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DEVELOPING SDG INDICATORS FRAMEWORK Work of the UN Statistical Commission 2015-2016 and beyond

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Developing the Global SDG Indicators Framework

UN Statistical Commission

• 24 member states elected by the ECOSOC

• Observer states (most of the UN members)

• Non-member observer states

• Observer organizations (UN agencies, non-UN)

• NGOs (International Statistical Institute,…)

ECOSOC

Functional

Commissions

Statistical Commission

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Developing the Global SDG Indicators Framework Mandate by the GA negotiations

ECOSOC

Statistical Commission

GA

Integrovernmental negotiations

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Developing the Global SDG Indicators Framework Process defined by the UN Stat. Comm.

National Statistical Offices in the driving seat

Inter-Agencty Expert Group on SDG Indicators

(IAEG-SDG)

High Level Group on Partnership, Coordination and

Capacity Development (HLG)

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Developing the Global SDG Indicators Framework Inter-Agency Expert Group on SDG Ind.

1-2 June 2015, New York

11 Aug. – 14 Sep. 2015, Open consultation

26-28 October 2015, Bangkok

4-7 November 2015, Open consultation

9-15 December 2015, Open consultation

28 January 2016, Briefing to the GA

8-11 March 2016, UN Statistical Commission

30 March – 1 April 2016, Mexico City

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Developing the Global SDG Indicators Framework

240 global SDG indicators

Interlinkages

Multi-purpose

Breakdown

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Developing the Global SDG Indicators Framework

240 global SDG indicators

General agreement

Alternatives & Unresolved

More discussions needed

Tier I

Tier II

Tier III

• Conceptually clear • Established methodology • Regularly collected

• Conceptually clear • Established methodology • Not regularly collected

• No established methodology • Being developed / tested

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Developing the Global SDG Indicators Framework

Decisions

of the 47th session of the

UN Statistical Commission

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Item 3(a) Framework of indicators for the 2030 Agenda

Decision 1

Adopted initial framework of 240 global indicators

• Establish Tier system

• Develop methodologies for Tier III

• Work on definitions and standards with a view of comparability

Global reporting, may not be applicable to the

national context

Compilation of indicators based on the comparable

and standardized national statistics

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Item 3(a) Framework of indicators for the 2030 Agenda

Decision 2

High Level Group on Partnership, Coordination and

Capacity Development (HLG)

• Focal point for coordinating with partners

• Addressing data and statistical gaps pertaining to SDGs

UN World Forum on Sustainable Development Data

Statistical Capacity Development

• Joint subgroup of the HLG and IAEG-SDG

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Item 3(e) System of Environmental Econ. Accounting (SEEA) \

Decision 6

Committee of Experts on Environmental Economic

Accounting (SEEA)

• Contribute to the development of metadata for relevant SDG indicators (ref.: Decision 1)

• Scale up implementation of SEEA

• SEEA Central Framework

• SEEA Experimental Ecosystem Accounting

• In-depth training courses

• Finalize SEEA Energy and SEEA Agriculture

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Item 3(k) Climate change statistics

Decision 12

Capacity development in environment statistics

• Regional

• Sub-regional

• National

Existing frameworks

• Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

• UNECE Task Force on Climate-Change Statistics

• Multi-year programme of the Statistical Commission

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Item 3(m) Regional statistical development n Western Asia

Decision 14

Improved regional cooperation and

coordination in statistical capacity development

Addressing requests from countries in the

region

Challenges – new data requirements for the

development of the SDG indicators

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Developing the Global SDG Indicators Framework

The work continues

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