Track: Sustainability

Abstract

The sustainable development goals (SDGs) proposed by the United Nations as a reference for global development can be an objective development indicator for countries, cities, including villages because they contain 17 goals with a vast spectrum and indicators. The SDGs framework of balancing social, economic, and environmental elements could guide the village's medium-term development to achieve its goal of sustainability, especially when in Indonesia, the government has given each village autonomy for its development with a direct budget to manage. This situation demands more responsibility for village governments to be able to achieve ideal and sustainable development. However, the national authority cannot be hand-out after giving the village funds by observing the complex problem of the village's development. This framework should be translated into a development model that the village government, higher district/city officials, or the experts can use to guide the village's medium-term planning. The model should prevent subjectivity and the wrong focus on the development priorities set by the village government. The model could also reduce the pressure from district/city development planning programs that can be inconsistent with village needs. This research aims to identify the focused gap by comparing current conditions with the ideal development framework using a systematic framework based on Soft Systems Methodology (SSM). The gaps found would be resumed as recommendations and output of this research. It would enable relevant stakeholders to collectively discuss the goals and priorities for each village to achieve more sustainable development.