Leadership for Promoting Sustainable Development: A Study of Nongovernmental Organization Leaders in Haiti
Adelin Rival
Independent Researcher, USA.
Volume 13, Issue 06, Pg. 11-26, 2020.
Abstract: Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have played an increasingly important role in global governance. Since the end of the Second World War, they have been involved in every aspect of social, economic, environmental, and institutional life in the whole world. The presence of NGOs has been seen as a necessity for the developing world, but much more so for low-income countries such as Haiti. The amount of scholarship dedicated to the post-2010 Haiti earthquake revitalization indicates that Haiti must heavily rely on the leadership of NGOs so that the country can achieve its sustainable development goals by 2030. However, significant delays in progress to date makes one question NGO leaders’ readiness for leading sustainable development initiatives. Since achievement of sustainable development requires certain characteristics and acumen among the NGO leaders, more must be known about the NGO leadership. This research study examined the relationship between leaders’ characteristics—leadership experience, knowledge of sustainable development, internalized moral perspective, balanced processing of information, and relational transparency—and the impact or location of their organizations. MANOVA results revealed significant group differences. The difference was that low impact NGO leaders reported higher levels of leadership experience and knowledge of sustainable than their medium and high impact counterparts. This study contributes to the NGO research literature by shedding light on some leader characteristics. These should be emphasized in any NGO leadership development programs aimed atpromoting sustainable development in Haiti.
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Keywords: Haiti, leader, leadership, nongovernmental organization, Sustainable development, nongovernmental organization
The Global Political Economy: Principled and Shared Decision-making Policy Dynamics for Sustainable Development Action with SENSE
Illustration- Plastics Sustainability Transition
Sai Dharani Kamireddy
Independent Researcher
Volume 13, Issue 06, Pg. 27-36, 2020.
Abstract: Policy dynamics of the global political economy play the most significant role towards safeguarding our natural resources and affecting (sustainable) economies. With the aim of systemic changes in the action-oriented policy cycle for sustainability transitions, the paper in the light of decision-making, briefly reviews the transition status and aspects of defined inherent human, principled and shared qualities that would lead to a safe, secure, resilient and happy planet.
The paper proposes GPE-PSD Policy Cycle Action coherence approachwithSENSE– Systemic Decision-Centric action methodology towards effecting “Sustainable consumption and Production patterns” as a universal implementer for nations towards sustainability transitions global policy.
Further illustrates Global Policy forPlastics (omnipresent) Sustainability Transition, as to how the GPE-PSD policy cycle implementers can work for the sustainable outset, develop and implement coherent global policies with SENSE as a step-by-step systemic and systematic process to address the global challenges of sustainable development.
Keywords: GPE-PSD Action-oriented Policy-cycle; Policy and Institutional Coherence/ SDG17; SENSE; Six Sustainability Dimensions with 5Ps; Sustainability Transitions/SDG12.
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Assessing Environmental Causes and Impacts of Erosion in Agulu-Nanka Community
Otti Victor Ifeanyichukwu
Federal Polytechnic Oko, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Volume 13, Issue 06, pg. 37-46, 2020.
Abstract: The paper is aimed to encourage environmental and sustainability consideration into strategies decision making process, such as the formation of policies plan and programmes in curbing the incident of gully erosion. Erosion, a surface sculpture of the earth landscape, an accelerating phenomenon which resulting from movement of soil by water, depositing such detaching soil elsewhere which constitutes global environmental problem, gulping houses, hectares of land and aquatic life. Erosion constitutes major ecological problem in south eastern region of Nigeria and requires adequate scientific and proper technical competence, a progressive albatross, which some geologists attributing to the unsavory development to civil war activities, such as indiscriminately digging of trenches by soldiers as well as detonation of explosives and bombs in the region where war actively raged.Strategic environmental assessment, a tool in preventing, protecting and preserving the environment from gully erosion ogre which constitutes major ecological problem to Agulu-Nanka communities. Application of strategies environmental assessment, a scientific technology enhancing the control of gully erosion menace. Moreover, to access and determine the cause and effects of erosion in the study area for a sustainable development programme.
Keywords: Erosion, prevention, protection, strategy, environment, soil, deforestation
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Skill Development Programs in India- Emerging tool to address sustainable human development
Sunita Sanghi 1, Nidhi Gautam 2
1Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India
2 Senior Consultant, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship
Volume 13, Issue 06, Pg. 47-50, 2020.
Abstract: India is amongst the youngest nations of the world as it is having an average age of 29 years. This is a phase where the country is enjoying demographic dividend at the same time facing challenges to meet the aspirations of its growing youth population. On the economic front, markets are far more dynamic as they are changing with every fraction of second. Job markets are no more predictable as what is successful today becomes obsolete in the near future. Hence, in order to address the need of changing times, Government of India has launched skill development initiative in a big way. Skill Development is one of the most important agenda for the Government of India at this point of time. The nation is well aware of the fact that for a sustainable human development, skilling the youth is the key. Therefore, a dedicated Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has been setup in November 2014 which is now a full grown ministry. Not only this, there are other key Central Ministries which are contributing in skilling its youth in a significant way. There are departments which are addressing the skill development needs of different target audience such as rural youth, urban youth, underprivileged sections of the society, women etc.
Indian Government is playing a major role to skill, upskill and re-skill its young and middle aged population so as to prepare a nation which is future ready. It has emerged as a funding agency which has infused large amount of monies so as to invest in the future of its young population. At the same time, it is attempting hard to regulate the quality aspect through setting up of regulatory machinery for skill development initiatives in the country. The implementation is being done under close watch of the Government so as to ensure that skill development becomes a major turning point of Indian youth in the coming times.
There is no two opinion that India being so diverse and big is facing a different set of challenges in meeting the skill development needs of its nation. At one place where diversity creates opportunities for number of skilling areas however, maintaining standardisation becomes a problem. Therefore, India’s flagship program of skill development is a case in itself which other countries can refer and learn. There are success stories as well as lessons from which fellow countries can re-define their initiatives to offer sustainable human development.
Keywords: Re-skill, Regulatory Machinery, Skill Development, Upskill, Skill India
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