Monitoring and reporting

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Key performance indicators (reference indicators): ARI and TRIs

The SDC has established a system of reference indicators to monitor the implementation of Switzerland’s International Cooperation Strategy 2025-2028 (IC Strategy).This system of key performance indicators follows the four objectives of the IC strategy and includes the Aggregated Reference Indicators ARI as well as the Thematic Reference Indicators TRI.

Whereas the ARIs focus at output level and allow to communicate on selected achievements across a wide range of situations and countries, the TRIs allow measuring progress towards outcomes to which the SDC contributes and can thus be used for steering.

Accordingly, C/D/E activities of SDC are monitored through a set of C/D/E specific ARIs and TRIs, which occasionally can be complemented by Context Specific Indicators CSI. These performance indicators are reported to and monitored through the SDC’s Results Data Management RDM system.

The ARI and TRIs should be used as much and as often as possible within operational projects/programmes and cooperation/programme frameworks, to allow for an aggregation and consolidation of SDC activities for thematic monitoring at the level of the institution.

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Financial monitoring through Policy Markers (Rio Marker assignments)

The monitoring and reporting on the integration of transversal themes or specific objectives linked to international commitments like Rio or Busan targets as well as on the related allocated resources (e.g. climate finance) is done through Policy Markers (PM), which allow for the identification of activities targeted to different policy objectives.

The C/D/E area is covered by four different Rio PMs (biodiversity, desertification, climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation) and one Policy Marker for DRR:

👉🏼more information on these Policy Markers
👉🏼additional information on climate finance