In her working paper, Céline Ramstein follows up on the voluntary commitments of the Rio+20 conference and - especially in sections 2 and 3 - challenges issues of assessment and feasibility of the promises made. READ PAPER.

In part 6 of this discussion paper published by The Institute for Advanced Sustainablity Studies (IASS) Potsdam, concrete suggestions for the selection and measurement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are put forward building upon a previous critical consideration of the four key areas for the design of the SDGs. READ PAPER.

With a particular focus on health as an indicator to track progress across economic, social and environmental domains, this paper aims to identify specific health-related indicators to measure success in attaining sustainable development goals. READ PAPER.

This report by The Centre for International Governance Innovation does not only identify candidate goals to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015, but also proposes options for targets and indicators for each of the 12 goal areas in turn, contrasted with the current MDG targets and indicators. READ REPORT.

A set of Bellagio Principles for assessing progress toward sustainability was first published in 1996 and was subsequently used by local and international organizations in sustainability assessments. READ BROCHURE.

This briefing paper presents options for goals, targets and indicators that could help address conflict and violence as part of the post-2015 development framework. READ REPORT.

In part 4 of their policy brief, Stine Klapper and Nicole Kranz focus on the measurability of progress and success in attaining goals of sustainable development. READ POLICY BRIEF.

Apart from a general discussion of the post-2015 agenda, this paper proposes criteria for both thematic selection and measurement in section 3 and applies these criteria to a seemingly hard case of human rights and governance in section 4. READ PAPER.

In his paper, Professor Jeffrey D Sachs elaborates on the future process of transition from Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals and - especially in the course of the second half of the paper - proposes a replacement of traditional measures of economic performance by new multidimensional measures of wellbeing. READ PAPER.

In the run-up to 2015, it has become increasingly clear that we need to put "sustainable development" into practice by setting time bound, measurable goals and targets and monitor progress towards achieving them. READ REPORT

Indicators were developed and used in reporting progress towards the MDGs, the approach to developing SDGIs must be systematically strengthened. One way to achieve this would be by designing the SDGI process (and ultimately the indicator system itself) based on a coherent set of purpose-built principles. READ REPORT.