Jacksonville

• Florida Times-Union,JCCI studied as model for solving community problems, May 20, 2000
  
• Florida Times-Union,Grass-roots Solutions, May 17, 2000

Florida

• The Florida Sustainable Communities Center includes a section called Jacksonville's Indicators Program Reaches for Sustainability. In Part One, Associate Editor Michael Lehman discusses How They Did It--What They Did.  Part Two focuses on The Keys to Jacksonville's Success.  Part Three concludes with Jacksonville Leaders on JCCI.  In a follow-up, they include Jacksonville Community Council Releases Annual Updates.

United States

• Building Community: In the American Tradition discusses JCCI's work from both practical-application and philosophical viewpoints.
   
• The Institute for Sustainable Development reviews JCCI's Quality of Life Indicators Project.
   
• A Community Indicators Case Study: Addressing the Quality of Life in Two Communities, by Kate Besleme, Elisa Erquiaga, and Judith Silverstein (March 1999, 44 pp.) PDF document: requires Adobe Acrobat Reader (below).
   
• The Pew Partnership has selected JCCI for Wanted: Solutions for America. Read about JCCI on their website.
   
  • Sharing what works: JCCI program held up as national model, September 15, 1998
     
• Paul Epstein, Lyle Wray, Martha Marshall, and Stuart Grifel discuss JCCI in Engaging Citizens in Achieving Results that Matter: A Model for Effective 21st Century Governance (February 2000)
   
• Pat Dusenbury's article for the Urban Institute, Communicating with Citizens about Government Performance, compares JCCI's results with those in North Carolina and Minnesota.
   
• Miriam Axel-Lute describes JCCI as "One community group, many experts" in Town & Gown: Making Research Serve Communities' Needs (ShelterForce Magazine, November/December 1999).
   
• The Coalition for Healthier Cities and Communities and the International Healthy Cities Foundation identify JCCI's "outstanding example" in Community Building in Jacksonville, FL
   
• The Sustainable Community Roundtable highlights JCCI in Indicators: The State of the Art
   
• The Loka Institute describes JCCI's community-based study processes in Democratic Research: Making A Difference (February 1996)
   
• The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives presented A Local Government Handbook: Accelerating Community Sustainability in the 21^st Century in Spring 2002.  JCCI is the model for "Milestone Five." Microsoft Word document.
   
• Daphne Greenword's article, Local Indicators of Quality of Life: A Preliminary Look at the Pikes Peak Region, for the Center for Colorado Policy Studies shows how JCCI's indicator model can be adapted for other communities.  PDF document: requires Adobe Acrobat Reader (below).

Australia

• In Community and social indicators: How citizens can measure progress, an overview of social and community indicator projects in Australia and internationally, JCCI's work helps Australia understand "that the process is the product."  (November 2000) PDF version also available: requires Adobe Acrobat Reader (below).

Brazil

• The Instituto Paraná Desenvolvimento used JCCI consulting services in creating its Empreendedorismo Cívico (Civic Entrepreneurship) and Qualidade de Vida das Comunidades (Community Quality of Life) programs.  Learn about the program and JCCI as a case study for civic involvement in the XVI CURSO DE FORMAÇÃO DE EMPREENDEDORES CÍVICOS course description. See Chapter 13 in particular -- "Jacksonville e a Pedagogia da Verdade" Portuguese only
   
• Analúcia Faggion Alonso praises JCCI as an international model in the cover story to the May 2002 magazine Integração - A Revista Eletrônica do Terceiro Setor, "A Contribuição do Terceiro Setor na Qualidade de Vida em Favelas" (The Third Sector Contribution to Neighborhood Quality of Life). The article points to a 2000 study where JCCI's indicators were adapted to a specific neighborhood (Monte Azul) in order to measure, then improve, circumstances for the residents. Portuguese only

Canada

• Martha Marshall, Lyle Wray, Paul Epstein, and Stuart Grifel write 21st Century Community Focus: Better Results by Linking Citizens, Government, and Performance Measurement for the Citizen Participation Centre at the Institute on Governance.  JCCI demonstrates how to link the three together. 
   
• Catherine Podeszfinski develops transportation indicators for the Conseil régional en environnement et en développement durable de l'Outaouais (CREDDO) based on JCCI's model in LES INDICATEURS POTENTIELS DE TRANSPORT DURABLE (Autumn 2001). French only
   
• The Yukon Sustainable Progress Indicators: Framework, Indicators and Implementation Approach for Reviewing the Yukon Economic Strategy uses JCCI's indicators as one of several case studies in developing their own indicator set through community involvement. (March 2000) PDF document: requires Adobe Acrobat Reader (below).
   
• The October 2001 Communities in Action Bulletin from the United Way of the Lower Mainland in British Columbia recommends JCCI's model for its member communities.  Read how our northern neighbors are using JCCI's work! PDF document: requires Adobe Acrobat Reader (below).

Germany

• Heike Koitka: Indicators, a Tool for Joint Implementation - The Cases of Jacksonville and Oregon, 2001 (English), Universitaet Dortmund, Fakultaet Raumplanung PDF document: requires Adobe Acrobat Reader (below).
  
• Birkmann, J. & Koitka, H. & Kreibich, V. & Lienenkamp, R. (1999): Aktuelle Indikatorenkonzepte .-In: Indikatoren fur eine nachhaltige Raumentwicklung - Methoden und Konzepte der Indikatorenforschung .- Dortmunder Beitrage zur Raumplanung, 173 Seiten, 96, Dortmund. (Current indicator concepts: Indicators for lasting regional development -- Methods and concepts of  indicator research.) JCCI's model for community change.  German only.  PDF document: requires Adobe Acrobat Reader (below).

Italy

• In Ricerca su: i casi di eccellenza dello sviluppo sostenibile (The search for excellent cases of sustainable development), Progretto Life uses JCCI to demonstrate how to establish a community program for sustainable development. Italian only

Korea

• If you read Korean, will you tell us what this says?  Thanks!  http://www.scienceshop.or.kr/index.php?pg=2&np=21 Korean only

Latin America

• La Federación Latinoamericana de Ciudades, Municipios y Asociaciones (FLACMA), Sección Regional de la Unión Internacional de Autoridades Locales (IULA) (Latin American Federation of Cities, Municipalities and Associations, Regional Section of the International Union of Local Authorities) provides a case study of JCCI and specific community improvements traced to it in RESEÑAS DE MEJORES PRÁCTICAS. Spanish only

Singapore

• Dr. Foo Tuan Seik explains how JCCI's "pioneer and longitudinal QOL benchmarking project" serves as a "fine real-life model" for Singapore's efforts to measure and improve its quality of life.  See Subjective Assessment of Urban Quality of Life in Singapore for the details.  PDF document: requires Adobe Acrobat Reader (below).

Spain

• Indicadores de calidad para el progreso: la vida en Jacksonville, Florida (Estados Unidos) identifies JCCI as a "Buenas Prácticas" (Best Practices) and discusses its impact on the local community. Spanish only

Ukraine

• The United Nations Electronic Information Center in Kiev, Ukraine, lists JCCI under its  Register of best international practices in the field of sustainable development. Look for JCCI under “civic engagement and cultural vitality.” In English; Russian version also available.

Zimbabwe

• Mavis Chidzonga, parliament member from Zimbabwe, explains why she came to visit JCCI in City draws international attention, July 8, 1997

United Nations

• The United Nations' Earth Summit+5 recognized JCCI in Success Stories from the United States of America