Advocating for Library and Information Services by National Library Associations of Africa in the Context of Sustainable Development Goals

International Federation ◽

Information Services ◽

National Library ◽

Library Associations ◽

The chapter documents the role that is played by national library associations in advocating for the development of library and information services for the attainment of the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda in Africa. A structured records review and literature review was done to solicit information on how national library associations are taking part in achieving the sustainable development goals. Websites of associations were looked at and participants were drawn from national library associations in Africa, Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Library and Information Associations (SCECSAL), African Library and Information Association and Institution (AfLIA), and the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA). The results indicated that national library associations are facing challenges in their advocacy work and there is a need to offer training to library staff and improve communication between librarians and policymakers.

United Nations' sustainable development goals review: Dual analysis of Romania and Denmark

Ekonomika poljoprivrede ◽

10.5937/ekopolj2004309t ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 67 (4) ◽

pp. 1309-1336

Author(s):

Vlad Turcea

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

United Nations ◽

Action Plan ◽

Investment Behavior ◽

The European Union ◽

Dual Analysis ◽

The present paper aims to highlight the discrepancies between two countries of the European Union, Romania and Denmark, in the perspective of the Sustainable Development Goals. As Denmark is seen as a primer European and Global nation in achieving the United Nations' targets, Romania can use this example as a guideline on how to act and to obtain the most notable results. The article proposes some key principles that Romanians could follow in order to successfully fulfill the 2030 Action Plan having, as an example, the strategies and indicators reached by Denmark. The current work paper is structured as a review of the two reports that voluntarily summarize the situation of the Sustainable Development Goals in each state, followed by a statistical analysis of investment behavior and concluded with an analysis of the most notable differences between the states based on the dataset published by Eurostat.

Libro de Actas IN-RED 2020: VI Congreso de Innovación Edicativa y Docencia en Red ◽

Innocampus Explora: Una aproximación multidisciplinar a la problemática ambiental

10.4995/inred2020.2020.11996 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Núria Garro ◽

Jose Moros-Gregorio ◽

Alejandro Quílez-Asensio ◽

Daniel Jiménez-Romero ◽

Ana Blas-Medina ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

United Nations ◽

Nuclear Energy ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Work Team ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Innovation Project ◽

We present the activities of the Innocampus Explora innovation project developed on the Burjassot-Paterna campus of the Universitat de València and whose main objective is to show the interrelation between the different scientific and technical degrees on campus. In this year, the work team made up of students and professors from all the faculties and schools of the Burjassot-Paterna campus, have carried out activities around environmental issues. A cross-sectional and interdisciplinary vision of the problems of the uses of plastic and nuclear energy that link with several of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) dictated by the United Nations. With the development of this project we contribute to quality transversal training for all participating students.

THE V.I. VERNADSKY FOUNDATION: EDUCATING, DEVELOPING, ACTING

THE LIFE OF THE EARTH ◽

10.29003/m2513.0514-7468.2020_43_4/495-503 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 43 (4) ◽

pp. 495-503

Author(s):

Olga Pliamina

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Environmental Education ◽

United Nations ◽

Educational Practices ◽

Previous Decade ◽

Development Goals ◽

Main Factors ◽

Ecological Culture

The article discusses the best educational practices of the V.I. Vernadsky Non-governmental Ecological Foundation (the V.I. Vernadsky Foundation), based on Vernadsky’s doctrine of the noosphere. The V.I. Vernadsky Foundation has been working on the environmental education of Russian citizens for more than a quarter of a century. Since the previous decade, the issue of the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations (the SDGs) has been an integral part of most of the V.I. Vernadsky Foundation’s programs and projects. The article presents possible ways of creating incentives for contributing to the development of ecological culture across the population of our country. The necessity of greening the consciousness of the population has been proven, which implies an unconditional understanding of the need to introduce environmental ideas into all spheres of life. The main factors of the adolescents’ interest in ecology and the major directions of attracting a youth audience to environmental activities and building an eco-oriented lifestyle model have been determined.

Handbook of Research on the Role of Tourism in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals - Advances in Hospitality, Tourism, and the Services Industry ◽

Leadership in Tourism

10.4018/978-1-7998-5691-7.ch016 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 261-281 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Josh Rowlands ◽

Matthew Wayne Knox ◽

Tessa Campbell ◽

Anna Cui ◽

Luke DeJesus

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Literature Review ◽

United Nations ◽

Authentic Leadership ◽

Research Question ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

Employment Practices ◽

This chapter proposes to discuss the application of authentic leadership as the ‘vehicle' forward for tourism. Specifically, how authentic leaders in the tourism industry can help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and why they are important to the Tasmanian tourism industry. As such, the authors propose the research question: How can authentic leadership enable the sustainable development of tourism in Tasmania? This chapter commences by exploring tourism in Tasmania and the related leadership gap found in the industry, followed by a brief explanation of our critical review method. The literature review then examines how tourism, a diverse industry, has the potential to contribute to the United Nation's SDGs. The authors aim to demonstrate how sound authentic leadership behaviours among tourist vendors facilitate ethical employment practices and economic growth in Tasmania. Finally, the chapter explores the possible implications of a synthesis of authentic leadership and sustainable development in the context of Tasmania.

The United Nations-Backed Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME): A Principles-Based Global Engagement Platform for Higher Education Institutions to Advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The SAGE Handbook of Responsible Management Learning and Education ◽

10.4135/9781526477187.n3 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 8-27

Author(s):

Florencia Librizzi ◽

Carole Parkes

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

United Nations ◽

Management Education ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Global Engagement ◽

Development Goals ◽

The United Nations

Egypt Within the Sustainable Development Goals One and Two of the United Nations: Overview and Recommendations Thereof

Research in World Economy ◽

10.5430/rwe.v11n5p420 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 420

Author(s):

Noura Abdel Maksoud Eissa

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

United Nations ◽

Policy Recommendations ◽

Community Capacity Building ◽

Actual Performance ◽

The Poor ◽

Development Goals ◽

Zero Hunger

The objective of this article is to (1) posit indicators to measure the performance of Egypt in achieving United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals one, to end poverty in all its forms and two, zero hunger, and (2) develop policy recommendations with regards to reducing poverty. Research methods include a systematic macro-process, general to narrow analysis, offering indicators and policy recommendations for governments to follow in achieving the sustainable development goals on poverty. The article is significant since it links between macroeconomics of poverty, an analysis of the quality and quantity of research conducted on the topic, the poor economics individual perspective, examples of pre and post-covid sustainable development goals one and two actual performance. Conclusions convey that poverty alleviation requires a combined public, private, and institutional collaboration to enhance the poor community capacity building, domestic resource mobilization techniques, efficient resource allocation and an awareness of the importance of implementing the sustainable development goals.

New challenges for corporate sustainability reporting: United Nations' 2030 Agenda for sustainable development and the sustainable development goals

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management ◽

10.1002/csr.1910 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 1617-1629 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Thomas A. Tsalis ◽

Kyveli E. Malamateniou ◽

Dimitrios Koulouriotis ◽

Ioannis E. Nikolaou

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

United Nations ◽

Corporate Sustainability ◽

Sustainability Reporting ◽

2030 Agenda ◽

Development Goals ◽

New Challenges

The Idea of Universality in the Sustainable Development Goals

Ethics & International Affairs ◽

10.1017/s0892679415000076 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 203-222 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Graham Long

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

United Nations ◽

Final Section ◽

Burden Sharing ◽

Guiding Principle ◽

Development Goals ◽

Normative Significance ◽

Current Stage

A new set of “Sustainable Development Goals” (SDGs) are currently being negotiated at the United Nations, and there is a widespread consensus that these goals must be “universal.” This article analyses what universality might mean in this context, and its normative significance as a guiding principle for the goals. After briefly introducing the Sustainable Development Goals as found in the current stage of the negotiations, thearticle proceeds in three sections that consider three different senses of universality. In the first, I outline the most intuitive or straightforward sense of universality as a claim about the scope of the goals, with limited import for the content. In the second section, I expand on this idea by noting a widespread understanding of the content of the goals which might also be thought universal and which reflects a moral cosmopolitan constraint on the ambition of each goal. Universality is paired with, and contrasted against, the need fordifferentiation. In the final section, I examine this idea of differentiation, asking how and how far, the goals should allow for country context. From this discussion arises a third account of universality which incorporates a demand for fair burden-sharing. I consider, and ultimately caution against, this account of universality, even though the demand forfairness is crucial in its own right.