As part of my thesis, I'm proposing to connect 'Policy - Impact Assessments - Indicators - Target'. When ever we introduce new policies there should be methods to measure whether or not we have achieved the objective of the policy. Impact Assessments (be it environmental, health or social impact assessments) can be used as a tool to measure the effectiveness our policies.
Impact Assessments can be connected to indicators. One such type of indicators is the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development Indicators (UNCSD Indicators). These represent indicators which are grouped by themes which cover:
1. Poverty
2. Governance
3. Health
4. Education
5. Demographics
6. Natural Hazards
7. Atmosphere
8. Land
9. Oceans, seas and coasts
10. Freshwater
11. Biodiversity
12. Economic development
13. Global economic partnership
14. Consumption and production patterns
In relation to the Impact Assessments, I would like to focus on themes 5 - 11.
Introducing policies, impact assessments and the themes from 5 - 11 as mentioned above, we can devise a mechanism to relate to Wawasan Brunei 2035 - environmental strategy - which is the proposed 'Target'. Such a target can close the loop from policies to impact assessments to indicators and the target.
My current work is to further define the environmental strategy such that we can devise a mechanism that can effectively measure policies using impact assessments integrating the UNCSD themes (5 - 11).
For individuals who have a common interest, please feel free to contact me and I can share with you my current findings on the subject matter :)
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