Designing a Model for Legislative Public Policies Promoting Sustainable Development Based on a Development Plan

The present study aimed to design a model of legislative public policies aligned with sustainable development, based on the development plan. The research employed a mixed-methods approach, utilizing document review, interviews, and questionnaires for data collection. In the qualitative phase, the statistical population included university professors, policy and legislative experts, representatives of the parliament and members of its commissions, the Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, policy experts within the executive branch ministries, and the Management and Planning Organization. A purposive sample of 13 individuals was selected. In the quantitative phase, the statistical population comprised 1,019 managers and deputies of government organizations and the Management and Planning Organization of Iran, from which a sample of 247 participants was selected using two-stage cluster sampling, based on the Cohen table. Data analysis was conducted using NVIVO, SPSS, and SMART PLS software. The results indicate that the organizing themes of economic growth, social security and supportive policies, promotion of political and social health, integrated management of energy resources, enhancement of the citizens' health system, administrative system reform, environmental protection, promotion of the education system, and sustainable urban development collectively constitute the model of legislative public policies in promoting sustainable development according to the development plan. Among these themes, enhancement of the citizens' health system contributes the most to explaining the research model. The effective implementation of legislative public policies requires strategies that empower policy implementers and consider the implementation context, including organizational culture, interaction and coordination structures between implementers and developers, the strengthening of legal and regulatory infrastructure, commitment to policies, and the broader policy environment.