EU industrial development and innovation performance assessment under SDG 9: A LOPCOW based CoCoSo application

Authors : Eda Çınaroğlu

Pages : 91-98

Doi:10.18070/erciyesiibd.1678417

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Publication Date : 2025-08-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Sustainable development in today’s world offers an opportunity to foster economic growth, technological advancement, and social progress without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development outlines 17 goals and 169 tasks to guide this progress. The implementation of SDG 9 is critically significant in this context, and this paper aims to investigate it. This study assesses the performance of EU countries in developing robust infrastructure, promoting sustainable industry, and fostering innovation—key aspects of SDG 9. MultiCriteria Decision-Making (MCDM) methods are employed in this assessment. The analysis is based on 11 indicators. The LOPCOW technique is used to determine the relative importance of these indicators, while the CoCoSo method is applied to rank the EU countries’ performance on SDG9. According to the LOPCOW results, the most important criteria for assessing EU countries’ SDG 9 performance are rural population access to allseason roads (%) and the income gap in internet access (percentage points). The CoCoSo method reveals Denmark has the best SDG 9 performance among EU countries. Sweden and Finland are ranked second and third, respectively. In contrast, Hungary, the Slovak Republic, and Lithuania exhibit the lowest SDG 9 performance scores.
Keywords : İnovasyon performansı değerlendirmesi, Sürdürülebilir kalkınma, SDG 9, LOPCOW, CoCoSo.

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