CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Servay, Anna Marie |
|---|---|
| Title | The Role of Civil Society Organizations in the Achievement of SDG 15 in Bolivia |
| Summary | The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) comprise a set of seventeen global goals adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 with the aim of bringing about transformative change that unites environmental, social, and economic sustainability. Achieving the SDGs requires near universal uptake, yet there is a scant amount of academic research regarding the contributions that civil society organizations (CSOs) can make to further SDG progress. The present work investigates the role that the Bolivian network of environmental CSOs Environmental Defense League (LIDEMA) plays in furthering Bolivia’s progress towards SDG achievement by using SDG 15 (terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems) as an entry point. Surveys and interviews were used to gather data to assess whether and how the network has collectively contributed to SDG 15 since 2015, as well as to identify plans to make future SDG 15 contributions and ascertain the capacities needed to make such future contributions. This study finds that LIDEMA members contribute to multiple SDGs in Bolivia, and their contributions to SDG 15 cover a range of targets that supplement existing implementation efforts and help to fill data and implementation gaps. At the same time, the organizations reported that their work related to SDG 15 has decreased in the post-2015 period, owing largely to external factors such including an ‘obstructed’ civic space and changes in international financing structures. This study demonstrates that there is ample room to enhance CSO contributions to the SDGs in Bolivia, but doing so demands changes from a range of actors. |
| Supervisor | Pínter, Laszlo |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/servay_anna.pdf |
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