• Track 02
• SDGs

The Regional Sustainable Development Plan (PRSS) is Lombardy’s five-year policy planning framework, designed to place sustainability at the centre of regional decision-making. The Plan translates the long-term vision set out in the Regional Sustainable Development Strategy (SRSvS, 2021) into concrete commitments for the government’s five-year mandate.

Until 2023, each legislature adopted a Regional Development Plan to guide its five-year mandate. With the start of the XII Legislature, Lombardy introduced the Regional Sustainable Development Plan (PRSS) to signal its commitment to integrating sustainability across all areas of regional programming, rather than treating it as a separate or primarily environmental issue.

Linking Regional Priorities to the SDGs

The PRSS is organized around seven thematic pillars, each mapped to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This creates a direct link between regional priorities and the global goals.

The Plan takes a cross-cutting approach, focusing on high-impact objectives that are intended to generate public value across different policy areas.

Monitoring Progress Across Multiple Dimensions

A key feature of the PRSS is its multidimensional monitoring system, which assesses progress through four complementary perspectives such as user impact, economic and financial performance, regulatory simplification and innovation and sustainability. This approach provides a broader view of policy performance than traditional binary measures of success.

To maintain consistency with the region’s long-term sustainability strategy, the PRSS uses approximately 70 contextual indicators drawn directly from the Regional Sustainable Development Strategy. This creates a clear link between the five-year government programme and Lombardy’s longer-term sustainability objectives.

A Dynamic Planning Framework

The PRSS is part of a dynamic policy cycle and is updated annually through the Regional Economic and Financial Document (DEFR). This allows the regional administration to adapt its priorities in response to emerging challenges and changes in the socio-economic context.

Transparency and AccountabilityProgress is tracked through Lombardia Infatti, an open-access web platform that monitors both strategic and output indicators.

By integrating the SDGs into the region’s mandatory planning and financial documents, the PRSS helps ensure that sustainable development objectives are supported by the allocation of regional, national, and European resources.