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1. Self-assessing local sustainable development
in Europe
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2. Why and for who?
Local authorities and stakeholders:
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the local process
for sustainable development in our municipality?
Have we progressed on the way towards sustainable
development? What improvements could we make?
Policy-makers and researchers:
How are local authorities across Europe implementing
processes for local sustainable development?
Are they making progress towards sustainable
development? In which areas do they need further support?
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3. How does it work?
Online, easy-to-use tool for local authorities to self-assess their
local process and progress towards sustainability
Available in 20 European languages
Questions answered by both local authority and stakeholders
Evaluation reports with individualised feedback through
automatic processing by a specifically designed data base
Regular updates and comparisons over time possible
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4. What are the questions?
The 10 sections of the questionnaire:
Your municipality
The local process for sustainable development
Actors in the local process for sustainable development
Empowerment strategies
The local action plan for sustainable development
Orientation and vision
Implementation
Progress
Evaluation
Linkages
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5. Choose your language
The self-
assessment can
be completed in
20 different
languages
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6. Welcome / About
Find out how
the tool can be
useful for you
and how both
local authority
and
stakeholders
can be involved
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7. Evaluation
Complete a test
assessment and
find out how
your evaluation
report will be
structured
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8. Login
Register for
access details
Log in to the
questionnaire
area
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9. Questionnaire area
Answer by
ticking boxes or
choose from
drop-down lists
Use the
guidance if you
need help with
questions
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10. Register Stakeholders
Register
stakeholders
to receive their
additional
feedback
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11. Receive your report
Have your score
compared to the
overall average,
to all cities of
similar size,
and to all cities
of your country
Get detailed
feedback on
each of the 11
evaluation
criteria
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12. The benefits
Intensive self-reflection on your own local process for
sustainable development
Opportunity to analyse strengths and weaknesses and
act upon findings
Joint evaluation by local authority and stakeholders
Benchmarking with other cities across Europe
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