Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 13, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su13115914
Keywords
sustainable development; SDGs; public administration; public governance; public management; governance; metagovernance; mission-oriented; reform; innovation; pandemic; mindsets; silos
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This article discusses four key reform challenges related to the quality of public administration and governance (PAG), and concludes that focusing on creating effective PAG, mission-oriented reform, culturally sensitive metagovernance, and improving policy coherence beyond 'silos' can accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
This article highlights four key reform challenges regarding the quality of public administration and governance (PAG), aimed at increasing 'SDG-readiness' at all levels of administration, in a nexus characterized by complexity, volatility, pluriformity and uncertainty. Based on others' research into how EU Member States institutionalize the implementation of the SDGs, a critical review of SDG-governance approaches, as well as a review paper on the management of the SDGs, it is concluded that that four priority areas could guide research and policy development to accelerate implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Firstly, to recognize that creating an effective public administration and governance is an important strategic policy area. Secondly, to begin with mission-oriented public administration and governance reform for SDG implementation, replacing the efficiency-driven public sector reform of the past decades. Thirdly, to apply culturally sensitive metagovernance to design, define and manage trade-offs and achieving synergies between SDGs and their targets. Fourthly, to start concerted efforts to improve policy coherence with a mindset beyond political, institutional, and mental 'silos'.
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