Gobernanza global y los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible en España

Abstract

Despite enormous collective efforts in the fight against COVID-19, the pandemic emerges in a context of fragmentation of global governance and increasing inequalities worldwide. As a result of the current crisis, governance mechanisms at different scales show serious problems of coordination, cooperation, unequal capacities and demands for effective government. This article aims to address global governance from a critical perspective, as a process of confluence and cooperation between multiple public, private, third sector and civil society actors, but where fragmentation has been a quality of this process and inequality in terms of power has always been present. As well as, we expose the evolution of the governance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in Spain during the period 2015-2020. The methodology in this work has been twofold, on the one hand, a review of the scientific literature on governance, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), SDG and COVID-19 has been carried out, and on the other hand, various sources have been consulted of official data from the United Nations, the World Bank, the European Union and the Government of Spain. This study deals with the factors that can reverse these trends are explored so that the post-pandemic economic and social recovery remains aligned with the SDGs, contributing to a global governance that is constantly adapting, readjusting strategies and approaches to effective solutions, as well as developing new tools and strategies to address the problems that affect us globally. Finally, the evolution of the governance of the SDGs in Spain is exposed, showing that, although in the last two years there has been a greater deployment of the 2030 Agenda, there is still much to do.