1.1 The Process

The multi-criteria policy assessment has been built in different steps in order to facilitate the

analysis of possible policies by following each step in chronological order using the tools developed. It can be carried out following the 4-steps methodology:

 

Step 1. Relevance to local context

You have to decide if the policy suggestions make any sense in your local context or if, for some specific context-related reasons, it is not applicable

 

Step 2. Multi-criteria analysis of the outcomes of the actions

For those policies that are applicable you have here to analyse three main aspects in order to make an evaluation of different consequences in terms of financial costs, emissions, and potential economic savings.

 

Step 3. Assessment of other secondary benefits

For those policies that have obtained a positive evaluation in step 2, you have here to analyse other different aspects related to social, economic and environmental benefits that have not been taken into consideration before and that can help to make a more comprehensive evaluation of the indirect consequences of the policy.

 

Step 4. Final Evaluation

This part shows you a comprehensive result of your ratings for each policy analyzed. The results are represented by two cells coloured in red, yellow and green depending on the evaluation made. In particular, the green cell represents a good result, the yellow cell medium, and the red cell a negative result.