This proposal is just a spectacular idea that is going to be implemented from a very experienced, previously funded and trusted team of people. The tools that have been created by now have all been very successful and widely used by the community members so i am inclined to believe that such a tool would have a great impact on the whole Cardano ecosystem, as well as, the proposing procedure. It greatly addresses the challenge as it is oriented in a cross-chain collaboration with projects like Cardano4Climate, Blockchain4Good Collective, Sustainable ADA and many more, some even based on the Project Catalyst concept (Catalyst School) and i think that this team has a lot to offer on this field, the cross-chain communication.

The project presents a continuation of previous funded rounds for research led by the team in linking UN sustainable development goals to projects funded by Catalyst. This proposal matches the challenge's guidelines since it attempts to cooperate with other teams leading similar efforts over other chains like Blockchain4good and also compares funded projects' sustainability goals alignment from Catalyst for other chains having similar funding paradigms. This project helps the ecosystem grow in the NGO and similar organizations' space. Plus, it shows the value and impact of our projects in real life and advocates for the importance of crypto indirectly. As mentioned, the project has a global impact since its analysis is done under the UN sustainable development goals and its ability to scale is paramount to its ability to create a larger framework of analysis where multiple chains and organizations are involved which is what this proposal is about. I look forward to seeing the team's report.

Yes this proposal effectively addresses the challenge by exploring alignment between blockchain grant/funding programs (like Catalyst) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As the SDGs are blockchain agnostic and apply more broadly than tech, there is likely a significant opportunity to link our efforts on Cardano to other chains seeking to address these same global goals.

The team clearly has thought their proposal through and does an excellent job framing their exploratory research, not necessarily as a ground breaking advances, but instead a check on where we are at and how we are doing. The more we can identify our common missions across chains will certainly help reduce the silos we often find ourselves in.

One thing that I think could make the project even stronger would be to submit the final reports and findings to the UN itself. Perhaps there could be a way to link the community's efforts to the broader UN network. While not necessary for the proposal itself, there is likely much good that could come from expanding our reach into these well established entities.

The problem statement of the proposal is that connecting UN framework like SDGs requires analysis + evaluation. But why? Why do we want to connect SDGs with UN framework? (with respect to the challenge setting). This is not very clear, and if so, it is not emphasized and from my perspective, the proposal lacks clarity. Nonetheless, the proposal aims to perform an analysis of all funded proposals at the end of F9, and deliver PPT + article where the results of this analysis will be displayed. I believe, that it will include some charts showing how many proposals are solving SDGs and which SDG in particular, and as I came to understanding, it will be an information source for public or stakeholders. I must say, that I am not really sure how is this aligned with the cross-chain collaboration – yes, it can possibly attract new people who are very initiative when talking about SDGs, but other than that, I see it more as a research, and I did not find any supporting information, how this will create new, or enhance current cross-chain partnerships directly. In the proposal, it is also stated that the team is currently exploring a possibility to perform the same comparative analysis within Gitcoin grants or that possible collaboration is in play with other researchers from another chain, but even if performed, there is no supporting information what impact it will bring on Cardano, with respect to the challenge goal.

There is a roadmap with milestones in it and some key metrics needed to measure the success of the proposal. It is mentioned that there will be quantitative and qualitative results and learnings from findings into how Fund 9 Project Catalyst funded proposals are connected to the UN SDGs and they are indeed quantified as the amount of USD needed to finance impact. The progress of the proposal can be tracked though the site provided and that is an important fact for the auditability of the proposal. All points included, i think that this proposal has more than suffiecient information to audit the progress and the success of it. Well done to the team members!

The team presents an extensive roadmap including all necessary details and joined with milestones that will help the community judge their development. Furthermore, the team presents a report by the end of their project joined with a power-point for all the community to review and get insights about the funded project and its relation to UN sustainable development goals. The detailed budget presented also shows the team's exact spending which shows their transparency. The delivery date is not mentioned explicitly since it highly depends on the analysis being done. The team also sets some goals to be achieved from this research like the comparison to other chain and further collaboration with similar organization for better insights into the community. Furthermore, the community has no problem so far with this team's auditing and delivery which raises confidence in their ability and ease of auditing. The team prides its ability to collaborate and is open to any audit or criticism from the community.

Yes, the information provided is sufficient to audit the progress and the success of the proposal.

One thing that inspires confidence in the ability to audit the proposal is that all the findings will be open source and freely available on the team's website. This means that voters and community members both in and out of Cardano will be able to follow up on how the team is doing, and by extension how Cardano is doing to meet the SDGs. This type of approach is welcome in Cardano and will be the end goal for most projects, and the protocol as a whole. By committing to this approach now, the team is portraying their commitment to this objective.

As mentioned above, the team has an excellent track record of being funded and delivering on their items. They have a very useful and engaging website that will be used to track all of their indicators. One thing that could be strengthened here is more granularity around which chains they plan to work with. While they list "other chains" several times more specifics would help demystify this section. However, they do list gitcoin as their first volley so perhaps this is enough.

Overall, this is an excellent proposal and I wish the team best of luck in the voting stage.

With the respect to the audit, I am not sure if we can track the progress, because milestones are outlined on a high level, and we know only that the results will be collected by the end of November and published at the end of December. Nevertheless, the results of the analyses will be published on public channels, which we can verify at the very end of the roadmap. Also, the proposer state that the success of the proposal is to have qualitative and quantitative analyses of F9 + another chain, but since there is no plan to perform the analysis of the another chain, we can not really keep the track with it.