1. Good Governance and Sustainable Development
Each country has the primary responsibility for its own sustainable development.
All countries should strengthen governmental institutions by providing necessary infrastructure and by promoting transparency, accountability and fair administrative and judicial institutions.
They should also foster full public participation in sustainable development policy formulation and implementation.
All countries should promote public participation, including through measures that provide access to information regarding legislation, regulations, activities, policies and programmes…
[Rio Principle 10 & Johannesburg Plan of Implementation of Agenda 21
World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio+10 Summit) , 2002]