Resumen de Local Government and Network Governance in the Era of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS): Gyeongsangbukdo Province and Daegu Metropolitan City in South Korea
- español
En este estudio se analizan las principales políticas y actividades de Asistencia Oficial para el Desarrollo (AOD) de los gobiernos locales de Corea del Sur, y cómo estos dos gobiernos locales han adoptado el marco de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS). Este estudio ha empleado el enfoque de la gobernanza en red respecto al establecimiento de asociaciones entre la autoridad central y los gobiernos locales, y entre los gobiernos locales y otras partes interesadas de la ayuda a nivel local. Los resultados del estudio sugieren que las políticas y actividades de AOD de los gobiernos locales en Corea del Sur son apenas proporcionales al cambio de norma reciente a nivel internacional
- English
This article aims to discuss the roles of local governments in the era of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a case study of Gyeongsangbukdo Province and Daegu Metropolitan City in South Korea. The study looks at the main official development assistance (ODA) policies and activities of these two local governments, and how these two local governments have adopted the SDGs framework. In doing so, this study has employed the approach of network governance regarding the establishment of partnerships between a central authority and local governments and between local governments and other aid stakeholders at the local level. The findings of the study suggest that local governments’ ODA policies and activities in South Korea are barely commensurate with recent norm change at the international level. Given this, this study argues that local governments in South Korea need to develop their ODA capacity building in order to be in line with international norms.
