The role of local self-government in the implementation of the sustainable development plan: Analytical framework of the process implemented in the local self-government unit in the municipality Opovo

Abstract

The role of local governments in promoting policies is reflect in adopted and implemented sustainable development plan and refers to the territory of the local self-government unit. The process of creating and implementing the Plan is based on a participatory approach, which implies the direct involvement of all interested parties during the entire process. At the conceptual and analytical level, the article presents the contributions from the perspective of public policies and organizational management models in order to introduce an analytical framework based on strategy, analytics and, management. This framework is developed based on the design of a strategy to measure a capabilities in a given local government by means of specific indicators: migration, poor diversification of economic activities, extensive agriculture as the dominant economic activity, high unemployment rate, lack of employment opportunities, weak and underdeveloped infrastructure, low GDP per capita compared to urban areas. Areas and an unpolluted environment facing potential threats. This analytical framework is applied through a case study of the municipality Opovo and its policies to promote sustainable development. Most of these problems are the result of global changes, therefore the results of the analysis highlight the importance of the combined action as a result of effort to implement policies at the local government level.