scholarly journals INFORMATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mimica Milošević ◽  
Aybeyan Selimi ◽  
Dušan Milošević

Information for the sustainable development in Macedonia is insufficient. It is important to meet human needs and the needs of its environment for the sustainable development but raising awareness is the necessary assumption. The sustainable development has multidisciplinary nature, a concept that includes the economy, ecology, ethics, sociology, law and policy and links the well-being of present and future generations with the capacity and limitations of biosphere in a way to make the life more sustainable. The aim of this paper is to examine all these aspects and impact on raising awareness of the need for the sustainable development. Through various forms of the surveys in public sector, the primary and secondary school, the faculty, in health care and factories, offer people the ability to move in wide initiatives for the sustainable development. Based on the results of the survey, which was conducted in the municipality of Gostivar in the Republic of Macedonia, using statistical analysis, appropriate conclusions and proposals were performed. Key words: awareness, information, sustainable development

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 644-661
Author(s):  
G.T. Shkiperova ◽  
P.V. Druzhinin ◽  
A.E. Kurilo

Subject. The article discusses issues that arise in evaluating and monitoring the transition to sustainable development, being important aspects researchers and politicians focus on. Successful planning of future growth and decision-making are recognized to require comprehensive actions addressing economic, environmental and social aspects of sustainability. The analysis of the sustainability window seems as one of possible methods to evaluate the quality of economic growth in line with environmental and social prospects. Objectives. The study evaluates boundaries of the sustainable economic growth of the northern regions of Russia, referring to its environmental footprint and well-being of people. Methods. We applied methods of statistical and comparative analysis and evaluated boundaries of the sustainable development of regions with the sustainability window analysis. Results. The sustainability window is proved to exist for all regions of the European North of Russia, except the Republic of Komi. However, GRP grew out of the sustainability limits in certain years. The lower bound of the sustainable economic development slowly decreased until 2013, but reassumed its growth afterwards. After 2013 an expected increase in the public well-being required higher rates of economic growth. Some regions failed to ensure them. Conclusions and Relevance. The analysis of the sustainability window and the analysis of environmental efficiency gap are critically informative for specialists in charge of planning and decision-makers. The method helps use various sets of indicators and analyze various time series, thus streamlining the elaboration of economic development scenarios, conditions in line with environmental and social sustainability.


2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 99-114
Author(s):  
James W. Westerman ◽  
Yalcin Acikgoz ◽  
Lubna Nafees ◽  
Emmeline dePillis ◽  
Jennifer Westerman ◽  
...  

To effectively teach the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to enhance corporate social responsibility, we need to understand the predictors of business student predispositions towards the SDGs. We examine whether location, authoritarianism, religiosity, and individualism influence university business student SDG preferences. Results (n=262) indicate authoritarian and religious business students emphasize SDGs with an orientation towards the health and economic well-being of their local communities. The results also indicate the most significant factor in predicting SDG preference was university location. Southeastern U.S. students were more supportive of people/prosperity-oriented SDGs, indicating greater concern with the social safety net and basic human needs, whereas Hawaiian students were more supportive of planet-oriented SDGs indicating greater concern for environmental issues. Implications for teaching SDGs to university business students are discussed.


Author(s):  
А.Б. Тасмаганбетов ◽  
Қ.Е. Ағлешов ◽  
М.А. Тлеубергенова ◽  
А.Ж. Ибрашева ◽  
A. Tasmaganbetov ◽  
...  

Мақалада Қазақстан Республикасында тұрақты даму мақсаттарын іске асыру ерекшеліктері нақты қарастырылған. Авторлар тұрақты даму мақсаттарының маңызды индикаторларын бағалау мен зерттеу үшін, сондай-ақ статистикалық ақпаратты жүйелеу үшін талдамалық және салыстырмалы әдістерді кеңінен пайдаланған. Мақалада тұрақты даму тұжырымдамаларына байланысты ғалымдардың ғылыми еңбектері мен халықаралық ұйымдардың есептеріне баса назар аударылған. Талдау барысында мақала авторлары тұрақты даму мақсаттарының жаһандық рейтингінде Қазақстан Республикасының ең нашар көрсеткіштерін анықтады: «Аштықты жою», «Жақсы денсаулық және әл ауқат», «Теңсіздікті қысқарту» және «Бейбітшілік, әділеттілік және тиімді институттар». Мақалада мемлекеттік қызметтерді цифрландыруды жалғастыру және сыбайлас жемқорлықтың алдын алу мақсатында азаматтардың мемлекеттік қызметшілермен тікелей байланысын қысқарту ұсынылды. Мақала авторлары тұрақты даму мақсаттарын іске асыру бойынша нақты ұсыныстар берді: Қазақстан Республикасының стратегиялық құжаттары мен мемлекеттік бағдарламаларына сәйкес тұрақты даму мақсаттарының индикаторларын нақты анықтау; түрлі мемлекеттік органдар мен бизнес-құрылымдарда мүдделі тараптар арасындағы көрсеткіштерді тұрақты түрде келісіп алу; тұрақты даму мақсаттарының индикаторларын орындау мерзімдерінің бірізділігін толығымен анықтау; тұрақты дамудың негізгі мақсаттары бойынша мемлекеттік саясатты қалыптастыру. The article covers the features of the implementation of the sustainable development goals in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The authors used analytical and comparative methods to assess the significant indicators of the sustainable development goals, as well as to systematize statistical information. The article focuses on the research of scientists and reports of international organizations related to the concepts of sustainable development. During the analysis, the authors identified the worst indicators of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Global Ranking of the Sustainable Development Goals: "Eliminating hunger", "Good health and well-being", " Reducing inequality" and "Peace, justice and effective institutions". The article proposed to continue the digitalization of public services and reduce direct contacts of citizens with civil servants in order to prevent corruption. The authors proposed specific recommendations for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals: clearly define the indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals in accordance with Strategic documents and state programs of the Republic of Kazakhstan; regularly coordinate indicators between stakeholders in various state bodies and business structures; determine the sequence of deadlines for the implementation of indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals; form a state policy on key sustainable development goals.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bingsheng Liu ◽  
Tao Wang ◽  
Jiaming Zhang ◽  
Xiaoming Wang ◽  
Yuan Chang ◽  
...  

AbstractAchieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a long-term task, which puts forward high requirements on the sustainability of related policies and actions. Using the text analysis method, we analyze the China National Sustainable Communities (CNSCs) policy implemented over 30 years and its effects on achieving SDGs. We find that the national government needs to understand the scope of sustainable development more comprehensively, the sustained actions can produce positive effects under the right goals. The SDGs selection of local governments is affected by local development levels and resource conditions, regions with better economic foundations tend to focus on SDGs on human well-being, regions with weaker foundations show priority to basic SDGs on the economic development, infrastructures and industrialization.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Rhian Croke ◽  
Helen Dale ◽  
Ally Dunhill ◽  
Arwyn Roberts ◽  
Malvika Unnithan ◽  
...  

The global disconnect between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), has been described as ‘a missed opportunity’. Since devolution, the Welsh Government has actively pursued a ‘sustainable development’ and a ‘children’s rights’ agenda. However, until recently, these separate agendas also did not contribute to each other, although they culminated in two radical and innovative pieces of legislation; the Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure (2013) and the Well-being and Future Generations (Wales) Act (2015). This article offers a case study that draws upon the SDGs and the CRC and considers how recent guidance to Welsh public bodies for implementation attempts to contribute to a more integrated approach. It suggests that successful integration requires recognition of the importance of including children in deliberative processes, using both formal mechanisms, such as local authority youth forums, pupil councils and a national youth parliament, and informal mechanisms, such as child-led research, that enable children to initiate and influence sustainable change.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yudha Gusti Wibowo ◽  
Ali Sadikin

The transformation in education must be directed in accordance with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) program. This article aimed to discuss the potential support of New Biology in achieving the formulated SDGs. This literature review covered 31 articles which were published since 2010 to 2019. The keywords used to collect the data were new biology, future biology, biology education, biological science, and biology. The review results informed that New Biology can potentially enact five goals of SDGs, i.e. goal 2 (Zero Hunger), goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being), goal 4 (Quality Education), goal 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), and goal 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy). By considering the findings, it is suggested to promote New Biology approach in Indonesian educational system.


2020 ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
М.V. Zos-Kior ◽  
V.Y. Ilin ◽  
I.M. Kyryliuk ◽  
O.V. Solod

The article describes the digitalization of ecological and economic principles of agricultural enterprise development management. It presents effective techniques for adapting enterprises to the challenges of the smart economy, which changes human needs, products, services, value chains, markets, processes, business models, forms of competition and business partnerships. The article proves the efficiency of precision farming, which includes parallel driving, yield mapping, differentiated application of seeds and fertilizers. It is determined that the lack of systemic demand for digital solutions from domestic agricultural enterprises and rural communities and unpreparedness (strategic, financial, technological, personnel, organizational, etc.) of most enterprises and communities to cardinal innovations significantly deter the formation of smart agribusiness in Ukraine. The article describes the system of measured indicators and capabilities of the Hummingbird Technologies platform and consequences of its implementation for land management, in particular normalized relative biomass index, leaf surface index, crop heterogeneity map, plant lodging risk map, weed map, seedling density map, electronic maps creation tasks, task map for differentiated desiccation, task map for differentiated application of herbicides, task map for differentiated application of growth regulators in plants. It justifies the need to intensify the work of rural a community, which try to communicate with agricultural producers on mutually beneficial terms and with other stakeholders for the sustainable development of rural areas. The issues of participation of rural communities in projects to increase soil fertility, organization of organic farms, service cooperatives, which are directly or indirectly related to the effective management of environmental and economic development of agricultural enterprises. The article shows the necessity of professional development of business engineers, personnel and strengthening of role of analytics for agricultural enterprises to digitalize the economic activity.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9941
Author(s):  
Najah Al-Garawi ◽  
Ismail Anil

Background: This work investigated attitudes and public perception regarding the impact of allowing women to drive on social, environmental, and economic aspects of the sustainable development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The study includes the perspectives of both women and men towards the potential implications of this decree on society in general and women’s well-being in particular. Methods: The methodology consisted of an online survey that was conducted before and after the decree was activated in 2017, where 62,065 individuals participated from thirteen provinces of the KSA. Geographic information systems (GISs) and statistical methods were applied to the obtained datasets to examine the geographical distribution and modeling of the effect of women driving on sustainable development of the KSA. Results: The results show that the attitudes towards allowing women to drive are geographically and statistically diverse. The study revealed that the economic impact of women driving was the highest significance, especially in increasing employment opportunities for women and decreasing household travel expenses for women. Conclusion: Overall, 70.4% of respondents agreed that women driving will positively affect the sustainable development of the KSA in terms of social and economic impact. The study also revealed that geographic location is one of the dominating factors on the attitudes towards the social impact of women driving within 95% confidence interval. Additionally, participants strongly believe (with an agreement rate of 85.1%) that Saudi women driving will improve economic development and the female job market.


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