Sustainable Infrastructure Foundation (SIF) - SOURCE

SIF, a not-for-profit Swiss foundation headquartered in Geneva, coordinates the provision of SOURCE. 

SOURCE is a multilateral project preparation platform led and funded by the MDBs, and which brings about systemic change in the way governments prepare, procure and implement their infrastructure projects. It provides a comprehensive map of all of the aspects that need to be taken into account in order to develop quality and sustainable infrastructure, covering governance, technical, economic, legal, financial, environmental and social issues. It uses sector-specific sets of questions that cover all the stages of the project cycle, spanning from project definition to operation and maintenance. SOURCE’s objective is to strengthen the capacity of project developers by providing:

• An online, secure and collaborative project management software, that can be connected to other databases, initiatives, platforms and tools;
• A structured and standardized methodology integrating multilateral best practices and standards, a practical access to curated knowledge products and tools as well as a knowledge management system to record, curate and manage lessons learnt and internal knowledge document;
• A communication platform between project stakeholders, reducing preparation and transaction costs, promoting transparency and consistency through the project cycle;
• A project promotion tool developed in liaison with private sector and investors; and
• A standardized database, with servers under the jurisdiction of the United Nations, structuring infrastructure project information to prepare dashboards and assess performance and sustainability of infrastructure.