Representation and Accountability in Glocal Governance and the 2030 Development Agenda: Narrowing the Gap between Perceived Needs and Outcomes

The paper responds to the 2030 Development Agenda and suggests a way to enhance representation and accountability by extending the Millennium Goals and UN Sustainable Development Agenda. It summarises the content of a forthcoming volume for the Contemporary Systems Series entitled: Towards a Planetary passport for Representation, Accountability and Re-generation’. The paper reflect on studies of alternative architectures for democracy and governance and suggests a way to extend local engagement in social, economic and environmental decision making. The paper discusses a new architectures for democracy and better governance through:Addressing the issue of a priori norms and a posteriori measures for transformation towards re-generative livingFinding ways to match social, cultural, economic and environmental decisions to perceived needs with a focus on food, energy and water securityNarrowing the gap between perceived needs and the way resources are distributed and the way it impacts on service outcomes.