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The COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery Phase: Towards a Problem-Solving Pathway Based On Effective Public Participation and Sustainable Development

 

TAGS: COVID-19; recovery; conflict; public participation; goals; Aarhus Convention; sustainable development; NIMBY.

“Involving the public in decision-making processes is widely believed to improve the quality of the resulting decisions and to strengthen the credibility of the decision-making process and its outcome.”           United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (2012).

In moving from the response phase to the recovery phase for the COVID-19 global pandemic, should the goal for Government be to “jettison red and green tape at every level of government to stimulate jobs and re-energise growth during the post COVID-19 fiscal fightback”?

Or should the recovery phase from the COVID-19 pandemic be seen by Government as a classic sustainable development problem to resolve?

The interdependence and mutual support between effective public participation and sustainable development provides the framework for finding sustainable solutions during the recovery phase of the pandemic.

The author posted an article on this topic on the web site of Independent Australia on 27 June 2021. Click on the following LINK to download the article.

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