{"title":"An Exploration of the Localization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) in Municipalities: A Case of South African Municipalities","authors":"Mpilo Ngubane, Dr. Strinivassan Pillay","doi":"10.22259/2642-8318.0501001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The slow pace within which the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) targets were achieved necessitated that 193 United Nations (UN) member states develop the Agenda 2030 popularly known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Whilst many developed countries find it easy to implement the SDGs, underdeveloped and developing countries such as South Africa will inherently find it difficult to implement the SDGs. The ambitious United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been criticized for being universal, broadly framed, inconsistent and difficult to quantify, implement and monitor. The burden of implementation will be worse when it comes to local governments or municipalities which are faced with service delivery challenges on daily basis. Many proponents of SDGs believe that the success of the implementation of the SDGs lies in successful localization at the municipal level. It is for this reason that this study explored the localization of the SDGs in South African Municipalities. It looked at the theoretical framework of the SDGs. It used qualitative research design and employed semi-structured interviews to gather information from senior managers in local government across South Africa. The study found that some municipalities do have Institutional Frameworks, processes and plans to localize the SDGs however the level of implementation is still very low and needs to be intensified hence an implementation model is recommended by this study. Keywords: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Localization of the SDGs, Implementation, Sustainability, Leaving no-one behind, Alignment, Leveraging, Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).","PeriodicalId":43945,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration","volume":"145 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.22259/2642-8318.0501001","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract The slow pace within which the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) targets were achieved necessitated that 193 United Nations (UN) member states develop the Agenda 2030 popularly known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Whilst many developed countries find it easy to implement the SDGs, underdeveloped and developing countries such as South Africa will inherently find it difficult to implement the SDGs. The ambitious United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been criticized for being universal, broadly framed, inconsistent and difficult to quantify, implement and monitor. The burden of implementation will be worse when it comes to local governments or municipalities which are faced with service delivery challenges on daily basis. Many proponents of SDGs believe that the success of the implementation of the SDGs lies in successful localization at the municipal level. It is for this reason that this study explored the localization of the SDGs in South African Municipalities. It looked at the theoretical framework of the SDGs. It used qualitative research design and employed semi-structured interviews to gather information from senior managers in local government across South Africa. The study found that some municipalities do have Institutional Frameworks, processes and plans to localize the SDGs however the level of implementation is still very low and needs to be intensified hence an implementation model is recommended by this study. Keywords: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Localization of the SDGs, Implementation, Sustainability, Leaving no-one behind, Alignment, Leveraging, Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).
千年发展目标(Millennium Development Goals, MDGs)的实现速度缓慢,迫使193个联合国成员国制定了2030年议程,俗称可持续发展目标(Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs)。虽然许多发达国家认为实施可持续发展目标很容易,但像南非这样的不发达国家和发展中国家自然会发现实施可持续发展目标很困难。雄心勃勃的联合国可持续发展目标(sdg)因其普遍性、框架宽泛、不一致以及难以量化、实施和监测而受到批评。对于每天都面临服务提供挑战的地方政府或直辖市来说,执行负担将更加沉重。许多可持续发展目标的支持者认为,可持续发展目标的成功实施取决于城市层面的成功本地化。正是出于这个原因,本研究探讨了可持续发展目标在南非城市的本地化。它研究了可持续发展目标的理论框架。它采用定性研究设计和半结构化访谈,从南非地方政府的高级管理人员那里收集信息。研究发现,一些城市确实有将可持续发展目标本地化的体制框架、流程和计划,但实施水平仍然很低,需要加强,因此本研究建议采用一种实施模式。关键词:可持续发展目标(sdg),可持续发展目标本土化,实施,可持续性,不让任何人掉队,协调,杠杆,第四次工业革命(4IR)