democratic Deficit ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Civil Society Participation ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Sustainability Governance ◽  
The Relationship

Spaces for civil society participation within intergovernmental negotiations on sustainability have multiplied since the 1992 Earth Summit. Such participatory spaces are often uncritically accepted as a remedy for an assumed democratic deficit of intergovernmental policymaking. I argue, however, that civil society’s capacity to democratize global sustainability governance is constrained by the limited influence of these spaces on policymaking. The article explores the relationship between the format of participatory spaces and their influence on the negotiations of the Sustainable Development Goals. It finds that civil society is more likely to influence within informal and exclusive participatory spaces, and when these spaces are provided early in the negotiating process, at international and national level. This reveals a democracy–influence paradox, as the actors with the capacities to engage repeatedly and informally with negotiators are seldom those that are most representative of global civil society.

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