o:35827 Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals: Stepwise Benchmarking Approach en 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. Keywords: ELECTRE, multiple criteria decision aiding, stepwise benchmarking, sustainable development goals 1552101 1057-9214 1552099 10.1002/mcda.1838 2025-02-05T12:16:36.847Z 44 no 46 Ana Krstić Srejović Mladen Stamenković Univerzitet u Beogradu Ekonomski fakultet person 0000-0002-3838-878X Nemanja Vuksanović Univerzitet u Beogradu Ekonomski fakultet person 0000-0002-8522-7022 application/pdf 884064 https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:35827 no yes 1 70 1552253 11A03 Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis 31 3-4 e1838 2024