ABSTRACT
Agenda 21 describes a national sustainable development strategy as an approach in which participation is integral, with governments enabling and people managing:
National strategies, plans, policies and processes are crucial in achieving this. … The strategy should build upon and harmonize the various sectoral economic, social and environmental policies and plans that are operating in the country. … Its goals should be to ensure socially responsible economic development while protecting the resource base and the environment for the benefit of future generations. It should be developed through the widest possible participation.
(UNCED, 1992)