Co-production and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in regional and local planning

Fields of goals is a truly interdisciplinary project addressing the urgent call for implementing the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) at the regional and local level.

Budget: 8 000 000 whereas 160 000 to Nord
Funder: NRCStart and finish date: 01.03.2020 - 01.10.2023
Consortium (Coordinating organisation in bold): Nordland Research, Nord University, Stiftinga Vestlandsforsking, Nordland county municipality, Statsforvalteren i Nordland, Vestvågøy Municipality, Narvik Municipality, Sortland Municipality, Gloppen Municipality, The Nordic Coe "Resource Extraction And Sustainable Arctic Communities", Nye Vestland county municipality, Statsforvalteren i Vestland, Nye Sunnfjord Municipality, Bømlo Municipality, Asker Municipality, Nye Viken county municipality, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Høgskulen på Vestlandet, Aalborg University

Researchers at FSV:

  • Berit Skorstad
  • Elisabeth Pettersen
  • Geir Olav Knappe

Abstract:

Fields of goals is a truly interdisciplinary project addressing the urgent call for implementing the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) at the regional and local level. The point of departure is how context-specific dimensions to societies and natural systems, must be at the core when implementing these global standards. The complexity connected to balancing environmental, economic and social values in societal planning, pose several challenges to planners, authorities and businesses. The overall ambition of FOG is to develop a framework for implementing the SDG in local and regional planning. This framework will be based on lessons learned from Local and Regional Agenda A21 and output from workshops and focus groups where relevant SDG goals and targets, will be contextualized with the help of regional scenarios and indicators. The main output is a framework for implementing SDGs in regional planning.