Presentation by Mayor Ármann Kr. Ólafsson of Kópavogur, Iceland, on how they are using a custom Social Progress Portrait to advance the SDGs.

1. SOCIAL PROGRESS PORTRAIT IN
KÓPAVOGUR
The Path to Achieve Sustainable
and Resilient Societies
HLPF
New York, 16 July 2018 2018
Ármann Kr. Ólafsson, Mayor

2. RELATION BETWEEN SPI & SDG
Dim-
ension
Component Indicators Short description
Social Progress Index and
The sustainable Development Goals
BasicHumanNeeds
Nutrition
and
Basic
Medical
Care
Premature death < 50 yrs
Children´s vegetables consumption (
2 ≥ per day)
Children´s fruits consumption
( 2 ≥ per day)
Nursing care for senior citizen
No of deaths <50 yrs. per 10.000 inhabitants in
same age range
Children in primary school having vegetables min 2
per day last 7 days (ratio)
Children in primary school having fruits min 2 per
day last 7 days (ratio)
Average waiting time for nursing homes for senior
citizen
Here is the focus on access to reliable medical
care, as well as adequate nutrition.
Which is related to the SDGs´ number 2 and 3
about no hunger and health and wellness
Water
and
Sanitation
Quality of drinking water
Quality of sea water/sewage
Quality of surface water
Water Conductivity at 25 C° ( µ/cm)
Ratio: no of occasion w/ 43 enterococci or more per
100 ml
Ratio: no of occasion w/ 43 enterococci or more per
100 ml
Clean water and sanitation are essential to
survival and can drastically improve life
expectancy. Here is the focus on SDG no. 6 and
12.
Shelter
Onerous housing costs
Housing for disabled persons
Social housing
The proportion of people surveyed paying ≥ 50% of
revenues in housing
Average waiting time for housing for disabled
( waiting time - months )
Average waiting time for social housing - Renting
( waiting time - months )
Adequate living conditions are essential to safety,
health and human dignity.
Here the focus is on action towards goals no 3, 7
and 11.
Personal
Safety
Crime rates - Interpersonal violence
Crime rates: Burglaries
Crime rates: Sexual Offenses
Traffic accidents: Collisions
Traffic Accidents: Pedestrian and
cycling accidents
Feeling of safety
No. of notification to the Police per 1000 inhabitants
No. of notification to the Police per 1000 inhabitants
No. of notification to the Police per 10.000 inhabitants
No. of notification to the Police per 10.000 inhabitants
No. of notification to the Police per 10.000 inhabitants
How safe people feel in their neighborhood during darkness
(% of those who answered they feel save)
The fourth demension is reflecting on personal
safety. Safety is essential for the attainment of
health, peace, justice, and well-being. Her the
connections are towards SDG no. 3 and 16

3. Relation between SPI & SDG

4. Relation between SPI & SDG

5. Relation between SPI & SDG

6. Relation between SPI & SDG

7. PRIORITIZATION
169
85
41
28 Kópavogur municipality

8. NEXT STEPS
11.1 By 2030, ensure access for all
to adequate, safe and affordable
housing and basic services and
upgrade slums

9. PACE OF ADOPTION
• Newly elected city counsel all on board and on track
• Tested and tried, readily available tool
• Other Municipalities in Iceland are learning and hopefully joining us
• Nordregio, research institution of the Nordic Council