SUMO - Eltis

What is SUMO?
SUMO is a new system for the planning, monitoring and evaluation of
projects that through “soft measures” such as organisational routines or
information and knowledge-raising activities or communication, aim to
influence attitudes and behaviour. SUMO can be used to describe how
measures should be implemented. SUMO is adapted to evaluating
measures and can be used to produce cause and effect relationships.
SUMO is a further developed version of MOST-MET, adapted to Swedish
conditions in the field of road transport. MOST-MET is an evaluation
toolkit that was developed within the framework of an EU project on
Mobility Management 2000-2002.
SUMO is based on tested methods and an idea to measure effects at different
levels. The design of SUMO is simple and the methods included
are not significantly different from other guidelines for evaluations.
However, SUMO is unique in how its targets, indicators, and results can
be specified at different levels that follow on from each other. The
system using levels enables the early measurement of the impact of a
project where it is often difficult to show effects in the short term, as
much of the work is spent on changing attitudes and behaviour, which
is a process that takes time.
SUMO offers you an opportunity to effectively plan, implement, and
monitor mobility projects. By using this method you can measure the
type of behaviour-changing projects that have previously been difficult
or impossible to monitor. This report describes how to achieve this.
Vägverket
Swedish Road Administration
SE-781 87 Borlänge, Sweden.
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