Dashboard of Sustainability screenshot: A number of indicators in the outer circle are combined to three sub-themes; the sub-themes are then condensed to a Policy Performance Index, PPI
TheDashboard of Sustainability is a free-of-charge, non-commercial software package configured to convey the complex relationships among economic, social, and environmental issues.The software is designed to help developing countries achieve theMillennium Development Goals and work towardssustainable development. The software package was developed by members of the Consultative Group on Sustainable Development Indicators (CGSDI),[1] and has been applied to quite a number of indicator sets, inter alia to the Millennium Development Goals indicators and the United NationsCommission on Sustainable Development indicators.
In 2002, Dashboard of Sustainability researchers Jochen Jesinghaus and Peter Hardi presented the Dashboard of Sustainability at theJohannesburg Summit[2] and the 2002World Social Forum inPorto Alegre.[3] It was also included in the resources for theOECD World Forum on Key Indicators.[4]
In January 2006,the Millennium Project utilized the Dashboard of Sustainability to conclude in their "State of the Future" report that global prospects for improving the overall health, wealth, and sustainability of humanity are slowly improving.[5] In February 2006, it was proposed that the Dashboard of Sustainability be utilized to combine and represent two or more of the following five frameworks presently used for developing sustainability indicators: domain-based, goal-based, issue-based, sectoral, and causal frameworks.[6]
MDG Dashboard screenshot showing gender equality map of Africa
Translating a spreadsheet into a dashboard is relatively straightforward, seeThe Manual, and numerous indicator sets have been translated into the dashboard format. While many of them are not publicly available, the following applications have been put online by their authors.
^Alexandre Gervásio de Sousa; Alethéia Ferreira da Cruz; Francis Lee Ribeiro: Aplicação do Dashboard of Sustainability na Avaliação da Sustentabilidade do Desenvolvimento Rural Local; Universidade Federal De Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brasil, in: XLIV Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia e Rural; Questões Agrárias, Educação no Campo e Desenvolvimento, Julho, 2006 – "Livro de ResumosArchived 2007-08-15 at theWayback Machine", obtained 22 May 2007
Dashboard of Sustainability: a free, non-commercial software which presents complex relationships between economic, social and environmental issues in a highly communicative format, aimed at decision-makers and citizens interested in Sustainable Development.
