TY - GEN

T1 - The role of civil society in the transition to sustainable development

AU - Spiridonova, Natalia

AU - Kanaeva, Olga

PY - 2020/10

Y1 - 2020/10

N2 - Civil society as one of the tools for sustainable development is becoming increasingly relevant, bothnationally and globally. The conditions in which the modern economy operates require achieving sustainabledevelopment goals not only in the optimal use of resources and improving the environmental and socio-economicconditions (opportunities) for realizing human potential, but also in enhancing the influence of civil society. Objectives:to identify the role and degree of influence (mechanism of influence) of civil society on sustainable development.Tasks of the work: to determine the categorical apparatus for studying the significance of civil society for sustainabledevelopment (based on the analysis of statistical data and expert estimates), to identify the links between civil societyand the sustainable development process, to determine the degree of their interdependence. The study is based on atheoretical analysis of economic theory, a review of the scientific literature on this topic. The authors identified theprinciples of sustainable development, identified the structure and functions of civil society. The empirical datareflects the formation of the relationship between civil society, effective government and the sustainable developmentprocess. Using the tools of statistical analysis of data distribution, it is shown that more open societies with a developedcivil society have a more efficient government. The main tendency in realizing the role of civil defense has beenidentified: with increasing openness, countries are shifting to large values of SD indices. International organizationscould use the results to improve the effectiveness of their programs.

AB - Civil society as one of the tools for sustainable development is becoming increasingly relevant, bothnationally and globally. The conditions in which the modern economy operates require achieving sustainabledevelopment goals not only in the optimal use of resources and improving the environmental and socio-economicconditions (opportunities) for realizing human potential, but also in enhancing the influence of civil society. Objectives:to identify the role and degree of influence (mechanism of influence) of civil society on sustainable development.Tasks of the work: to determine the categorical apparatus for studying the significance of civil society for sustainabledevelopment (based on the analysis of statistical data and expert estimates), to identify the links between civil societyand the sustainable development process, to determine the degree of their interdependence. The study is based on atheoretical analysis of economic theory, a review of the scientific literature on this topic. The authors identified theprinciples of sustainable development, identified the structure and functions of civil society. The empirical datareflects the formation of the relationship between civil society, effective government and the sustainable developmentprocess. Using the tools of statistical analysis of data distribution, it is shown that more open societies with a developedcivil society have a more efficient government. The main tendency in realizing the role of civil defense has beenidentified: with increasing openness, countries are shifting to large values of SD indices. International organizationscould use the results to improve the effectiveness of their programs.

KW - civil society

KW - sustainable development

M3 - Conference contribution

SN - 978-9934-18-598-4

SP - 440

EP - 451

BT - New Challenges in Economic and Business Development –2020: Economic Inequality and Well-Being

PB - Издательство Латвийского университета

CY - Riga

T2 - The 12th international scientific conference "New Challenges in Economic and Business Development –2020: Economic Inequality and Well-Being"

Y2 - 1 October 2020 through 3 October 2020

ER -