Sustainable Governance Indicators (SGI)

The Sustainable Governance Indicators (SGI), produced by Bertelsmann Stiftung, evaluates the sustainability of policymaking and the quality of democratic governance in the areas of economic, social and environmental policy across 30 OECD and EU countries. The SGI focuses on three key dimensions: Democratic Government, Governing with Foresight, and Sustainable Policymaking. The Democratic Government dimension analyzes the extent to which state power is limited. The Governing with Foresight dimension explores the extent to which internal government instruments, processes and structures enable anticipatory governance. The Sustainable Policymaking dimension examines the extent to which selected areas of economic, social and environmental policy meet the challenges of sustainability.