A Novel ICT Framework for Sustainable Development Goals

Olivera Kostoska and Ljupco Kocarev
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Olivera Kostoska: Faculty of Economics—Prilep, “St. Kliment Ohridski” University, 7000 Bitola, Macedonia
Ljupco Kocarev: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 7, 1-31

Abstract: Sustainable development is critical to ensure the future of humanity. Therefore, the assessment and governance of sustainability becomes a central challenge our society is facing. This paper provides a novel ICT framework for addressing sustainable development goals. It is characterized by both local and global considerations, in the context of economic, ecological, and social aspects of sustainable development. The framework consists of three modules: data module, sustainability module, and governance module. Data module integrates data from several sources, processes data, infers knowledge, and transforms data into understandable information and knowledge. The second module implements SDGs at the level of municipality/city, ensures ranking of locally transformed SDGs to arrange them in line with the values and needs of the local communities, and proposes an integrated approach in modeling the social-ecological systems. By implementing governance theories, the governance module permits an effective citizen engagement in governance of SDGs. The ICT framework addresses short-term and long-term SDGs and allows for the vertical and horizontal linkages among diverse stakeholders, as well as for their contributions to the nested rule structures employed at operational, collective, and constitutional levels. Thus, the framework we provide here ensures a paradigm shift in approaching SDGs for the advancement of our society.

Keywords: sustainable development goals; ICT framework; governance science; sustainability science; data science; digital democracy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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