AN EXPLORATION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN PLANNING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS THE ROLES EXPECTED BY THE COMMON CITIZENS

Sustainability is a philosophy associated with the long-run maintenance or improvement of human welfare and the preservation of natural capital and environmental integrity which public administrator needs to strengthen the Sustainable development goals (SDGs) an action directed by the philosophy of sustainability and is increasingly supported, promoted, and required by government actors and non-government actors to play a crucial role in the development of public beneficial programs by the United Nation. As the SDGs are critically receiving increased attention in public administration theory and practices, it has been accepted and tested to be promoting environmental well-being, while also improving the well-being of citizens. Can sustainable development goals promotes the well-being of the common citizens and citizenry participation in the implementation of SDGs and what be the expected concerns of the public administrators? This paper considers these questions by exploring case studies in which the application and practices of SDGs are integrated into public decision making. It also discusses the role expectations of sustainable development in public risk management and in promoting social justice through the use of UN approaches to life and environmental betterment programs.