Decision Support Tools

The Decision Support Tools Suite is a collection of platforms designed to transform decision-making in governance and development. This suite equips stakeholders with data-driven insights, up-to-date analytics, and adaptive planning capabilities to address complex challenges and optimise outcomes. 

With a focus on efficient resource allocation, strategic alignment, and responsive planning, these tools empower decision makers to make informed decisions that drive sustainable development.

Living Plans Portal

Your go-to platform for bringing development plans to life. Seamlessly track, update, and adapt strategic plans, ensuring alignment with changing priorities and on-the-ground realities.

Service Delivery Simulator

Empowering local governments in South Africa to embrace data-driven spatial planning and service delivery. This tool ensures resources are allocated efficiently and equitably, addressing the unique needs of each municipality and driving impactful, community-centered outcomes.

Children’s Climate Risk Index & Disaster Risk Model

Helping local governments identify where children are most vulnerable to climate and disaster risks. The tool combines hazard data and child vulnerability indicators to highlight priority areas for planning, targeted action, and more resilient communities.

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Wall-to-Wall Spatial Mapping

Streamline SDFs to bridge gaps and align priorities, ensuring municipal frameworks seamlessly connect with national spatial objectives for maximum impact.

Pilots in Progress

Atlas of Living Places

A dynamic geospatial platform that maps the layered realities of South Africa’s diverse spaces—from settlements and neighbourhoods to rural landscapes and city districts. By bringing these geographies together in one integrated system, it supports more connected spatial planning and decision-making.

Pilots in Progress