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| Title | Sustainable Development Goal on Water and Sanitation – evolution and impact |
| Group | Public Administration and Policy |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | ntb |
| Supervisor(s) | Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen |
| Examiner(s) | Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen |
| Contact info | Sylvia.karlsson-vinkhuyzen@wur.nl at Public Administration and Policy Group |
| Begin date | 2015/03/31 |
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| Description | The Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) will be adopted by all countries around September 2015 and capture the aspirations for what should be achieved by 2030 for the world to be a better place. Number 6 of the 17 proposed goals is to “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all”. This goal has a number of proposed targets such as “by 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all, and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations” or “by 2020 protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes”. For each target indicators will be chosen or developed to allow tracking process. Goal 6 and its targets represent a type of international norm. It has no legal status, it does not have to be approved by parliaments but is a recommendation for countries on what they should focus their policies and resources on.
A number of different thesis topics can be developed linked to the origins (negotiation), operationalisation and impact of SDG No 6 (and its predecessor targets on water in the Millennium Development Goals) such as: • trace the negotiation process to explain e.g. what targets were included and which were left out; • analyse the development of indicators associated with the targets that includes lobbying efforts by many actors including scientists and NGOs. • the process through which a specific country develops it is own national goals on water; • impact/s the water related MDG or SDG goals and targets on a particular topic (UN system wide) or on a specific country’s or organization’s (business or NGO) policy. Depending on topic the methodology can range from pure document analysis to pure field study. Theories employed can vary in source from international relations to policy impact studies. The supervisors combine expertise in rigorous social science methodology and global sustainable development governance with access to key actors around the negotiations. We expect theses that can lead to publications. |
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