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ca). Peg is a community indicator system for
Winnipeg, Canada, led by the International
Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and
United Way Winnipeg (UWW). Peg’s mission is
to “track progress on key community indicators
and inspire action for lasting and positive
change.” Peg was officially launched in 2013,
after 2 years of community engagement to determine the indicator framework, and has acted as a
sign post for measuring well-being and sustainability across the community since that time. In
2018, Peg was relaunched with the new TrackingProgress CIS platform and became the first
Canadian city to track local progress on the
SDGs. Currently, Peg collects and posts data for
over 60 indicators within 8 theme areas, highlights linkages between the indicators and the
SDGs, and provides data that supports local
decision- making and action.
8.4.2 Peg: 2009–2012 Determining
What to Measure
Peg’s indicator framework was developed
between 2009 and 2011 through an extensive
engagement process with a diverse range of
stakeholder experts and community members.
This process served to explore the concept of
well-being and determine which measures to
implement. The indicator selection process was
aided by various thematic indicator working
groups. Meetings were held with each group to
introduce the concept of a CIS, review background research for each theme, and determine
the final set of indicators. The original framework
consisted of 8 theme areas with 64 indicators.
While the project team considered the indicator set to be representative of overall well-being,
there were data gaps across the theme areas.
These gaps existed because either the data did not
exist; there was a reluctance from data holders to
share information; there was concern that sharing
the data may result in potential harm; the data
was not collected at regular intervals; there were
changes in data collection methodology; or the
data required complex calculations. Over time,
Peg has taken an incremental approach to the
indicators by annually reviewing existing indicators to ensure data quality and consistency and
filling potential data gaps where possible.
8.4.3 Peg 1.0 (2013–2018)
Measuring What Matters
Between 2013 and 2018, Peg has highlighted the
importance of using local data to improve community well-being in Winnipeg. Throughout
Peg’s first iteration, maintaining technology and
updating data consumed a large portion of the
team’s resources, placing a limited focus on communications. Despite this challenge, through
regular media connections, education-based programming, and partnerships to develop annual
reports, the CIS has developed a reputation as a
trustworthy source for local data and a tool for
decision-making.
Resources
The resources necessary to maintain Peg over the
course of a year include staff time, financial
resources, and technical expertise. The Peg project team consists of six core staff with varying
amounts of time committed to the project. There
are three project staff from each partner organization (IISD and UWW) with input and support
from both organizations’ leadership. Primary
responsibilities include indicator updates and
technology, communications, and community
engagement.
Technical expertise was needed to navigate
Peg 1.0 software for updating indicators and
interpreting data trends. One challenge for the
team was balancing resource allocations for data
updates and technology maintenance relative to
communications activities. As many resources
went to data updating and system maintenance,
fewer resources and staff time were available to
engage with Winnipeggers around trends in the
data.
Technology
The initial technology, innovative for its time,
was a custom-built, ontology-based system running on a Drupal platform with indicator updates
J. Temmer and S. Jungcurt
ca). Peg is a community indicator system for
Winnipeg, Canada, led by the International
Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and
United Way Winnipeg (UWW). Peg’s mission is
to “track progress on key community indicators
and inspire action for lasting and positive
change.” Peg was officially launched in 2013,
after 2 years of community engagement to determine the indicator framework, and has acted as a
sign post for measuring well-being and sustainability across the community since that time. In
2018, Peg was relaunched with the new TrackingProgress CIS platform and became the first
Canadian city to track local progress on the
SDGs. Currently, Peg collects and posts data for
over 60 indicators within 8 theme areas, highlights linkages between the indicators and the
SDGs, and provides data that supports local
decision- making and action.
8.4.2 Peg: 2009–2012 Determining
What to Measure
Peg’s indicator framework was developed
between 2009 and 2011 through an extensive
engagement process with a diverse range of
stakeholder experts and community members.
This process served to explore the concept of
well-being and determine which measures to
implement. The indicator selection process was
aided by various thematic indicator working
groups. Meetings were held with each group to
introduce the concept of a CIS, review background research for each theme, and determine
the final set of indicators. The original framework
consisted of 8 theme areas with 64 indicators.
While the project team considered the indicator set to be representative of overall well-being,
there were data gaps across the theme areas.
These gaps existed because either the data did not
exist; there was a reluctance from data holders to
share information; there was concern that sharing
the data may result in potential harm; the data
was not collected at regular intervals; there were
changes in data collection methodology; or the
data required complex calculations. Over time,
Peg has taken an incremental approach to the
indicators by annually reviewing existing indicators to ensure data quality and consistency and
filling potential data gaps where possible.
8.4.3 Peg 1.0 (2013–2018)
Measuring What Matters
Between 2013 and 2018, Peg has highlighted the
importance of using local data to improve community well-being in Winnipeg. Throughout
Peg’s first iteration, maintaining technology and
updating data consumed a large portion of the
team’s resources, placing a limited focus on communications. Despite this challenge, through
regular media connections, education-based programming, and partnerships to develop annual
reports, the CIS has developed a reputation as a
trustworthy source for local data and a tool for
decision-making.
Resources
The resources necessary to maintain Peg over the
course of a year include staff time, financial
resources, and technical expertise. The Peg project team consists of six core staff with varying
amounts of time committed to the project. There
are three project staff from each partner organization (IISD and UWW) with input and support
from both organizations’ leadership. Primary
responsibilities include indicator updates and
technology, communications, and community
engagement.
Technical expertise was needed to navigate
Peg 1.0 software for updating indicators and
interpreting data trends. One challenge for the
team was balancing resource allocations for data
updates and technology maintenance relative to
communications activities. As many resources
went to data updating and system maintenance,
fewer resources and staff time were available to
engage with Winnipeggers around trends in the
data.
Technology
The initial technology, innovative for its time,
was a custom-built, ontology-based system running on a Drupal platform with indicator updates
J. Temmer and S. Jungcurt