| Criterion | Indicators |
| Stakeholder participation in policy-making | - Number of participating stakeholders - Involvement in the definition of strategic choices |
| Rules governing access to the resource | - Existence of an inventory of the resource to be managed - Involvement of other sectors in the leasing process - Controlling the development of the sector’s land tenure |
| Three pillars of sustainable management (economic, social and environmental) | - Involvement of local people in resource management - Existence of tax and royalty sharing mechanisms - Environmental protection - Contribution of the sector to economic growth through GDP and formal employment |
| Inter-sectoral coordination and provision of arbitration mechanisms | - Existence of a formal technical coordination body - Capacity of the coordination body to anticipate possible conflicts between actors - Fairness of arbitration procedures |
| Provision of a monitoring and evaluation mechanism | - Existence of a structure in charge of monitoring and evaluation in each ministry - Existence of a database and relevance of the data collected to inform the revision of the sector policy |