SUISTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS OF THE VOLYN REGION
Abstract
Ensuring sustainable development is a global imperative and this issue is particularly relevant to Ukraine in view of economic, social and environmental challenges currently facing the country. Sustainable development goals are discussed in the article and all the goals are identified as priorities goals for Volyn Region until the year 2030. Key tasks for implementation of the set of goals and main indicators are analyzed. A set of realistic recommendations that will help to balance all the goals in the region are determined.
Volyn Region was one of the first regions in Ukraine which adapted the National Sustainable Development Goals Report to the regional level. Volyn Region should give high priority to the following five goals: goal 3 – good human health and well-being; goal 8 – decent work and economic growth; goal 9 – industry, innovation, infrastructure; goal 15 – life on land (protect and restore life on land); goal 16 – peace, justice and strong institutions. Action plans, targets and indicators were developed for each of these goals. Based on the analysis, it was determined that raising the level of employment, including self-employed in medium and small businesses, could give a serious impetus for developing of Volyn Region.
In the context of need to balance the environmental and economic goals of sustainable development, the task of reducing the area of arable land in the total territory of the region while at the same time increasing the agricultural potential of the region seems not an easy task. The intensification of the organic farming rather than the traditional farming is another one interesting trend in modern conditions. Such way of running business attracts specialized agricultural enterprises of Volyn region. However, it has been proved that according to a climatic point of view, organic agriculture and biofuels production and further use are not effective in Volyn region.
In order to ensure balanced implementation of the tasks and to achieve the goals of sustainable development, involving the leading regional higher education institutions in providing information, educational and expert consulting services is a strategically important step
