Sustainable development strategies: Tools for policy coherence

Brodhag, Christian; Talière, Sophie

doi:10.1111/j.1477-8947.2006.00166.x

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“…Recent authors have suggested that these pillars should be expanded or subdivided. Brodhag and Talière (2006) and Vallega (2007) suggest that culture plays an important part in SD strategies, whilst Pawlowski (2007) identifies seven dimensions to SD. He applies a hierarchical system with the most important dimension being the 'moral dimension' in which all other aspects are embedded.…”

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Gatekeepers of island communities: exploring the pillars of sustainable development

Mackelworth¹,

Carić

2009

Environ Dev Sustain

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Sustainable development (SD) is generally recognised as having three dimensions, ecological, economic and social. Yet, its implementation is burdened with resistance and conflict rooted in the short-term 'business as usual' development model, opposed to the long-term sustainable benefit of local communities. Hence, the development of strategies to implement SD projects may require further differentiation of these dimensions in relation to the contextual situation in which the project resides. In two studies of SD projects on the Croatian islands, we identify five interlocking spheres of importance, Spiritual, Political, Economic, Educational and Health, in addition to Ecological. Each of these spheres is accessible through gate-keepers, individuals or a group of people who have the authority over the sector and as such, significantly influence public opinion. We suggest that in this particular island context the sustainability of these projects may lie with those gate-keepers. Hence, initiating and maintaining SD projects in these contexts requires a structured and targeted lobbying of these gate-keepers.

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Section: Talièrementioning

confidence: 97%

Gatekeepers of island communities: exploring the pillars of sustainable development

Mackelworth¹,

Carić

2009

Environ Dev Sustain

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“…Peer reviews provide a framework for structured stakeholder participation, and they provide an opportunity for mutual learning from international practice, thus assisting countries in defi ning their own way towards sustainable development (Brodhag and Talière, 2006).…”

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A European methodology for sustainable development strategy reviews

Spangenberg

2010

Env Pol Gov

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In 2005 the EU Environment Directorate initiated the production of a guidebook for peer reviews of national sustainable development strategies (NSDSs), which was published in 2006. Its objective is to support EU member states planning to evaluate their respective NSDS, supporting and stimulating all potential participants. It describes how to initiate, start, lead and conclude an evaluation process, and suggests, based on European experiences, a spectrum of methods available for this purpose. During a Commissionsponsored trial period, 2006/2007, the Netherlands was the only country to make use of this offer.However, the renewed EU Sustainable Development Strategy (EUSDS) calls for regular (peer) reviews of NSDS. Using this specifi c review instrument is recommended as part of a mutual learning exercise, which might stimulate a self-organized convergence of NSDSs, and better vertical integration, without establishing new competences and mechanisms on the EU level.Two new elements are suggested, a simple 'pressure-policy matrix' (PPM), supporting comprehensiveness control, and the possibility of patchwork evaluations, based on the systematique of the matrix.

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“…Scholars active in this field have examined PCD in terms of the EU and global environmental governance (see Poverty, Development and the Environment; Jones, 2002), global environmental regulatory institutions (Gupta, 2002), coordination of local governance with global concerns (see Brodhag and Talière, 2006), and the coherence of financial instruments meant to promote sustainable development (Koehane and Levy, 1996). Returning to Redclift's questions cited above, this field is dominated by works that focus on how to achieve sustainability.…”

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The EU and The Human Right to Water and Sanitation: Normative Coherence as the Key to Transformative Development

Koff

Maganda

2015

Eur J Dev Res

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The year 2015 is supposed to be a seminal moment in the international sustainable development agenda. World leaders are negotiating the Sustainable Development Goals Agenda and the European Union has declared 2015 to be the 'European Year for Development'. The Post-2015 agenda is supposed to be characterized by more 'transformative' development strategies. Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) is considered to be an important tool for the establishment of 'transformative' development. This article examines EU development programmes in the field of water. It contends that even though the EU is a world leader in global water and sanitation programmes, its approach to development is not coherent with transformative change because these strategies employ PCD as a technical policy tool. Instead, the article contends that transformative development requires 'normative coherence for development' defined as coherence between strategies in development and non-development policy arenas and core democratic norms, such as human rights.L'année 2015 est censée être un moment charnière dans l'agenda du développement international durable. Les dirigeants du monde sont en train de négocier l'ordre du jour de l'après-Objectifs Millénaire du Développement (OMD) et l'Union européenne (UE) a déclaré que 2015 sera «l'Année européenne pour le développement.' Le programme de l'après-2015 est censé être caractérisé par plusieurs stratégies de développement «transformatrices». La cohérence des politiques pour le développement (CPD) est considérée comme un outil important pour la mise en place d'un développement «transformateur». Cet article examine les programmes de développement de l'UE dans le domaine de l'eau. Il soutient que même si l'UE est un leader mondial en ce qui concerne les programmes d'eau et d'assainissement mondiaux, son approche du développement n'est pas cohérente avec le changement transformateur parce que ces stratégies emploient la CPD comme un outil de politique technique. Au lieu de cela, l'article soutient que le développement transformateur exige une 'cohérence normative pour le développement» définie comme la cohérence entre les stratégies de développement et les domaines de la politique de non-développement et des normes démocratiques fondamentales, comme les droits humains.

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Sustainable development strategies: Tools for policy coherence

Cited by 71 publications

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Gatekeepers of island communities: exploring the pillars of sustainable development

Gatekeepers of island communities: exploring the pillars of sustainable development

A European methodology for sustainable development strategy reviews

The EU and The Human Right to Water and Sanitation: Normative Coherence as the Key to Transformative Development

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