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Title: | Assessment of Progress towards Achieving Sustainable Development Goals of the “Agenda 2030” by Using the CoCoSo and the Shannon Entropy Methods: The Case of the EU Countries |
Authors: | Stanujkic, Dragisa Popovic, Gabrijela Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras Karabasevic, Darjan Binkytė-Vėlienė, Arūnė |
Keywords: | CoCoSo method Shannon Entropy method “Agenda 2030” sustainable development goals EU countries achievement assessment |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Citation: | Stanujkic, D.; Popovic, G.; Zavadskas, E.K.; Karabasevic, D.; Binkyte-Veliene, A. Assessment of Progress towards Achieving Sustainable Development Goals of the “Agenda 2030” by Using the CoCoSo and the Shannon Entropy Methods: The Case of the EU Countries. Sustainability 2020, 12, 5717. |
Series/Report no.: | 12;14 |
Abstract: | The United Nations Member States adopted the “Agenda 2030” which contains 17 sustainable development goals (SDG) that involve a certain number of targets and indicators. Although the indicators are helpful in defining the position of the current country relative to the goals’ achievement, it is very complex to determine its position relative to other countries, because this requires an extensive analysis. Therefore, in this paper, the application of the multiple-criteria decision-making approach (MCDM) in defining the position of the EU (Europe Union) countries relative to the SDGs is proposed. The MCDM model is based on the Combined Compromise Solution (CoCoSo) and the Shannon Entropy methods. The final results highlight Sweden as the country that best implemented the set SD goals and has the best outputs relative to them, while Romania is in last place. The main reason for these kinds of results could be that the countries on the bottom of the list are relatively new EU members and have not been made to properly implement SDGs yet. The conclusion is that the obtained results are fully objective and rational, and that the applied model is applicable for performing this kind of analysis. |
Description: | This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability as a Multi-criteria Concept: New Developments and Applications |
URI: | http://dspace.vgtu.lt/handle/1/4020 |
ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
Appears in Collections: | Moksliniai straipsniai / Research articles
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