The 1st OECD Roundtable on Cities and Regions for the SDGs was held at the OECD Headquarters in Paris on 7 March 2019, within the scope of the OECD programme on A Territorial Approach to the SDGs. The Roundtable brought together cities, regions, national governments, international organisations, private sector and other key stakeholders to identify trends and challenges in the localisation of the SDGs, including the experiences and key findings from the pilots of the programme.

1. The European Commission’s science
and knowledge service
Joint Research Centre

2. Measuring SDGs progress in cities
and regions
Alice Siragusa, Claudia Baranzelli
OECD Roundtable on Cities and Regions for SDGs
Paris, 7th March 2019
JRC – Territorial Development Unit

3. Communities of Practice on Cities
Territorial modelling and indicators for
Europe and Africa
The Future of Cities
To strengthen the evidence base, within the EC
and with external stakeholders (from city level
to International Organisations)
Status and trends of urban areas in Europe,
Africa (+ Mediterranean Basin TBD)
First joint outcome of the CoP-CITIES
First step towards an urban observatory
The latest JRC Urban activities

4. Urban Data Platform & SDGs

5. An handbook for local authorities
European Handbook for the preparation of Voluntary Local Reviews on SDGs
 Goal:
→ Provide an overview of methods and data that can support the implementation and
monitoring of urban contribution to the 2030 Agenda
 Target audience:
→ Local and regional authorities
 Structure – two main sections:
→ Set of existing indicators at local level that can support the monitoring of the SDGs;
→ Methodology on how cities can integrate SDGs in their strategic activities.
 To be launched at the World Urban Forum 10 – February 2020
URBAN 2030 - Joint project DG REGIO - JRC

6. Local Indicators for the monitoring of the SDGs
 The European dimension of the SDG and the link with the EU SDGs
 Translationimplication of the goal at local scale
• Implication for the local policies
• Localization of the indicators
 Data available produced by EC or by other institutions (comparable for a
good number of cities).
 Example of proxy data available at local level that can be used to monitor
the SDGs
 Possible adaptation to other regions

7. Example: local indicator for SDG 3
Distance to the nearest
health facility at local, sub-
regional and regional level,
by 1km grid
Source: Kompil M., Jacobs-Crisioni C., Dijkstra
L. and Lavalle C., Forthcoming, Mapping access
to generic services in Europe: a market-
potential based approach, Sustainable Cities
and Society, ISSN: 2210-6707

8. Challenges for the local monitoring
 Completeness of coverage
 Availability of time series
 Comparability of cities in different countries
 Question of relevance (does the indicator provide relevant information on the
progress towards the SDG at city level?)
 Link to specific actions and investments

9. Any questions?
Thank You
alice.siragusa@ec.europa.eu
claudia.baranzelli@ec.europa.eu
Knowledge Centre for Territorial Policies
https://ec.europa.eu/knowledge4policy/territorial_en
Communities of Practice on Cities
https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/communities/en/community/cop-cities