About Susta-Info

Combining EU and UN-HABITAT research and practices

Susta-Info will support local authorities and experts in attaining sustainable development, by establishing a portal and web based database. Practitioners in Europe and beyond will have unconstrained access to information on sustainable development from the urban research programs supported by both UN-HABITAT and the European Commission.

For the EC side www.Susta-info.net will provide access to research projects funded under Key Action City of Tomorrow and Cultural Heritage of the 5th Framework program and the current 6th Framework Program projects on urban management, sustainable land use, water treatment and management, and urban mobility. The EU funded projects will be combined with urban research projects supported by UN-HABITAT and case studies from the UN-HABITAT best practices database.*

Using state-of-the art information technology to reach practitioners

Projects will be abstracted and categorized, so that they can be searched and accessed in a standard and comparable way. State-of-the-art information retrieval technology guarantees both good search results and access for all types of computer users. Dissemination activities will make Susta-Info known to at least 6,000 target users by the end of the project.

Stimulating international co-operation

The project will stimulate international co-operation among UN-HABITAT and the European Commission on the one hand and among local practitioners on the other.

*At present,  Susta-Info uses 4 languages: English, French, Spanish and German. However, all documents in the Susta-Info database are currently in English, in line with the prevailing global trend of English becoming the lingua franca of international development cooperation, as well as for practical reasons. Further expansion of the database will mean documents will eventually be added in other languages, ensuring Susta-Info's global accessibility.