An evaluation framework of quality management of projects for regional sustainable development
Series
Evaluating Sustainable Development
ISBN
978-1-8454-2831-0
Type
book section
Date Issued
2007
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Schubert, Uwe
Störmer, Eckhard
Abstract
The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development clearly demonstrates that the concept of sustainable development is a normative, global and regulative idea. As a precondition for the implementation of the concept of sustainable development at regional and local level, questions concerning actors and their responsibilities, the political action level, the timeframe for intervention and the forms of co-operation need to be answered. The concept must prompt a "down-to-earth" approach; it must get a handle on day-to-day political activities with clear-cut, legitimate and evaluative questions. Thus, the aim of this paper is to present a reference frame for projects which actors can approach autonomously and on a co-operative basis. The starting point is the problems concerning implementation that arise from the concept of sustainable development. The paper discuses the level of implementation and focuses on the regional level. It describes the material, procedural and ethical requirements arising from the concept of sustainability and the quality standards required for evaluation. These considerations provide a basis for an assessment tool consisting of 48 questions. The paper describes initial experiences with this assessment tool and evaluates its pros and cons, strengths and weaknesses.
Language
English
Keywords
sustainability
evaluation
assessment tool
regional development
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Book title
Sustainable development in Europe : concepts, evaluation, and applications
Publisher
Edward Elgar
Publisher place
Cheltenham UK
Start page
125
End page
142
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
21206