Evaluation of sustainable development goals in terms of democracy, participation and governance
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Sustainable development is a concept that is expressed as meeting the present needs of society through the use of
resources at a level that will not deprive future generations of their ability to meet their own needs. The 17 goals,
which were planned to be realized by the United Nations in 2015, under the name of Sustainable Development
Goals, planned to be implemented until 2030, still contain the most important policies in the world. Sustainable
development, which has goals such as sustainable city and life, peace and justice, and reduction of inequalities,
needs planning with a common mind, a multi-faceted organization and most importantly an effective participation
mechanism in order to achieve the desired goals. The architecture of this organization is undertaken by the concept
of governance. Because the higher the level of governance in a society, the easier it is to achieve sustainable
development goals, thanks to the implementation of a participatory approach.
From this point of view, in the study, it was argued that the sustainable development goals were developed within
the framework of democratic governance principles, and it was acted on with the thesis that these goals can be
achieved in an atmosphere where participatory governance practices are widespread in local, national and
international areas for a behavioral transformation on a global scale. In this context, first of all, sustainable
development is discussed conceptually and theoretically in the study. In the second part, the concepts of
democracy, governance and participation were evaluated holistically and their positive effects on sustainable
development were analyzed. In the third part, it is aimed to evaluate this effect on the basis of sustainable
development goals.
