Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG): Implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Romania

Daniela Firoiu,Elena Jianu,Anca Băndoi,Nicoleta Mihaela Florea,George H Ionescu

doi:10.3390/su11072156

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Romania needs a change of the current development paradigm to face the challenges of the 21st century. As a member of the European Union, leaders in Romania are is interested in implementing the principles of sustainable development at a national level to reduce development gaps, to increase citizens’ well-being, and to preserve a clean environment. The purpose of this research is to determine the implementation status of the 2030 Agenda sustainable development goals (SDG) in Romania and to explore to what extent Romania will be able to reach, for the 2030 horizon, EU average values for the selected indicators. The research is based on 107 indicators that monitored the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Eurostat database (sustainable development indicators) was the source of data in terms of their availability and integrity. The research results showed that the implementation status of SDG is sub-optimal. In the case of 40 indicators out of the 107 analyzed, forecasts indicate the possibility of reaching the EU average values by 2030. However, the country can remain on the path to sustainable development only by involving all stakeholders and increasing concrete and well-targeted measures to improve SDG indicators.

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The 2030 Agenda is an action plan designed for the prosperity of people and the planet
The country can remain on the path to sustainable development only by involving all stakeholders and increasing concrete and well-targeted measures to improve sustainable development goals (SDG) indicators
Given that Romania has not yet adopted a framework of indicators to track the fulfillment of SDG, we considered that it would be relevant for the scientific community and beyond, to carry out an analysis of the prognoses for fulfilling the SDG assumed, based on the set of indicators used at the EU level and selecting those indicators for which Eurostat provides relevant information

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The 2030 Agenda is an action plan designed for the prosperity of people and the planet. Political, and social context, the Agenda promotes global peace, eradicates poverty in all its forms and dimensions, and represents the world’s greatest challenge today. It is an indispensable requirement for sustainable development [1]. Since the Brundtland Report [2], the concept of sustainable evolved greatly beyond the initial projected framework, to a more integrative approach, with a focus on “socially inclusive and environmentally-sustainable economic growth.” Important in this new development becomes the life quality of the residents of the country or a region, as in the integrated view on socio-economic development of the society [3,4,5,6]. Progress has been slow in the early stages, mainly due to the acute problems registered by the countries in the region due to the adaptation to the market economy and the rigors of democracy, with time, progress has become more visible due to the involvement of more consistent non-governmental organizations and an increase in public-private cooperation [11]

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