Table 5.

Framework for diagnosing institutional sustainability of solid biofuels

Institutional level assessed	Scope of the analysis		Category	Evaluation criteria
LEGAL—legislative and regulatory fulfillment	Legal framework determined by national and international laws and regulations	1	Compliance and surveillance	Compliance with legal regulations (environmental, labor, productive, commercial, access to natural resources, and land)
	Governmental regulatory organizations	2	Participation and efficiency	The nature of relations with regulatory bodies and agencies
ORGANIZATIONAL—fulfillment of internal rules and expectations	Internal rules	3	Self-regulation	Existence and fulfillment of standards and internal operating rules
	Internal management	4	Transparency	Transparent organizational structures for management and administration
	Participation in decision-making	5	Representativeness	Opportunities to participate in organization and in decision-making
	Power structures	6	Distribution of power	Ability and opportunities in decision making and access to resources
CONTEXT—responsiveness to impact on local communities	Local context	7	Social stability	Types of actions/interventions/relations with the local context and respect of local traditions and customs
	Information sharing and consensus building	8	Informality/Illegality	Costs and benefits to local communities are commensurate with local impact