Third meeting of the IAEG-SDGs

30 Mar - 1 Apr 2016   Mexico City
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The third meeting of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs), will be held from 30 March to 1 April 2016 in Mexico City, Mexico. The meeting will be hosted jointly by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico.

The IAEG-SDGs was established by the Statistical Commission at its 46th session to develop an indicator framework for the monitoring of the goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development at the global level, and to support its implementation.

Meeting objectives

  • Establishment of a tier system for indicators
  • Establishment of procedures for the methodological review of indicators, including approval mechanisms of needed revisions
  • Development of global reporting mechanisms, including identifying entities responsible for compiling data for global reporting on individual indicators and discussing data flow from the national to the global level
  • Discussion of the work plan and next steps


(As of 29 March 2016)

Wednesday, 30 March 2016

Registration for IAEG-SDG members  8:00am—8:30am

Registration for IAEG-SDG observers and other stakeholders  8:30am—10:00am

Closed meeting for IAEG-SDG members 8:30am—10:15am

Morning session  10:30am—12:30pm

  • 1Opening remarks
    • -Ms. Claudia Ruiz Massieu, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
    • -Mr. Julio A. Santaella, President, National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI)
    • -Mr. Lenni Montiel, Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA)
    • -Ms. Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
  • 2 Overview of the outcome of the 47th Session of the Statistical Commission on the global indicators for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
  • 3 Update on the work of the High-Level Group for partnership, coordination and capacity-building for statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Lunch  12:30am—2:00pm

Afternoon session  2:00pm—6:00pm

  • 4 Establishment of a tier system for the implementation of global SDG indicators
    • a.Tier system for indicators for Goals 1, 2 and 10
    • b.Tier system for indicators for Goals 3, 4 and 5
  • 5 Statements by Stakeholders

Thursday, 31 March 2016

Morning session  9:00am—12:30pm

  • 4 Establishment of a tier system for the implementation of global SDG indicators (continued)
    • c.Tier system for indicators for Goals 6, and 7
    • d.Tier system for indicators for Goals 8, 9 and 12
  • 6 Statements by Stakeholders

Lunch  12:30pm—2:30pm

Lunch time briefing for Stakeholders  1:30pm—2:30pm

Afternoon session  2:30pm—6:00pm

  • 4 Establishment of a tier system for the implementation of global SDG indicators (continued)
    • e.Tier system for indicators for Goals 13, 14 and 15
    • f.Tier system for indicators for Goals 11, 16, and 17
  • 7 Statements by Stakeholders

Friday, 1 April 2016

Closed meeting for IAEG-SDG members  8:30am—10:30pm

Morning session  10:45am—12:30pm

  • 8 Metadata compilation for global SDG indicators
  • 9 Development of global reporting mechanisms and data flows on SDG indicators from the national to the global level
  • 10 Establishment of a baselines for the tracking global trends in SDG indicators
  • 11 Statements by Stakeholders

Lunch  12:30pm—2:00pm

Afternoon session  2:00pm—5:30pm

  • 12 Subgroups of the IAEG-SDGs on data disaggregation and other issues
  • 13 Establishment of procedures for the methodological review of indicators, including approval mechanism of needed revisions
  • 14 Thematic, regional and sub-regional indicators for the SDGs
  • 15 Work plan and next steps

Background documents

  • Provisional proposed tiering system for the indicators (PDF)
  • Draft template for metadata (PDF)

Presentations


    Agenda item 2: Overview of the outcome of the 47th Session of the Statistical Commission on the global indicators for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

  • Overview of the outcome of the 47th Session of the Statistical Commission on the global indicators for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UNSD) (PDF)

    • Agenda item 3: Update on the work of the High-Level Group for partnership, coordination and capacity-building for statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

  • Update on the work of the High-level group for partnership, coordination and capacity-building for statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UNSD) (PDF)

    • Agenda item 4: Establishment of a tier system for the implementation of global SDG indicators

  • Introduction to provisional tiers of global SDG indicators (UNSD) (PDF)
  • Goal 2 indicators (FAO) (PDF)
  • Indicator 3.5.1 (UNODC) (PDF)
  • Indicators 3.8.1 and 3.8.2 (WHO) (PDF)
  • Goal 4 indicators (UNESCO) (PDF)
  • Indicators 5.1.1, 5.5.1 and 5.c.1 (UN Women) (PDF)
  • Indicator 6.3.1 (WHO) (PDF)
  • Indicator 6.3.2 (UNEP) (PDF)
  • Indicator 6.4.1 (FAO) (PDF)
  • Indicator 6.5.2 (UNESCO) (PDF)
  • Indicator 6.6.1 (UNEP) (PDF)
  • Indicator 7.a.1/13.a.1 (OECD) (PDF)
  • Indicator 7.b.1 (SE4ALL) (PDF)
  • Indicator 9.1.1 (World Bank) (PDF)
  • Indicators 9.3.1 and 9.3.2(UNIDO) (PDF)
  • Indicator 10.7.1 (World Bank) (PDF)
  • Indicator 11.4.1 (UNESCO) (PDF)
  • Goal 12 indicators (UNEP) (PDF)
  • Indicator 12.3.1 (FAO) (PDF)
  • Goal 14 indicators (UNEP) (PDF)
  • Indicators 14.6.1 and 14.b.1 (FAO) (PDF)
  • Goal 15 indicators (UNEP) (PDF)
  • Indicators 15.2.1 (FAO) (PDF)
  • Indicators 15.3.1 (UNCCD) (PDF)
  • Goal 17 indicators (UNEP) (PDF)

    • Agenda item 8: Metadata compilation for global SDG indicators

  • Metadata Compilation for the Global SDG Indicators (UNSD) (PDF)

    • Agenda item 9: Development of global reporting mechanisms and data flows on SDG indicators from the national to the global level

  • Global Reporting Mechanism (UNSD) (PDF)

    • Agenda item 10: Establishment of a baselines for the tracking global trends in SDG indicators

  • Establishment of baselines for tracking global trends in SDG indicators (UNSD) (PDF)

    • Agenda item 13: Establishment of procedures for the methodological review of indicators, including approval mechanism of needed revisions

  • Procedures for the methodological review of indicators and approval mechanism of needed revisions (UNSD) (PDF)

    • Agenda item 14: Thematic, regional and sub-regional indicators for the SDGs

  • A perspective on thematic indicators for the 2030 Agenda (IDLO) (PDF)
  • Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics (Mexico) (PDF)
  • Development of Sub-Regional Indicators for Monitoring of SDGs: The CARICOM Experience (Jamaica) (PDF)
  • OAS progress indicators for measuring progress economic, social and cultural rights (OAS) (PDF)

    • Agenda item 15: Work plan and next steps

  • Work plan and next steps (UNSD) (PDF)

Statements by stakeholders

  • Comment on Target 1.2 from Academic Stakeholder (PDF)
    • Comment on Interlinkages from Academic Stakeholder (PDF)
  • Business Sector comments on the Indicators (PDF)
  • Business Sector comments comments on indicators for Goals 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 (PDF)
  • Business Sector comments comments on indicators for Goals 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 (PDF)
  • Business Sector closing statement (PDF)
  • Civil Society opening statement (PDF)
  • Civil Society statement on Goals 1,2, and 10 (PDF)
  • Civil Society statement on Goals 3,4, and 5 (PDF)
  • Civil Society statement on Goals 11 and 17 (PDF)
  • Civil Society statement on Goals 13, 14 and 15 (PDF)
  • Civil Society statement on Goal 16 (PDF)
  • Civil Society statement on metadata compilation (PDF)
  • Civil Society statement on global reporting mechanisms and data flows (PDF)
  • Civil Society statement on data disaggregation (PDF)
  • Civil Society closing statement (PDF)

Resources for participants

  • Information note (PDF)
  • Restaurants near meeting venue (PDF)

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