https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:35827 doi:10.1002/mcda.1838 ISSN: 1057-9214 Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals: Stepwise Benchmarking Approach All rights reserved Keywords: ELECTRE, multiple criteria decision aiding, stepwise benchmarking, sustainable development goals Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis volume: 31 number: 3-4 startpage: e1838 ABSTRACT We present a multiple criteria decision aiding approach to monitor countries' progress on Sustainable Development Goals indi- cators and obtain policy measures for improvement. We do it using stepwise benchmarking, a method that provides recommen- dations on a country level and potential direction for improvement by providing direct and ideal benchmarks, pointing out areas where improvements can be achieved. The results from stepwise benchmarking are based on the underlying outranking proce- dure. To show the effectiveness of the approach, we used ELECTRE III as the method to rank European countries on the progress on equality of educational opportunities and then applied stepwise benchmarking to provide policy recommendations. This approach has the potential to evaluate progress and propose improvements to all aspects of the Sustainable Development Agenda. Funding: This work was supported by Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja. application/pdf 884064 bytes Krstić Srejović, Ana Stamenković, Mladen Vuksanović, Nemanja info:eu-repo/semantics/article eng 2024