Global Initiatives in Support of Measurements of SDGs

UN Statistics division

Taking Collective Action to Accelerate Transformation of Official Statistics for Agenda 2030

27–28 March 2017 , Bangkok

48th Session of the Statistical Commission adopts the global indicator framework for SDGS and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Resolution

Adopts the global indicator framework for the Sustainable Development Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, developed by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goals Indicators, as annexed in the present resolution, and agreed upon by the United Nations Statistical Commission at its 48th session in March 2017 as voluntary and country led instrument. The global indicator framework includes, inter-alia, the initial set of indicators that will be refined and comprehensively reviewed by the UN Statistical Commission at its fifty-first session in 2020 and its fifty-sixth session in 2025. Such set of indicators will be complemented by indicators at the regional and national levels which will be developed by the Member States

Agenda 2030 and SDGs

National Development Policies, Plans and Programmes

Integrated into

Building National Statistical Systems to measure SDGs Developing SDG Indicator Framework and Indicators

Regional Frameworks/Action

Plans

National

Indicators

Regional

Indicators

Global

Indicators National

SDG indicators

Develop

National SDG

Indicators

Develop Strategies

and Plans for

Strengthening of

National Statistical

System

(Transformative)

Assess

Capacity of

National

Statistical

System (NSS)

Systematically

implement

Strategies and

Plans

Cape Town Global Action Plan

Building National Statistical Systems to measure SDGs

Cape Town Global Action Plan The Cape Town Global Action Plan for Sustainable Development Data proposes six strategic areas, each associated with several objectives and related implementation actions.

Strategic Area 1: Coordination and strategic leadership on data for sustainable development

Strategic Area 2: Innovation and modernization of national statistical systems

Strategic Area 3: Strengthening of basic statistical activities and programmes, with particular focus on addressing the monitoring needs of the 2030 Agenda

Strategic Area 4: Dissemination and use of sustainable development data

Strategic Area 5: Multi-stakeholder partnerships for sustainable development data

Strategic Area 6: Mobilize resources and coordinate efforts for statistical capacity building

SDG Indicators: challenges and opportunities

SDG Indicators

Scope

230+ indicators

Granularity

Data disaggregation

Quality

Timeliness reliability

Eco-system

Digital transformation

Data sources

Big Data

Data community

Data providers & producers

Modernisation

Integration & Standardisation

Interoperability

Methodology

Mix-mode

Institutional environment

Resources & Capability

Infrastructure

IT & applications

Know-how

HR development

Leadership

Coordination

Partnership

Challenges Opportunities Capacity Building

A few global initiatives Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators

- Development and refinement of SDG indicators and methodological work Data

disaggregation, Working Groups on Geospatial information and SDMX High Level Group on Partnerships, Cooperation and Capacity Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

-Strategic leadership for SDG implementation – Cape Town Global Action Plan, Guidance on the content of the UN World Data Forum

Global database on SDG indicators Intersecretariat Working Group on Household Surveys

- Harmonization of global household survey programme

Global Network of Training Institutions on Official Statistics

-Integrated, harmonized and sustainable approach to training on official statistics UNDG guidelines on country reporting and new UNDAF

1.Development Account 9 - Pilot project on enhancing national statistical capacity for SDG monitoring (2015-2017) 2. Development Account 10 – Programme on Data and Statistics (September 2016 – December 2019) 3. UNSD-DFID project on Monitoring the SDG (December 2016- June 2021)

Key on-going UN DESA projects on measurement of SDGs

10th Tranche Development Account Programme on Statistics and Data (DA10)

Objective:

To strengthen the statistical capacity of developing countries to measure, monitor and report on the sustainable development goals in an accurate, reliable and timely manner for evidence-based policymaking

Principles:

• Adapt to the needs of the countries and the evolving agenda

• Build on comparative advantages of and close cooperation between the Development Account implementing entities

• Build on existing initiatives and programmes (coordination)

• Encourage external participation and funding (partnership)

DA10: Implementing Entities

Global Entities Regional Entities

UNSD (DESA) UN Statistics Division

ECA UN Economic Commission for Africa

UNCTAD UN Conference on Trade and Development

ECE UN Economic Commission for Europe

UNEP UN Environmental Programme

ECLAC UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

UN-Habitat UN Human Settlements Programme

ESCAP UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

UNODC UN Office on Drugs and Crime

ESCWA UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

DA10 and the Global Context

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Means of Implementation Guidelines to support SDG country reporting [UNDG]

Global Indicator Framework [IAEG-SDGs]

Global Action Plan [HLG-PCCB]

Framework for reflection, planning, and implementation of statistical building programmes to achieve the scope and intent of the 2030 Agenda.

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