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THE SDG PROJECT ASSESSMENT TOOL IS AN OFFLINE, DIGITAL AND USER-FRIENDLY INSTRUMENT THAT GUIDES CITY AUTHORITIES TO DEVELOP MORE INCLUSIVE, SUSTAINABLE AND EFFECTIVE URBAN PROJECTS.

The SDG Project Assessment Tool (referred to as SDG Tool) is developed by UN-Habitat as an offline, digital and user-friendly instrument to guide City Authorities and Delivery Partners in the development of more inclusive, sustainable and effective urban projects. The main purpose of the SDG Tool is to increase the alignment of selected urban projects to the SDG's and their city's contexts.

The objective of the SDG Tool is to:

1. Improve the quality of urban projects in the planning, development and design phase to enhance sustainability and inclusiveness;

2. Promote an enabling environment that ensures the implementability and viability of the projects in the medium and long term;

3. Steer a participatory process between City Authorities and Delivery Partners to develop strategies to optimize the project's alignment to the SDGs and the Programme objectives.

The SDG Tool has been developed specifically for the cities and urban projects in the field of urban planning, mobility, resilience and data systems within the Global Future Cities Programme, providing a framework based on existing publications, policy papers and normative principles.

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SDG workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa

SDG workshop in Ankara, Turkey discussing challenges and opportunities of the project

Discussion on the drainage system during a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Testimonials

TPr. Chew Lee Ting
Divisional Head Development Plan & GIS, Planning and Development Department, Iskandar Puteri City Council, Malaysia
GIS based interventions developed under SIMMS have elevated Iskandar Puteri City Council's data into Geo Insight, which helps our organization understand the relationships between land use, mobility and citizen request better. Those interventions increased our efficiency in data visualisation, analysis and communication with multiple transport stakeholders
Yeap Kok Peng
Vice President, Talent Management, Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA), Malaysia
The SIMMS project has created a key enabling platform for greater team based innovations through deep engagements and collective capacity building amongst stakeholders. By leveraging on data analytics and evidence based approach, new discoveries for high impact people oriented urban and transportation solutions can be developed more effectively. The outcome will be a sustainable delivery of environmental, social, and economic value unlocked by collaborating stakeholders to prosper the community within a framework of good governance
Ir Ts Mohammad Afif bin Kasno
Melaka Youth Coalition Council (MGBM), GESI Consultative Group, Global Future Cities Programme, Melaka Interventions, Malaysia
It is an honour for me, as Melaka youth representative for Majlis Gabungan Belia Melaka (MGBM) to work together with the GFCP Melaka interventions team. MGBM has been exposed with capacity building trainings, partnership through voluntary activities, exchange of ideas and sharing of experience towards creating sustainable Melaka transportation systems, with Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) in mind without leaving anyone behind. It is exciting and inspiring when we, as Melaka youth contributed to the State vision which we hope to see in the near future. future.
YBhg. Datuk Wira Dr. Abu Bakar bin Mohamad Diah
CEO, Melaka Green Technology Corporation (PTHM), Malaysia
The GFCP interventions have provided a strong support in promoting and encouraging transportation modes that are not dependent on fossil fuel, while simultaneously helping in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector in Melaka. We hope to enable a variety of new transportation modes such as buses, public bicycles, trishaws and walking to integrate smoothly, efficiently and safely along the roads in this state. I hope that Melakans are able to enjoy a better quality of life through the implementation of this programme.
Datuk Zaidi Johari
Melaka State Secretary, Malaysia
The GFCP interventions have given an opportunity to the state government to define long term transportation objectives as a supplement to transportation needs. Melaka will make use of this study to develop a Transportation Master Plan which integrates existing and future mode of transportation planning and the planning of transportation infrastructure with the principles of environmental assessment planning.
Breno Alencar
IT Solutions Head Manager – EMPREL
The SDG Tool allowed us to assess the deliverables clearly and objectively. It enabled us to align expectations constructively between what we needed as City Authority and what the Delivery Partner could deliver. The use of the SDG Tool during the various phases of the Project brought up relevant issues that helped a lot in recommending adjustments and improving the work carried out between the parties.
Seda Özdemir (PhD)
Environmental Engineer, Istanbul Transportation Planning Department, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
UN-Habitat SDG Project Assessment Tool that we met in our "Istanbul Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan Project (İstanbul SUMP)" was quite useful and eye-opening for us. It helped us make a holistic evaluation of the contributions of the steps taken during the project process to the SDGs. At the same time, SDGs were fully internalized by the project team, and this also ensured to develop of additional new actions to increase the alignment of the project to the SDGs. In particular, critical gains were made in terms of gender equality and social inclusion, reduction of inequalities, safety, and security in urban mobility. I would like to recommend using this important instrument which is user-friendly and adds value to works in all projects. Monitoring the activities from the beginning to the end with project-specific SDG indicators and the formation of the SDG profile of the project facilitates the understanding of your priorities and challenges. In this way, it is inevitable to progress very accurately and quickly and to achieve greater success than expected
Mohd Hafizam Bin Mustaffa
Melaka Green Tech Corp
It provides and simplifies an action plan towards achieving the SDGs.
Sertaç Erten
Local Team Leader, Arup
The SDG Project Assessment Tool application, as an iterative and participatory process, is an important instrument to incorporate Sustainability Principles into our project activities at an early stage. The SDG Tool also plays a critical role for localizing the Global Goals. When developing our project framework and methodology, it helped us to consider various key drivers of sustainable development for the project "Increasing Quality and Accessibility of Streets in Cankaya Neighbourhoods in Ankara, Turkey". Accordingly, we have, for example, selected the Performance Criteria on qualitative site analysis for the implementation of a pilot project to ensure project alignment to the SDGs.

PROCESS

The SDG Tool will be applied periodically throughout the different phases of project implementation as an iterative assessment, triggering discussion among key stakeholders to further improve the projects. It is not is not an instrument for final evaluation.

Application of the SDG Tool will generate recommendations that aim to identify both weaknesses that could be improved on in projects and strengths that could contribute to sharing best practices among cities in the Programme. Instead of creating competition between cities, or city rankings, the SDG Tool will identify common issues and enhance learnings and the exchange of knowledge between the cities.

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1

DEFINE A SET OF SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES

The parties involved will identify a set of Sustainability Principles (approximately 20) relevant for each urban project. The Sustainability Principles (refer to glossary for definition) will be derived from the General Framework and collated into a tailormade worksheet per project. The aim of this step is to ensure the consistency and the relevance of the SDG Tool for the specific project context.

2

REVIEW THE PROJECT

The parties involved will apply the SDG Project Assessment Tool using the tailor-made worksheet to undertake an assessment of the Milestone Deliverable against the selected Sustainability Principles and the related Performance Criteria. The aim of this review is to identify strengths and weaknesses of the projects implementation.

3

DISCUSS THE RESULTS

Based on a presentation of the Milestone Deliverable by the Delivery Partner, all parties will engage in a joint discussion on the progress of the project. The discussion will be guided by the preliminary results of the SDG Tool application (Step 2) and will lead to an agreed assessment of the project.

4

PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS

UN-Habitat will compile an SDG Recommendations Report, which will provide recommendations to the Delivery Partner and the Cities Authorities to improve the quality of the project and ensure its sustainability beyond the Programme's timeframe.

5

IMPROVE THE PROJECT

Both the Delivery Partners and the City Authority will to take into consideration the recommendations of the SDG Recommendation Report to improve the quality of the project implementation and ensure its sustainability beyond the Programme's timeframe.

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