Evaluation of the Sustainable Cities Initiative

6.0 Recommendations

It is recommended that the Director General, Sustainable Technologies and Services Industries Branch consider implementing the following if SCI is renewed:

• clarification and better communication of SCI's objectives so that all stakeholders know whether it is a trade development or a development assistance program. If it is to be a combination of trade and development assistance, then a horizontal initiative involving departments and/or agencies with the appropriate mandate needs to be established;
• more rigorous application of the existing city selection criteria;
• better matching of the language skills of IC SCI staff with the requirements of the cities with which they are working;
• better alignment of the number of cities SCI is active in with SCI's actual staff levels.