Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Relevance¶

MIESC - Multi-layer Intelligent Evaluation for Smart Contracts

This document maps MIESC's contributions to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as required by the Digital Public Goods Standard.

Primary SDG Alignment¶

SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure¶

Target 9.1: Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure to support economic development and human well-being.

MIESC's contribution: - Blockchain infrastructure is increasingly critical for financial services, supply chains, and governance systems worldwide - MIESC strengthens this infrastructure by detecting vulnerabilities before deployment - The framework's 9-layer defense-in-depth approach provides comprehensive security coverage that single tools cannot achieve - Open-source availability ensures all blockchain developers have access to enterprise-grade security analysis, not just well-funded projects

Evidence (each claim points to its source artifact): - 95.8% recall on SmartBugs-curated (137/143 contracts) — see benchmarks/results/paper1_claims_matrix.json. The 43.2% best-single-tool (Slither) baseline is reported by Durieux et al., "Empirical Review of Automated Analysis Tools on 47,587 Ethereum Smart Contracts," ICSE 2020. - 92.5% recall on an EVMBench local high-severity extraction (multi-provider ensemble) — see benchmarks/results/paper1_claims_matrix.json. - 81.8% recall on 11 confirmed real-world DeFi exploits ($1.59B in combined losses, Cohen's κ=0.77) — produced by the exploit evaluation harness benchmarks/evaluate_exploits.py; narrative report at benchmarks/results/v5.1.6_deep_audit_rekt_report.md. - Mapped findings to 12 international security standards (ISO 27001, NIST CSF, etc.)

SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions¶

Target 16.5: Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms.

Target 16.6: Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels.

MIESC's contribution: - Smart contracts enable transparent, tamper-proof governance and financial systems - Vulnerabilities in these contracts undermine trust and enable exploitation - MIESC's compliance mapping (ISO 27001, NIST, OWASP) helps organizations meet regulatory requirements - The tool's transparency (open source, reproducible results) enables accountable security practices - Professional audit reports provide evidence for regulatory compliance

Evidence: - Compliance mapping to 12 international standards - Automated SARIF output integrates with institutional security workflows - Reports include CVSS scoring aligned with industry standards

SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals¶

Target 17.6: Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation.

Target 17.8: Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries.

MIESC's contribution: - Open-source framework freely available to developers worldwide - Bilingual documentation (English/Spanish) improves accessibility for Latin American developers - Local-first architecture (Ollama LLM) enables use without cloud dependencies or expensive API subscriptions - Plugin system enables community-driven security research contributions - Academic foundation supports knowledge transfer and capacity building

Evidence: - Published as open-source under AGPL-3.0 - Bilingual documentation (EN/ES) across all governance and user-facing documents - Docker images enable deployment without complex tool installation - Master's thesis research conducted in Argentina (South-South cooperation)

Secondary SDG Alignment¶

SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth¶

Target 8.10: Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all.

Contribution: DeFi (Decentralized Finance) protocols expand financial access. MIESC's DeFi-specific security profile ensures these protocols are safe for users, particularly in regions with limited traditional banking.

SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities¶

Target 10.c: Reduce to less than 3 per cent the transaction costs of migrant remittances.

Contribution: Blockchain-based remittance systems rely on secure smart contracts. MIESC helps ensure these systems are safe for the vulnerable populations that depend on them.

Impact Metrics¶

References¶

• UN Sustainable Development Goals
• Digital Public Goods Standard
• Blockchain for SDGs (UN)