Indicators
The systems of indicators used to measure the results of social cohesion and inclusive development should be holistic and integrate a broad spectrum of topics. Below we propose a panel of indicators for monitoring a territorial development that is inclusive and ensures equal opportunities between different races, sexes and levels of income:
Social capital and equal opportunities
Social capital and equal opportunities
- Increased trust in democracy as a system of government
- Amount of studies and research that offer visibility to the target groups of social inclusion policies
- Level of consumption and access to services
- Digital gap
- Increased citizen participation in organizations
- Decrease in the number of victims of crime
- Existence of instruments to control corruption
- Decrease in rates of violence
- Frequency of social conflicts
Fight against poverty
Fight against poverty
- Rate of malnutrition
- Access to healthcare
- Access to drinking water
- Access to basic sanitation and sewage systems or septic tanks
- Access to electricity
- Access to consumer goods
- Social welfare index
- Level of income distribution
- Average level of education
- Percentage of early school leavers
Gender equality
Gender equality
- Percentage of time per day dedicated to paid and unpaid activities within the family, by gender
- Human capital training programs for equal conditions
- Percentage of women in executive, legislative or judicial positions
- Percentage of female mayors and city councilors
- Unsatisfied demand for family planning
- Maternal mortality rates
- Breakdown of personal data by gender
- Existence of gender indicators in relevant organizations
- Data processing that allows for crossing gender variables with other variables
Indigenous communities
Indigenous communities
- Percentage of registered indigenous citizens that can exercise their civil rights.
- Number of indigenous congressmen, women and mayors and local authorities that participate in validating municipal development projects and programs.
- Percentage of public investment assigned to improving the conditions of indigenous communities.
- Number of indigenous professionals working in the management and coordination of municipal/territorial planning services.
- Indigenous organizations and community councils are consulted prior to decisions being made that will affect them.
- Percentage of public investment used to finance leadership schools with an emphasis on indigenous communities.
- Percentage of self-demarcated territories.
- Mechanisms for permanent compensation of indigenous communities for environmental services.
- Sustainable development plans, programs and projects based on the cultural identity of indigenous communities.
- Recovering and applying the legal systems of indigenous communities.