The overall objective of the the insitution is to support the preparation an SDG Investor Map for South Africa to help public and private sector stakeholders to identify investment opportunity areas that can contribute to addressing the sustainable development needs of the country being mapped, while establishing effective synergies with the country’s national and sector-specific policy priorities. Namely, the objective is to successfully identify, assess and analyze data sources and existing national planning model and frameworks feeding into the development of the mapping.

The work will be an iterative research-intensive process with close interaction and cooperation with multiple public and private sector stakeholders.

The key pillar of the work is to identify, assess, model and analyse the existing national priorities and data sources to feed into the development of the mapping—namely public and private sources of secondary research including government documents, published legislation, regulatory guidance around sustainable development, national investment plans, and sector maps, investment reports and other research from entities pertaining to national and local investment needs. These data sources must be first identified and collected (with sources and citations recorded), discussed and agreed with the CO team and Project Manager, then assessed and analysed for relevant information to populate the proposed Excel template provided. To arrive at this level the methodology is defined in the Guidance document and listed below.

The work will be carried out in line with the UNDP’s SDG Investor Map methodology, and in concert with the chosen SDG Map Project Manager from the UNDP Country Office, along the following main directions.