Capacity of Local Development Planning in Slovenia: Strengths and Weaknesses of Local Sustainable Development Strategies

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 547-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomaž Deželan ◽  
Alem Maksuti ◽  
Matjaž Uršič
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
General Idea ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
Sustainable Future ◽  
Local Sustainable Development

Despite being coined by international forums and promoted chiefly by international/supranational organisations and clubs, sustainable development is a concept that in essence rests on and is largely determined by the local level. The local level’s primacy in terms of introducing the principles of sustainability is openly stipulated by Agenda 21, thus providing the impetus for local sustainable development strategies – Local Agenda 21. These community-specific, long-term visions of sustainable co-existence serve as an important strategic tool for overcoming challenges communities may face while maintaining the general idea of the future. As prime standardised artifacts, local sustainable development strategies represent an excellent insight into the capacity of an individual community to achieve a sustainable future and deal with potential challenges. In this paper, we analysed four such visions of a sustainable future for two city and two minor Slovenian municipalities in order to examine their capacity to develop into sustainable communities. By employing George and Kirkpatrick’s (2006) framework for assessing sustainable development strategies, we identified useful and problematic aspects of the documents prepared by the city and town municipalities. The analysis showed that the transition period in Slovenia has left a significant impact on development planning and its consequences have yet to be fully resolved.

scholarly journals Relationship between spatial and development planning at the local level in the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-79
Author(s):  
Branislav Bijelić ◽  
Dejan Đorđević
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Current Topic ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Basic Hypothesis ◽  
Republika Srpska

The mutual relationship between spatial and development planning at the local level is a very current topic that has concrete consequences for development processes in local government units in the territory of Republika Srpska (RS). Although it is still unregulated from the legislative point of view, local development planning is much more present in practice, which is primarily manifested in the almost complete coverage of the territory of the RS by local development strategies. The connection of these documents to spatial and urban plans has not been treated in an appropriate way, which leads to a certain degree of their mutual inconsistency. The basic hypothesis of this paper arises from this statement, and that is that the lack of a clearly defined connection with spatial planning in the methodology of drafting local development documents leads to the inconsistency of these documents as the final result. As an auxiliary hypothesis, the assumption will be investigated that a large discrepancy in the coverage of the territory of the Republika Srpska between local development strategies and spatial plans of local government units also contributed to this inconsistency.

scholarly journals Building Capacity for Sustainability: Strategic Planning Processes for Local Sustainable Development Practices in Western Balkan

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Slobodan Milutinovic ◽  
Ana Jolovic
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Local Sustainable Development

Municipalities on the Western Balkan have made significant progress in their strategic approach to local development after 2000. A number of municipalities have already developed and implemented strategic plans for local sustainable development. However, differences in capacities, management skills and motivation among local governments are easy to observe. The lack of substantial decentralization efforts, low internal capacity in municipalities, overlapping jurisdictions between central and local levels, a culture of non-participation and an unfavorable economic environment jeopardize the success of local development efforts. This paper analyzes local sustainable development planning processes and practices in three Western Balkan countries (Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia - Herzegovina) by using the Drina River Basin as a case study. KEYWORDS: • sustainable development • local community • Western Balkan • Serbia • Montenegro • Bosnia -Herzegovina

scholarly journals Including Citizen Participation Formats for Drafting and Implementing Local Sustainable Development Strategies

Urban Science ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Meschede ◽  
Agnes Mainka
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Implementation Phase ◽  
Local Sustainable Development

Since the publication of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, governance for sustainable development has grown and several national, regional and local sustainable development strategies have been adopted. A sustainable development strategy can serve as a political control instrument and management tool. For the development and implementation of such a strategy at the local level, municipalities might use citizen participation approaches. There exist manifold ways of consulting civil society, representing different levels of decision-making power. The analysis of this article is divided into two parts. First, we report on a case study of the pilot project “Global Sustainable Municipalities” located in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and assess the current status of the use of citizen participation formats for adopting a local sustainable development strategy. Second, we developed a model of citizen participation approaches during different phases of adopting a sustainable development strategy. The purpose of this model is to assess the potential decision-making power of citizens during the phases and to help municipalities to get an orientation on participation possibilities. The results show that most municipalities count on participation mainly in the implementation phase of the strategy, less during developing it. Our model, however, demonstrates participation possibilities for each of the phases.

scholarly journals Mainstreaming Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into Local Development Planning: Lessons from Adentan Municipal Assembly in Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Ellen Forkuo Duah ◽  
Albert Ahenkan ◽  
Daniel Larbi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Development Plan ◽  
Theory Of Change ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Municipal Assembly

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were adopted in September 2015 represent a challenging worldwide action plan that aims to end poverty, achieve gender equality, in diverse dimensions, promote decent work among others. Global realization of the SDGs by 2030 is highly dependent on the localization and effective implementation of the goals, yet little is known about diverse perspective of SDG localization and challenges involved. It is in response to this that the study examines the magnitude to which SDGs have been integrated into local development planning using Adentan municipal as a case study. A qualitative method with an in-depth interview of 20 key informants was adopted. The study developed a conceptual framework which was used to examine Adentan municipal Assembly on SDG mainstreaming. The study also did a critical analysis of the medium-term development plan of the municipal assembly to identify how the Assembly has effectively mainstreamed the SDGs at the local level. The findings from the study revealed that the authorities are aware of the SDGs. Majority of the targets in SDGs (1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,13,14,16 and 17) have been integrated into the local development plan of the Assembly. However, SDG 7 and 15 were of no interest to the municipal. The findings further indicated that financing, low awareness of the relevance of the SDGs among the citizens in the municipality and bureaucracy are the major challenges of SDG mainstreaming at the local level. The study proposed a framework which extends the theory of change on effective SDG mainstreaming and can be added to other existing framework on SDG mainstreaming at the local level to address the challenges and needs of SDG mainstreaming for development initiative and may inform future research in mainstreaming and planning.

scholarly journals Azores Trail Run® as a sustainable vehicle for promotion and local development

2020 ◽  
pp. 97-103
Author(s):  
Tiago Inácio Valente
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Sport Event ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Trail Running ◽  
Local Sustainable Development

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the impact of the trail running event in the Azores territory and how it fits in sustainable development strategies and policies promoted by the regional Government. For the present study we used two surveys and an interview with the ATR coordinator during the 2018 edition of the Azores Trail Run ® - Triangle Adventure. One survey was sent by email for non-residents participants and the other was applied in person to residents of the Faial, Pico and São Jorge islands during the event, with the objective of evaluating their perception of the event and the impact of the ATR. In order to complement the information gathered through the two mentioned surveys, we conducted an interview with ATR director and general coordinator. This sport event follows the principles of local sustainable development defined by the Azores regional Government and promotes the Azores as an active tourism destination. These findings are very important for the ATR organization. However, it seems necessary to promote a study for all the ATR races to analyses the true impact of the event in the Azores.

scholarly journals Local sustainable development planning in Serbia: Achievements so far and future challenges

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 579-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Slobodan Milutinovic
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Agenda 21 ◽  
The Road ◽  
Local Agenda 21 ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Countries In Transition ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Local Sustainable Development

Serbian towns and municipalities adopted Local Sustainable Development Strategy Paper in May 2005 as a strategic framework for local authorities to establish local sustainable development processes. So far more than 30 (from 167) municipalities in Serbia adopted Local Sustainable Development Strategies and initiated the implementation of Local Agenda 21. This paper discusses the case study of Serbia as an example how countries in transition should implement local policies of sustainable development and what obstacles such countries can face on the road toward the sustainability.

Engaging Youth in Education for Sustainable Development: Strategies and Interventions

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khushgeet Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Opportunities To Learn ◽  
The World

Although youth are often thought of as targets for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) programmes, they are also active partners in creating a more sustainable world and effective ESD programmes. Today, more than ever, young women and men are change-makers, building new realities for themselves and their communities. All over the world, youth are driving social change and innovation, claiming respect for their fundamental human rights and freedoms, and seeking new opportunities to learn and work together for a better future. The education sector is generally seen as the most appropriate forum for involving children and youth in sustainable development, and initiatives to this end have been adopted in many countries. The present paper puts forth such initiatives, interventions and strategies that can be undertaken to engage youth in education for sustainable development at the global as well as the local level.

Communication, Information and Sustainability

2011 ◽  
pp. 1164-1181
Author(s):  
Marco Tortora
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Communication Infrastructure ◽  
Regional Sustainable Development ◽  
Communication Policies

This chapter, recognizing that the main communication concepts are deeply geographical in their inner nature, has the intent of introducing an analysis of the connection there should be between geography, communication, organization and sustainability. The author will use the geography of information as the main framework to detect these links and to present the analysis of a regional communication infrastructure to understand how the Internet can be pivotal to communication and local development strategies. The analysis will present regional communication policies, projects and practices to understand if these are positive or negative forces for a regional sustainable development.

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