diff --git a/app/models/abilities/everyone.rb b/app/models/abilities/everyone.rb
index 5f9dcb3a5..b32e115e3 100644
--- a/app/models/abilities/everyone.rb
+++ b/app/models/abilities/everyone.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ module Abilities
       can [:search, :comments, :read, :create, :new_comment], Legislation::Annotation
 
       can :read, ::SDG::Goal
+      can :read, ::SDG::Phase
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/sdg/phase.rb b/app/models/sdg/phase.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b5f5aa24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/sdg/phase.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class SDG::Phase < ApplicationRecord
+  enum kind: %w[sensitization planning monitoring]
+  validates :kind, presence: true, uniqueness: true
+
+  def self.[](kind)
+    find_by!(kind: kind)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20210107125458_create_sdg_phases.rb b/db/migrate/20210107125458_create_sdg_phases.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b4e19b89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20210107125458_create_sdg_phases.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class CreateSDGPhases < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  def change
+    create_table :sdg_phases do |t|
+      t.integer :kind, null: false
+      t.index :kind, unique: true
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 3165e920f..94cfb14ca 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_06_132909) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_07_125458) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pg_trgm"
@@ -1333,6 +1333,13 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_01_06_132909) do
     t.index ["user_id"], name: "index_sdg_managers_on_user_id", unique: true
   end
 
+  create_table "sdg_phases", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.integer "kind", null: false
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+    t.index ["kind"], name: "index_sdg_phases_on_kind", unique: true
+  end
+
   create_table "sdg_relations", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "related_sdg_type"
     t.bigint "related_sdg_id"
diff --git a/db/sdg.rb b/db/sdg.rb
index f81741e77..a7cef491c 100644
--- a/db/sdg.rb
+++ b/db/sdg.rb
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ end
 ].each do |code|
   SDG::Target.where(code: code, goal: SDG::Goal.find_by!(code: code.split(".").first)).first_or_create!
 end
+
+SDG::Phase.kinds.values.each { |kind| SDG::Phase.where(kind: kind).first_or_create! }
diff --git a/spec/factories/sdg.rb b/spec/factories/sdg.rb
index 9495a4114..a9dc94e4e 100644
--- a/spec/factories/sdg.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/sdg.rb
@@ -14,4 +14,8 @@ FactoryBot.define do
 
     target { SDG::Target[code.rpartition(".").first] }
   end
+
+  factory :sdg_phase, class: "SDG::Phase" do
+    kind { :sensitization }
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/lib/tasks/db_spec.rb b/spec/lib/tasks/db_spec.rb
index b556b41b4..31448853c 100644
--- a/spec/lib/tasks/db_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/tasks/db_spec.rb
@@ -9,27 +9,33 @@ describe "rake db:load_sdg" do
 
   it "populates empty databases and assigns targets correctly" do
     SDG::Goal.destroy_all
+    SDG::Phase.destroy_all
 
     run_rake_task
 
     expect(SDG::Goal.count).to eq 17
     expect(SDG::Target.count).to eq 169
     expect(SDG::Target["17.1"].goal.code).to eq 17
+    expect(SDG::Phase.count).to eq 3
   end
 
   it "does not create additional records on populated databases" do
     expect(SDG::Goal.count).to eq 17
     expect(SDG::Target.count).to eq 169
+    expect(SDG::Phase.count).to eq 3
 
     goal_id = SDG::Goal.last.id
     target_id = SDG::Target.last.id
+    phase_id = SDG::Phase.last.id
 
     run_rake_task
 
     expect(SDG::Goal.count).to eq 17
     expect(SDG::Target.count).to eq 169
+    expect(SDG::Phase.count).to eq 3
     expect(SDG::Goal.last.id).to eq goal_id
     expect(SDG::Target.last.id).to eq target_id
+    expect(SDG::Phase.last.id).to eq phase_id
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/abilities/everyone_spec.rb b/spec/models/abilities/everyone_spec.rb
index 81b82dcd5..7aaa1e1c5 100644
--- a/spec/models/abilities/everyone_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/abilities/everyone_spec.rb
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ describe Abilities::Everyone do
 
   it { should be_able_to(:read, SDG::Goal) }
   it { should_not be_able_to(:read, SDG::Target) }
+  it { should be_able_to(:read, SDG::Phase) }
 
   it { should_not be_able_to(:read, SDG::Manager) }
   it { should_not be_able_to(:create, SDG::Manager) }
diff --git a/spec/models/sdg/phase_spec.rb b/spec/models/sdg/phase_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..160d09c25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/sdg/phase_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+describe SDG::Phase do
+  let(:phase) { build(:sdg_phase) }
+  before { SDG::Phase["sensitization"].destroy }
+
+  it "is valid with a valid kind" do
+    phase.kind = "sensitization"
+
+    expect(phase).to be_valid
+  end
+
+  it "is not valid without a kind" do
+    phase.kind = nil
+
+    expect(phase).not_to be_valid
+  end
+
+  it "is not valid with a duplicate kind" do
+    phase.kind = "planning"
+
+    expect(phase).not_to be_valid
+  end
+
+  it "is not valid with a custom kind" do
+    expect { phase.kind = "improvement" }.to raise_exception(ArgumentError)
+  end
+
+  describe ".[]" do
+    it "finds existing phases by kind" do
+      expect(SDG::Phase["monitoring"].kind).to eq "monitoring"
+    end
+
+    it "raises an exception on empty databases" do
+      SDG::Phase["monitoring"].destroy!
+
+      expect { SDG::Phase["monitoring"] }.to raise_exception ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
+    end
+
+    it "raises an exception for non-existing kinds" do
+      expect { SDG::Phase["improvement"] }.to raise_exception ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid
+    end
+  end
+end