The challenges of official statistics to the Agenda for Sustainable Development in 2030

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (9) ◽  
pp. 55-68
Author(s):  
Anna Prażmo ◽  
Joanna Wójcik ◽  
Magdalena Żero
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
National Level ◽  
Official Statistics ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
New Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Central Statistical Office ◽  
Development Goals

The aim of the article is to present a new development Agenda for the world and the challenges for official statistics, related to monitoring progres in achieving its goals — at the global, regional and national level. Official statistics, from the beginning participating in the process of goals agreeing for which the world will endeavour in the next 15 years, was indicated as the authority responsible for coordinating and ensuring the continuity of monitoring their implementation. Meeting these expectations will require from international and national statistical institutions an increased efforts aimed at ensuring an efficient monitoring system and filling information gaps. These challenges also facing the Central Statistical Office of Poland — coordinator of the development goals monitoring at the national level.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF COMMUNITY CASH WAQF INTENTION TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs): THEORY PLANNED BEHAVIOUR APPROACH

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Alif Khuwarazmi Maulana Julendra ◽  
Silvi Sri Mulyani ◽  
Arfi Mulyasa Insani
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Public Knowledge ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Several Variables ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals

The SDGs outline 17 goals that are part of the sustainable development agenda. One of the efforts that can be made to alleviate poverty around the world is by utilizing "endowment funds". In Indonesia, financing innovation to alleviate poverty can be done through cash waqf. However, the facts on the ground show that the huge potential for cash waqf cannot be optimally absorbed. Therefore, this study aims to explore and test empirically the extent to which the Indonesian people intend to optimize the potential of cash waqf in an effort to support financing and achieve the goal of poverty alleviation in Indonesia. This is done by identifying the factors that influence the intention of the Indonesian people to distribute cash waqf and correlating this with the influence of public knowledge about waqf, especially the cash waqf itself. The method used in this study is a quantitative method by collecting primary data from as many as 316 Muslim respondents throughout Indonesia. The questionnaire used is the adoption of Theory Planned Behavior (TPB) with the addition of several variables that affect intention. This approach is used to determine the community's intention to distribute cash waqf. The results of the study indicate the consideration of Indonesian Muslim knowledge in the influence of the intention to do cash waqf, and the results show that there is no significant influence between attitudes (attitudes towards) and people's intention to donate money.

scholarly journals The Water‑wastewater‑sludge Sector and the Circular Economy

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 121-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danuta Lipińska
Keyword(s):  
Sewage Sludge ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
National Level ◽  
Wastewater Sludge ◽  
Analysis And Evaluation ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Central Statistical Office ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Subject

The objective of this paper is a theoretical and empirical analysis and evaluation of the role, importance and opportunities of the water‑sewage‑sludge industry in the implementation of the circular economy. To realize this objective, a review of both the literature and the EU strategic documents concerning the subject of the study was conducted. The applied research method is a descriptive analysis based on available statistical data (Eurostat, EEA, EIO and the Polish Central Statistical Office) as well as on source materials. The theoretical part of the work presents the essence of the circular economy and the general characteristics of the analyzed sector, with a particular focus on the potential for the recovery of water from sewage and the reuse of wastewater, as well as the recovery of phosphorus from the wastewater treatment, processing and disposal of sewage sludge. The results of the study show that: (1) there are significant links between the development goals of the water‑sewage‑sludge sector and the circular economy. (2) it is necessary to seek and implement new solutions and technologies leading to the increased recovery of energy and biogens from sewage sludge. (3) there are still many barriers to the recycling of rainwater and graywater as well as to the reuse of wastewater. (4) the circular economy creates new opportunities for water‑sewage and sludge management at the local and national level.

Global Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
pp. 104-130
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
National Level ◽  
Global Poverty ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Poverty Eradication ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Research Centres

The chapter examines the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals and its approaches to poverty eradication beyond economic deprivation. Results from the analysis of existing statistics from United Nation's reports, research centres and institutes, and Bureau of Statistics show that extreme poverty still exists at the global, regional, and sub-national levels of the world. The chapter identifies the challenges facing global poverty eradication to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals Agenda of 2030 and suggests solutions on how to eradicate poverty and hunger in the world. The chapter, therefore, examines the global multi-dimension of poverty and extreme hunger and the multi-dimension of poverty in developed and developing countries at a regional and national level with a focus on Nigeria's experience. Also, the challenges and policy options for eradicating poverty and hunger by 2030 are examined.

scholarly journals Building Green Hospital Model in Implementing Sustainable Development Goals in Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pham Thi Thu Hien
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Healthcare Management ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
State Management ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals

Sustainable development is not only a national goal but also a global concern as climate change and the impacts of environmental pollution are changing the quality of life and threatening human existence. Sustainable development goals are covered in all aspects of life, including medical activities and community health care. As a component of the health system, hospitals not only perform medical examination and treatment as well as research on treatment methods but also ensure the conditions for achieving sustainable development goals and other non-medical targets of the health sector. The paper focuses on analyzing the Green hospital model and the need to build this model in the implementation of the sustainable development goals. Keywords Sustainable Development, Health, Green Hospital, Policy, Green health ecosystem. References [1] Yusef Shaabani, Ali Vafaiee Najar, Mohammad Naser Shafiee, Marziyeh Meraji, Elaheh Hooshmand, Designing a green hospital model: Iranian hospital, International Journal of Healthcare Management, Taylor and Francis Online, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/20479700.2019.1572265, 23/9/2019[2] H. Anh, The criteria to build a green hospital in the US (in Vietnamese), Health Environment Management Department, https://vihema.gov.vn/tieu-chi-xay-dung-benh-vien-xanh-tai-my.html, 2018 (accessed on 10 December 2020).[3] Healthcare Administration Degree Programs, 30 most environmentally friendly hospitals in the world. https://www.healthcare-administration-degree.net/30-most-environmentally-friendly-hospitals-in-the-world/, 2014 (accessed on 10 December 2020).[4] Sustainable Development Goals (Website UN), The Sustainable Development Agenda. https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/development-agenda/, 2020 (accessed on 10 December 2020).[5] World Health Organisation, Sustainable Development Goals. Knowledge Platform. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?page=view&type=30022&nr=192&menu=3170, 2020. (accessed on 10 December 2020).[6] Cambridge University Press, Sustainable Development Report 2020, 2020, pp. 480-481. [7] N.V. Thanh, D.T. Truong, Philip Degenhardt (Editors), Prospects for Social, Ecological and Economic in Vietnam, The Gioi Publisher, 2020. [8] Ministry of Health, Procedures of State management in the field of health (in Vietnamese), Information on law education on health, No. 3 September 2014, https://moh.gov.vn/che-do-chinh-sach-linh-vuc-y-te/-/asset_publisher/5uVUQOCXQDjt/content/phuong-thuc-quan-ly-nha-nuoc-trong-linh-vuc-y-te, 2014 (accessed on 10 December 2020).[9] VnExpress Electronic Newspaper, Medical waste "destroys" the environment (in Vietnamese), vnexpress.net/rac-thai-y-te-buc-tu-moi-truong-2394511.html, 2012 (accessed on 09 December 2020).  

Geographic perspectives on development goals

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana M Liverman
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
National Level ◽  
The World ◽  
Critical Attention ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Geographic Perspective ◽  
Successes And Failures ◽  
Attention Development

The successes and failures of the UN Millennium Development Goals and the establishment of a new set of Sustainable Development Goals provide many opportunities for geographic engagement and critical attention. Development goals, in their focus at the national level and on measurable indicators, redirect investment and frame views of the world. They are often difficult to measure and implement and sometimes contradictory. In reviewing the history, progress, and critiques of the UN goals, this article asks what a geographic perspective shares and adds to the debates about development, its measurement, and impact.

scholarly journals The African Dream for Quality Higher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 325-330
Author(s):  
Ahmed Legrouri
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Development ◽  
International Association ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals

AbstractEducation is well established as a leading means for building broad-based social welfare, promoting economic development and eradicating poverty. Most governments and international development agencies have, for many years, argued for a sequential development of schooling, giving priority to primary and then to secondary education before moving on to higher education. The World Education Forum: Education for All (Dakar, Senegal in 2000) advocated for primary education as a lone driver for development. In 2015, the United Nations recognised the role of HE in advancing the 2030 sustainable development agenda. HE is mentioned among the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in target 4.3 and forms an important part of other goals (See Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development (HESD) global portal, International Association of Universities).

scholarly journals Defining and Quantifying National-Level Targets, Indicators and Benchmarks for Management of Natural Resources to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Dickens ◽  
Vladimir Smakhtin ◽  
Matthew McCartney ◽  
Gordon O’Brien ◽  
Lula Dahir
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
National Level ◽  
Resource Quality ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Country Level ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Global Indicators

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are high on the agenda for most countries of the world. In its publication of the SDGs, the UN has provided the goals and target descriptions that, if implemented at a country level, would lead towards a sustainable future. The IAEG (InterAgency Expert Group of the SDGs) was tasked with disseminating indicators and methods to countries that can be used to gather data describing the global progress towards sustainability. However, 2030 Agenda leaves it to countries to adopt the targets with each government setting its own national targets guided by the global level of ambition but taking into account national circumstances. At present, guidance on how to go about this is scant but it is clear that the responsibility is with countries to implement and that it is actions at a country level that will determine the success of the SDGs. Reporting on SDGs by country takes on two forms: i) global reporting using prescribed indicator methods and data; ii) National Voluntary Reviews where a country reports on its own progress in more detail but is also able to present data that are more appropriate for the country. For the latter, countries need to be able to adapt the global indicators to fit national priorities and context, thus the global description of an indicator could be reduced to describe only what is relevant to the country. Countries may also, for the National Voluntary Review, use indicators that are unique to the country but nevertheless contribute to measurement of progress towards the global SDG target. Importantly, for those indicators that relate to the security of natural resources security (e.g., water) indicators, there are no prescribed numerical targets/standards or benchmarks. Rather countries will need to set their own benchmarks or standards against which performance can be evaluated. This paper presents a procedure that would enable a country to describe national targets with associated benchmarks that are appropriate for the country. The procedure builds on precedent set in other countries but in particular on a procedure developed for the setting of Resource Quality Objectives in South Africa. The procedure focusses on those SDG targets that are natural resource-security focused, for example, extent of water-related ecosystems (6.6), desertification (15.3) and so forth, because the selection of indicator methods and benchmarks is based on the location of natural resources, their use and present state and how they fit into national strategies.

Political Translation and the Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
pp. 169-188
Author(s):  
Chris G. Pope ◽  
Meng Ji ◽  
Xuemei Bai
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Political Process ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals

The chapter argues that whether or not the world is successful in attaining sustainability, political systems are in a process of epoch-defining change as a result of the unsustainable demands of our social systems. This chapter theorizes a framework for analyzing the political “translation” of sustainability norms within national polities. Translation, in this sense, denotes the political reinterpretation of sustainable development as well as the national capacities and contexts which impact how sustainability agendas can be instrumentalized. This requires an examination into the political architecture of a national polity, the norms that inform a political process, socioecological contexts, the main communicative channels involved in the dissemination of political discourse and other key structures and agencies, and the kinds of approaches toward sustainability that inform the political process. This framework aims to draw attention to the ways in which global economic, political, and social systems are adapting and transforming as a result of unsustainability and to further understanding of the effectiveness of globally diffused sustainability norms in directing that change.

scholarly journals Italy versus Other European Countries: Sustainable Development Goals, Policies and Future Hypothetical Results

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3417
Author(s):  
Alberto Dello Strologo ◽  
Edoardo D’Andrassi ◽  
Niccolò Paoloni ◽  
Giorgia Mattei
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Official Statistics ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
European Standards ◽  
Historical Periods

The topic of sustainable development has become increasingly central to the international community. In 2015, the UN approved the 2030 Agenda, an action plan aimed at pursuing sustainable development. The founding elements of the 2030 Agenda are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) that refer to different areas of development. The objective of this study is to determine the state of implementation of the SDGs in Italy and to understand to what extent the country will be able to reach European standards in 2030 under current policies. To this end, a quantitative analysis was carried out which, thanks to the use of official statistics and the FORECAST.ETS function, made it possible to identify the value that the indicators will have in 2030. In addition, the dynamic index methodology was applied to measure the degree of implementation of the SDGs between two different historical periods: 2018 and 2030. The analyses carried out shows that Italy needs to take urgent measures to meet its commitment to the 2030 Agenda. The study offers one of the first insights into the implementation of the 2030 Agenda as, in addition to analyzing the country’s performance, it examines the pursuit of the SDGs within the country itself. It is therefore believed that the results may be of interest to governments, experts, and academics.

scholarly journals A Sustainable world with cartography

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Ayako Kagawa ◽  
Kyoung-Soo Eom
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Global Community ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development or also known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the new global paradigm and blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. To collectively achieve the SDGs, the global community agreed on 17 Goals as a baseline framework to measure and monitor its growth. How to measure and monitor development progress by countries has been a long-standing debate since the era of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the 2000s but with the establishment of Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs), the SDGs have a clearer framework on how to monitor progress and the global community are grappling on how to effectively collect, analyse, visualise and report their successes.</p><p>Within the United Nations, there is the desire to elaborate collectively principles and tools on how best to report the SDGs at country and local level as its success lies in the ownership and accountability at all levels. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is looking into how technologies can accelerate the SDGs and to facilitate the alignments with the values enshrined in the United Nations Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the norms and standards of International Laws.</p><p>In this paradigm, what should be the role of cartographers and geospatial information management experts to ensure how maps and geospatial information can be effectively used by the global community to communicate their challenges and successes from planning to implementing, monitoring, analysing, visualising and reporting on sustainable development? This paper argues the importance of understanding the challenges, asking questions to the policy makers, sharing best practices and building a consensus on the issues surrounding the SDGs before demonstrating the diverse cartographic skills available to design and communicate the intended message better. Hence, the importance of context has never changed and provides the cartographic and geospatial information management community an opportunity to demonstrate the potential and to provide effective support through cartography for the accomplishment of the sustainable development agenda.</p>

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