Transforming Public Service for Effective Integrated Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Abstract

In this paper, the author provides a synopsis of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted by world leaders in September 2015. He argues that in order for this agenda to be implemented and the goals to be achieved, countries will need to transform their public services and develop their capacity to deliver critical essential services equitable and effectively. The paper further argues that transforming the Public Service will need a transformational leadership even if transactional and even bureaucratic leadership are necessary as well. The paper also gives some aspects of what a transformed public service would look like in light of the 2030 Agenda, arguing that the characteristics of the transformed public service should be viewed in light of putting people at the centre of the Public Service operations and leaving no one behind in the provision and consumption of services.