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The commitment and ownership of the national, provincial, regional and local governments towards SDGs

Tempert, E. (2022) The commitment and ownership of the national, provincial, regional and local governments towards SDGs.

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Abstract:In 2015, the United Nations proposed 17 urgent calls for action: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To achieve these SDGs, the national, provincial, regional and local governments should take actions that contribute to these goals. This research focuses on the factors influencing the commitment and ownership of these government levels to the SDGs. 11 respondents from different government levels were interviewed to gain insight into their experiences with the SDGs within and outside their organisation. After analysing the interview results, it could be concluded that there are three factors influencing the level of commitment and ownership of organisations to the SDGs. The first one is the awareness and concreteness of how each organisation could contribute to the SDGs. The second theme that was found is that the transparency of the SDG contribution of each government level should be improved to see where collaborations can be found and organisations could learn from each other. The need for organisations to translate the SDGs to explicit goals is the last factor that would increase the SDG contribution of each government level. This would lead to all organisations talking in the language of the SDGs, making it easier to exchange ideas and information.
Item Type:Essay (Bachelor)
Faculty:BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Subject:43 environmental science, 70 social sciences in general, 85 business administration, organizational science, 88 social and public administration
Programme:International Business Administration BSc (50952)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/91199
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