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Paper short abstract:

Arguably, this scholarly initiative seeks to augment the capabilities of local assemblies to achieve the SDGs and support Ghana's sustainable development path through a cooperative and resource-efficient methodology.

Paper long abstract:

Promulgated by the United Nations in 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer a global blueprint to eradicate extreme poverty, safeguard the environment, and enhance global peace and prosperity by 2030. Although these objectives are comprehensive, they require regional execution strategies that consider particular challenges and contextual driving elements. This paper aims to model the implementation of sustainable development by exploring the barriers and Drivers with a focus on the Manya and Yilo Municipalities in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The paper would be anchored on quantitative research approach and positivists' research paradigm to investigate the factors facilitating and obstructing local initiatives aimed at implementing the SDGs. Primary data would be gathered through structured questionnaire instrument. Relative Importance Index would be the main quantitative instrument to be used to rank the drivers and the barriers with the aid of SPSS version 25. It is expected that factors such as financial resources, awareness campaigns, institutional support and technological knowhow would drive SDG implementations at the locality while inadequate finance, weak institutional support, inadequate technical knowhow and weak public education would serve as significant barriers. The paper examines these processes to provide a comprehensive understanding of how local assemblies might enhance stakeholder engagement, institutional capacity, and resource distribution for sustainable development. The findings will contribute to the growing discourse on localised SDGs implementation by presenting evidence from the Ghanaian setting. Policymakers can utilise the study's recommendations as a framework to formulate and implement strategic initiatives that enhance facilitators and eliminate barriers.