Abstract
This article is derived from research of policy to localize the SDGs as a cultural agent in Central Java. This study aims to reveal how the policies formulated by the actors (state and non-state actors) that act as agents in a way of thinking in region development with the SDGs perspective. This study works with Shore and Wright's (1993) anthropological theory of policy which examines policy as a cultural agent. This study was carried out using ethnographic methods. Data collection was carried out through interviews with 30 informants for 2 months from March 1 to April 30, 2021 at the the Office of Regional Planning and Development Agency (RPDA) of Central Java. The study found that the policy of localizing the SDGs that was realized into the action plan for implementing the SDGs took place as a market metaphor. The actors who are members of the state and non-state actors make the policy as an agent to canalize and debate the cultural discourses that they get through the socialization process in their fields. A number of these multi-directional goals are united in a commitment to position the SDGs as a solution to overcome the real conditions of strategic problems.
Highlights
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a global development agenda agreed by 193 countries for the safety of the earth and people until 2030 [1,2]
Since 2017, the government has implemented the SDGs by forming a Regional Coordination Team (RCT) for the Sustainable Development Goals, mainstreaming the SDGs into regional planning documents, integrating them and compiling a Regional Action Plan (RAP) for the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals
To examine the extent to which the localizing SDGs policy is positioned as a cultural agent, observations and interviews have been conducted with 30 informants consisting of state actors such as the Head of Regional Planning and Development Agency (RPDA) Office, Head of the Regional Coordination Team, Head of the Provincial SDGs Secretariat, Head of Regional Government Organizations (RGP), Head of Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), as well as elements of Non-State Actor
Summary
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a global development agenda agreed by 193 countries for the safety of the earth and people until 2030 [1,2]. In contrast to that research, Kourtzanidis et al (2021) found that efforts to localize the SDGs tend to proceed like a cultivation model, which is done by integrating the SDGs into regional planning documents [10]. This research seems similar to positioning the localization of the SDGs into the technical aspect of integrating two agendas between SDGs and regional development
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