Description: The report launch event was held on Thursday, 15 February 2024, from 11:00 to 12:00 hours (Bangkok time, UTC+7), at the Foreign Correspondent’s Club of Thailand (FCCT), Bangkok and Online via Zoom. Presentation for the launch Opening remarks Attendance summary Report website Full Report | Highlights Blog: Urgent action needed so no one in Asia and the Pacific is left behind UN NEWS: Asia-Pacific off track on path to SDGs, UN data shows (English | Chinese) <!--*/ /*--> Key speakers: Lin Yang, Deputy Executive Secretary for Programme, Office of the Executive Secretary, ESCAP Rachael Beaven, Director, Statistics Division, ESCAP Moderator: Mitch Hsieh, Chief of Communications and Knowledge Management, ESCAP Key messages As of 2024, how has the Asia-Pacific region progressed for each of the 17 SDGs? How does sex, age, and income influence the chances of being left behind? Are there examples of evidence-based actions taken to achieve the SDGs?
Description: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development represents an ambitious and comprehensive global development agenda to address the most urgent social, economic, and environmental challenges of our times. The monitoring frameworks play a crucial role in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda by systematic tracking of the progress towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets of the Agenda, from local to global.
Description: In this Global Network Webinar, we welcomed Yongyi Min, Heather Page, Daniel Eshetie, and Sokunpanha You from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). They shared data and insights from The Sustainable Development Report 2023: Special Edition and supplementary materials and introduced participants to the UN Data Commons for the SDGs. 2023 is the critical midpoint of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To mark this occasion, DESA released a special edition of its annual flagship Sustainable Development Goals Report. Using the latest available data and estimates, this publication provides a comprehensive midpoint assessment of the 2030 Agenda, highlighting not only impacts of multiple crises affecting people's lives and livelihoods, but also areas of progress where acceleration is needed. This report is prepared by DESA, in collaboration with the entire UN Statistical System, consisting of more than 50 international and regional agencies, based on data from over 200 countries and territories. Serving as a companion to the report, The Sustainable Development Goals Progress Chart 2023 presents an overview of global progress with respect to the targets outlined in the 17 Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, employing a visual framework of stoplight colours to measure progress towards each target using trend data between the baseline year of 2015 and the most recent year. And enabling access to even more granular SDG data and the visualization and analyses of those data, UNSD recently launched UN Data Commons for the SDGs, a platform integrating authoritative SDG data and information from across the UN System into a public repository with advanced search functionality and a modern, user-friendly interface.
Description: The Inter-agency Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) held a virtual meeting on 4 October 2023. This was the last virtual meeting prior to the upcoming 14th annual meeting of IAEG-SDGs to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark from 23-25 October 2023. It was attended by 19 Member States of the working group, FAO and UNSD. Key discussions during the meeting included: Logistics for the 14th IAEG-SDG Meeting: Statistics Denmark provided updates on logistics for the upcoming annual meeting that is planned to take place in Copenhagen. Proxy Discussion for Indicator 2.4.1: FAO presented proxy indicator proposals for Indicator 2.4.1, which has been underreported at the global level To address this data collection challenges, a proxy indicator based on eight sub-indicators with existing national-level data was proposed. A small group of country experts, in collaboration with FAO, reviewed and refined the sub-indicators based on the original proposal to come up with a workable solution that is expected to be adopted at 14th meeting of IAEG-SDGs. Metadata Update: UNSD provided an update on inputs received from members regarding indicator 7.b.1/12.a.1 metadata requests provided by the custodian agency–IRENA in the previous meeting and highlighting the criteria for reviewing and approving metadata updates for the larger member group. 14th IAEG-SDG Meeting in Denmark: UNSD presented draft agendas for the closed member meeting and provisional plenary sessions. The meeting agendas include a review of IAEG-SDGS working group and task team work plans, data availability review, metadata review, 2025 comprehensive review, and discussions on specific indicators. In addition, the meeting will also share experiences and good practices in the areas of implementation, monitoring and reporting on the SDGs, data disaggregation and inclusive data, data innovations and initiatives for SDGs, and data partnership and capacity development for SDGs. Members of IAEG-SDGs contributed their insights and inputs to the discussed topics and the agendas for the member meeting and plenary sessions in Copenhagen. Details of the event are available on the event website here.
Description: On 15 September, join FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and FAO Office of Chief Statistician (OCS) for the launch of "Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators 2023" report.The high-level event will take place in a hybrid format at the Palais des Nations (Building H 208) on 15 September at 15:00. At the mid-point of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, the clock is ticking on meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The new report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), titled Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators, offers a critical look at how far we have progressed to date on the SDG indicators, and highlights the main achievements and challenges faced by countries. With the participation of the FAO Chief Economist, Máximo Torero, the high-level event will present the main findings of the report, as well as policy recommendations to harness the power of data to achieve Zero Hunger and accelerate food systems transformation. Ahead of the 2023 SDG Summit, the event which will bring together FAO Members, UN bodies and partners, is an essential contribution to the ongoing efforts to renew commitment to invest in better data and statistics to inform evidence-based policies for people and the planet. The report will be published in six languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) at the following link: https://www.fao.org/sustainable-development-goals-data-portal/resources/analytical-reports/en Related links Register here for in-person participation* Register here for online participation * Detailed instructions for access to the Palais des Nations will be sent after Indico registration. Documents Agenda Contact LOG-Director@fao.org Chief-Statistician@fao.org
Description: Context The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the blueprint for member States to progress towards inclusivity and sustainability. At the midpoint of the 2030 Agenda, countries are urged to better assess the progress towards achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Monitoring SDG implementation at the national level is challenging. Data availability and coordination across the entire statistical system, technical capacity, and access to IT infrastructure are key barriers for member States to measure their progress towards achieving the SDGs. In this regard, under the China-ESCAP Cooperation Programme (CECP), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the government of China initiated a project to strengthen the capacity of national governments to follow up and review implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Specifically, the National SDG Tracker tool was introduced to help countries measure current and expected SDG progress achievement by 2030. Results of this assessment are also expected to complement the countries’ Voluntary National Review (VNR) narratives. The regional workshop was an opportunity for countries who implemented the National SDG Tracker to share their results and experiences on applying the SDG progress assessment methodology, emphasizing South-South cooperation, and exchange lessons learned from the use of SDG data. View / Download photos from the Workshop Concept note Objective and expected outcomes The regional workshop gathered statisticians, national planning experts, SDG coordinators and relevant stakeholders to: promote evidence-based assessment of SDG implementation in countries of the Asia-Pacific region; enable other countries of the region to use National SDG Tracker tool to measure current and expected SDG achievement; assess and understand the underlying challenges of monitoring SDG progress. These were expected to strengthen capacity for follow up and review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The regional workshop took place in person at Amari Watergate Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand on 17-20 July 2023. It was conducted in English only.
Description: The thirty-first meeting of the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a Virtual meeting scheduled for Thursday 13 July 2023 at 7:30 - 9:00am (EDT).
Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 07 Dec 2023 )
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Organizer(s): ESCAP SIAP
Description: This course is an advanced course in data visualizationconceived as an extension to SIAP’s facilitated course “Data Visualization for Official Statistics and SDG Indicators” conducted in 2021 and 2022 oralternativelyto the self-paced course “Principles of Data Visualization for Official Statistics and SDG Indicators” available on SIAP’s e-learning platform. This new course focuses on methods to produce high-quality graphics for monitoring and publishing official statistics and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicators. It also highlights advanced topics such as network visualizationhigh dimension data visualizationvisualizing uncertainty and address some important issues when communicating with graphics. In particularstorytelling and the construction of visual narratives for any type of audienceor inclusive data visualizationis emphasized and discussed.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 19 May 2023 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat
Description: Join us on 25 May to discover the “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - monitoring report – 2023 edition” that will be published on 24 May. Be among the first to learn about the European Union`s progress towards Sustainable Development goals and the recovery after COVID-19 pandemic. You will then have the possibility to see how EU policies and external action support the SDG implementation in third countries. The 17 SDGs, which are at the heart of the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, provide a comprehensive policy framework worldwide towards ending all forms of poverty, fighting inequalities and tackling climate change, while ensuring that no one is left behind.
Description: FAO, in collaboration with UNSD, hosted a webinar on Thursday 4 May 2023 to gather feedback on the newly released SDG Shiny app and proposed approach, and discuss possible extensions and future developments. FAO has recently launched the FAO SDG Progress Assessment App: a web-based tool designed to automatize the assessment of progress made at the national, regional, and global level towards the achievement of the SDGs. The developed tool allows measuring the current status and trend of SDG Indicators and Targets based on the FAO progress assessment methodology. FAO, in collaboration with UNSD, hosted a webinar on Thursday 4 May 2023 to gather feedback on the developed application and proposed approach, and discuss possible extensions and future developments, as well as opportunities for collaboration across UN system entities.About the speakers: Aida Khalil is a Statistician with the Office of the Chief Statistician of FAO. In this role, she conducts research and methodological work in the field of data disaggregation and progress assessment of SDG indicators under FAO custodianship. Her areas of expertise include household and agricultural surveys design and implementation, and small area estimation. Stefano di Candia is a Statistician with the Office of the Chief Statistician of FAO, where he contributes to the work on data disaggregation and progress assessment of SDG indicators. His areas of expertise include survey data analysis, R programming, and small area estimation. Access the video recording here. Related links FAO SDG Progress Assessment App Measuring progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals at indicator, target and goal level Contact Chief Statistician (chief-statistician@fao.org) Aida Khalil (ClaraAida.Khalil@fao.org)
Description: The Inter-agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) held its first membersonly virtual meeting of the year on Wednesday, 22 March 2023. A total of 19 member countries attended with Ms. Cara Williams of Canada chairing the meeting. Members first heard a presentation from UNCTAD to further discuss their proposal to update the metadata for SDG indicator 17.5.1. Members were then briefed by presenters from both Open Data Watch and the World Bank on the three proposed measures for indicator 17.18.1. UNSD then presented a draft of the IAEG-SDGs work plan for 2023- 2024 based on the outcomes and decisions of the 54th UN Statistical Commission (UNSC54)—which include preparing for the 2025 Comprehensive Review, commencing a stock-taking exercise on data availability at the national level, and developing a process for proxy indicators—and asked members to express their interest in contributing to different areas of work. Members were also reminded by UNSD about the upcoming member rotation for June 2023.
Description: Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC will organise a Training Course on ‘SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) Indicators’ for the benefit of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of OIC countries on 14-15 March 2023 through an online video conferencing platform. Mrs. Roslawati Yahya, Director of Manpower and Social Statistics Division, Mrs. Fuziah Md Amin, Director of Agriculture and Environment Statistics Division, and Mrs. Fariza Kambut, Deputy Director of Agriculture and Environment Statistics Division at the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), will conduct the course and cover the following topics: SDG Statistical Framework in Malaysia and Moving Forward to SDG 2030 Overview of SDG 7 Indicators (Concepts, Definitions, Methodology, and Data Sources) Availability of Malaysia’s SDG 7 Indicators The SESRIC StatCaB Programme was initiated in early 2007. It is the flagship capacity development programme of SESRIC. Within the framework of StatCaB Programme, the Centre collects information from the NSOs of OIC member countries through the biennial StatCaB Questionnaire, assesses their statistical training needs and capacities, matches these needs and capacities, and organizes statistical capacity development activities between the beneficiary and provider countries. For more information on SESRIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, please visit: http://www.oicstatcom.org/statcab.php
Description: FAO, in collaboration with the Data Strategy, hosted a webinar on Tuesday, 7 March 2023 on the use of Earth Observation data for the production of official agricultural statistics and SDG...
Description: Voluntary National Reviews (VNR), led and prepared by Member States and presented at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), are a critical review mechanism for the 2030 Agenda and should be supported by high quality data and statistics to ensure that the review is evidence-based. This side event of the 54th session of the Statistical Commission provided country experiences, best practices and challenges in developing evidence-based VNRs. The event explored best tools, data sources and other methodologies/techniques for SDG monitoring and deepening the data analysis in VNRs. Canada, Rwanda and Chile shared their national experiences and UNSD also presented the Practical Guide for Evidencebased VNRs using a data roadmap approach. The event focused on the following topics: progress assessments, innovative data collection and analysis and challenges and limitations encountered when collecting and using data for the preparation of the VNR. Countries also explored their plans to innovate data collection and analysis for SDG monitoring and VNRs in the future. The virtual event was attended by over 150 participants and presentations are available on the event webpage. The event was also streamed live and can be viewed on Youtube.
Description: As part of the 54th session of the UN Statistical Commission, in this side event, the IAEG-SDGs would like to start the initial discussion on the review process. The IAEG-SDGs will brief countries, international agencies and stakeholders on the principles, criteria, and timeline of the 2025 Comprehensive Review. The event will also provide a platform for custodian agencies, Member States and civil society organisations to share experiences from the last comprehensive review and to outline their plans and strategies for developing successful proposals for this round.
Description: Objective To delve into the development of indicator frameworks for inclusive and sustainable policies. The workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of ESCAP’s framework for policy and data integration and focus on key aspects of statistical indicators development. Moreover, the workshop will offer an opportunity for participating countries to share practical experiences. Expected Outputs Increased capacity of relevant national officials in assuring policy inclusiveness and developing a comprehensive indicator framework. All participants are expected to be engaged in the discussions and contribute towards the workshop outputs with demonstrating their national experiences. Background In 2021, ESCAP launched a project on "integrating policy and data to leave no one behind in selected countries in Asia and the Pacific," with support from the Republic of Korea. The project aims to assist countries in reviewing and developing comprehensive policy monitoring indicator frameworks that are well integrated with the four dimensions of development to leave no one behind. The workshop, jointly organized by the Republic of Korea National Statistics Office (KOSTAT) and ESCAP, is designed to (a) expand on the importance of policy and data integration through user-producer dialogue; (b) guide the process of developing national indicators, describing the characteristics of well-defined indicators; (c) introducing the tool ‘Every Policy is Connected (EPIC)’; and (d) provide participating countries with an opportunity to share their experiences. The following countries from and Asia-Pacific region are invited: Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Fiji, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Mongolia, Palau, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam. , EPiC tool: Overview Resources Workshops
Description: UNSD conducted a workshop on automated data exchange for the SDG Custodian Agencies. Using the Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX) standard to automate data exchange has proven to substantially reduce the reporting burden for both the sender and receiver of statistical data. With some of the largest reporters of the SDG indicators including IMF, ILO, UNEP, having fully implemented SDMX exchange, there is a strong interest among the custodian agencies to move to SDMX exchange for their respective indicators. Responding to the demand, UNSD conducted the first round of SDMX training for the custodian agencies between 25 January and 2 February 2023. Over 4 online sessions, training in the basics of data modeling, the SDMX Information Model, commonly used SDMX tools, and specifics of SDG data exchange, was delivered to over 30 participants from about 15 Custodian Agencies. Positive feedback was received, and the training is expected to lead to a reduction of effort on the part of UNSD and the reporters as well as improvement of data quality and timeliness. Additional virtual workshops will be scheduled later in the year.
Description: In this Global Network Webinar, Yongyi Min and Heather Page from the SDG Monitoring Section of the United Nations Statistics Division presented on preparing evidence-based Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs). Data are being widely recognized as strategic assets in accelerating the implementation of the SDGs. Data and statistics are therefore a vital element of Voluntary National Reviews and SDG reporting to accurately demonstrate SDG commitment and progress. VNRs, presented by countries at the High-Level Political Forum in July, are meant to support governments in reviewing implementation of the Global Goals through the opportunity to share experiences among Member States. Several resources have been developed to support Member States in different aspects of the VNRs and UNSD has developed a Guide to serve as a complementary resource for Member States on how to use data and statistics to support evidence-based VNRs. The Practical Guide to Evidence-based Voluntary National Reviews takes a roadmap approach and good practice examples to suggest key stages in the national VNR process that can enhance the use of data. The publication provides recommendations for what should be reported, how to compile and present statistics, and what information to include in these reviews. In this webinar, Yongyi and Heather presented the Guide and data roadmap as well as additional resources for developing evidence-based VNRs.
Machine Learning for Official Statistics
and SDG Indicators
21 Nov 2022 – 15 Jan 2023
Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 31 Oct 2022 )
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Organizer(s): ESCAP SIAP ADB
Description: The course is designed for personnel working in the field of statisticswhose main responsibilities include data analysis of SDG indicators and related statistics with a specific target on data scientists from NSOs with an experience in both statistical modelling (regression analysispredictionclassification...) and with programming or algorithmic skills. Although no programming will be required to follow and succeed in the coursethe pedagogical materials include R codein the form of reproducible markdown notebooksas well as some Python resources and code.
Organizer(s): SESRIC DOSM Malaysia Economic Cooperation Organization
Description: Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC will organise an Online Training Course on ‘SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure) Indicators’ in collaboration with the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) for the benefit of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of OIC countries on 1-3 November 2022. Ms. Syafawati Abdul Refai and Ms. Nur Atikah Binti Abdul Aziz, statisticians at the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), and Ms. Syuhada Asri, Director at the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), will conduct the course and cover the following topics: Increase Access to Financial Services and Markets 9.3.1 – Proportion of small-scale industries in total industry value added 9.3.2 – Proportion of small-scale industries with a loan or line of credit Develop Sustainable, Resilient and Inclusive Infrastructures 9.1.1 – Proportion of the rural population who live within 2 km of an all-season road 9.1.2 – Passenger and freight volumes, by mode of transport Facilitate Sustainable Infrastructure Development for Developing Countries 9.a.1 – Total official international support Universal Access to Information and Communications Technology 9.c.1 – Proportion of population covered by a mobile network, by technology Enhance Research and Upgrade Industrial Technologies 9.5.1 – Research and development expenditure as a proportion of GDP Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization 9.2.1 – Manufacturing value added as a proportion of GDP and per capita 9.2.2 – Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment The SESRIC StatCaB Programme was initiated in early 2007. It is the flagship capacity development programme of SESRIC. Within the framework of StatCaB Programme, the Centre collects information from the NSOs of OIC member countries through the biennial StatCaB Questionnaire, assesses their statistical training needs and capacities, matches these needs and capacities, and organizes statistical capacity development activities between the beneficiary and provider countries. For more information on SESRIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, please visit: http://www.oicstatcom.org/statcab.php
Description: FAO's SDG report 2022 “Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators” will be launched in FAO's six official languages on Monday 19 September. Stay tuned and and check out the latest status...
Description: The world is facing cascading and intersecting crises: the COVID-19 pandemic, violent conflicts, and the climate crisis. How are they affecting efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? The Development Data and Outreach Branch of UN Statistics Division will present The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022, which provides a global overview of progress on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The webinar will also present additional assets to guide audiences to dive deeper into the SDG data, trends and real-life stories behind the numbers to help further understand SDG progress globally: • The Sustainable Development Goals Progress Chart 2022 presents a snapshot of global and regional progress of selected targets under the 17 Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. • Bringing Data to Life: SDG human impact stories from across the globe is a flip book that collects and showcases the faces and stories behind the data found in global figures on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). • The SDG Extended Report provides additional information regarding the SDGs based on storyline inputs from UN international agencies who are custodians of the SDG indicators.
Description: The objective of this fifth meeting was to reflect among the countries, the agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations in the region and the technical secretariat of the Group on strategic issues in statistical monitoring of the SDGs in the region.
Description: About the expert dialogue The ESCAP expert dialogue aims to discuss possible ways forward towards establishing a closer data collaboration between governments and civil society in the region. We invite you to join our webinar in which we will present some of the ongoing citizen-generated data (CGD) work of UN ESCAP, UNSD, and of the LNOB civil society coalitions in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Viet Nam. We will also receive inputs from a government and a national statistics office on their perspectives of CGD. Relevant resources and publications Bangladesh: https://voicescount.org/countries/bangladesh/?tab=publications India: https://voicescount.org/countries/india/?tab=publications Nepal: https://voicescount.org/countries/nepal/?tab=publications Vietnam: https://voicescount.org/countries/vietnam/?tab=publications General guidance material on CGD: https://voicescount.org/guidance/ Agenda for this session Moderator: Peter Koblowsky, Senior Partnership Manager, International Civil Society Centre Welcome remarks: Rachael Beaven, Director, Statistics Division, UN ESCAP Haoyi Chen, Coordinator, IS Working Group on Household Surveys, United Nations Statistics Division Peter Koblowsky, Senior Partnership Manager, International Civil Society Centre CGD implementation experiences in Asia and the Pacific:Joint presentation of the LNOB coalitions in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Viet Nam: Vân Anh Trần, Program Director, Management and Sustainable Development Institute (MSD) Shantosh Thapa, Youth Engagement Coordinator, VSO Nepal NSO’s perspective on working with CGD: Ram Hari Gaihre, Director, Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal Government’s perspective on the use of CGD: Nguyen Thanh Nga, Focal Point for SDG report and VNR, Department of Science, Education, Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Viet Nam Discussion and opinion poll with audience: your perspective on working with CGD Conclusion and wrap-up
Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 13 Feb 2023 )
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Organizer(s): ESCAP SIAP
Description: Timelyreliable and comparable health statistics are fundamental to monitoring the health status of the population and for developingimplementing and evaluating health policies and practices that address health and health care. With the adoption of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developmentthe need for high-quality data for the over 50 health and health-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators has increased. The objective of this e-Learning course is to address capacity gaps in health statistics by providing a general understanding of the basic conceptmethods and framework required to compile and monitor the health and health-related SDG indicators.
Description: The IAEG-SDGs hosted a virtual meeting, “Data, COVID-19 and the SDGs,” on Wednesday, 15 June 2022 at 8:00 am EDT. The meeting was open to all countries, international and regional agencies and entities, and other stakeholders. Please go to the “Documents” tab for the presentations and the recording.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 19 May 2023 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat
Description: Discover the 'Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - monitoring report - 2022 edition' that was published in May 2022 and learn about the European Union's progress towards Sustainable Development Goals and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. You will have the possibility to see where each EU Member State stands in comparison with the EU average. The 17 SDGs, which are at the heart of the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, provide a policy framework worldwide towards ending all forms of poverty, fighting inequalities and tackling climate change, while ensuring that no one is left behind.
Description: The Data For Now initiative aims to build capacity of national statistical systems to produce better and more timely data to inform policies and monitor progress towards achieving the SDGs and measuring the impact of COVID-19, prioritizing the goals identified by the countries, by leveraging data innovations and better integration of geospatial and statistical operations. In doing so, it follows Data For Now Guiding Principle, where priorities are identified and set by countries which are then guided by various data principles, work approach principles and outcome-oriented principles. In this context, the Data For Now initiative hosted a series of inspiration workshops to expand support to countries through projects funded by Norway, with other donors joining soon. The workshops provided an overview of the initiative, and showcased examples of how some countries are working on some of the core ideas of the initiative, such as prioritization based on country's needs, use of innovative data sources, methods and tools and partnerships, and improvement of the IT infrastructure to facilitate integration of innovation approaches. This third and final in the series of inspiration workshops aims to: * Highlight the importance of IT architecture to support innovative data production using existing and innovative sources and methods; * Identify and classify different ways data flows in the system before final statistics are produced; * Highlight some data infrastructure architectures based on different data flow using sample tools in different contexts and countries; * Understand and identify diverse set of tools and technologies available in creating/updating data infrastructure in various stages of its architecture; * Share country perspective on implementation (including internal capacity building for sustainability) and legal frameworks/policies that support/restricts collaboration for innovative data source and technologies.
Description: , Key speakers: Opening remarks: Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP Regional overview and findings: Arman Bidarbakht Nia, Chef, Statistical Data Management Unit, Statistics Division, ESCAP Subregion-specific breakout rooms: Heads of the five ESCAP Subregional Offices (East and North-East Asia, North and Central Asia, South-East Asia, South and South-West Asia, the Pacific)
Description: As part of the 53rd session of the UN Statistical Commission, a side event on “The use of non-traditional data and quality assurance in SDG monitoring” will be hosted by the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) and the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) on Tuesday, 8 February at 8am NYC EST.
Description: The countries across Africa and Asia involved in the UNSD-FCDO project have made significant progress in their efforts to monitor the SDGs in recent years, increasing the availability of disaggregated data, despite the continued challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This event showcased some of the achievements of the countries, including the development of data platforms, the compilation of metadata, and user engagement. The session also highlighted some of the resources that UNSD is making available to other countries beyond the project, to support their own work on SDG monitoring.
Organizer(s): UNSD Ghana Statistical Services WHO International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Description: More than six years in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and despite improvements, big data gaps still exist in all areas of the SDGs in terms of geographic coverage, timeliness and the level of disaggregation required. Intensified efforts need to be made to fill those gaps. The Agenda asks that follow-up and review processes at all levels should be open, inclusive, participatory and transparent for all people and support the reporting by all relevant stakeholders. Therefore, the successful implementation and monitoring of the agenda needs the engagement of citizens, with particular attention to the voices of the poorest and most vulnerable.
Organizer(s): Russian Association of Statistics Petrostat Russia St. Petersburg State Economic University Russia
Description: We invite you to take part in the next international conference on statistical measurement and applied statistics. In 2015, the leaders of the Member States of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes 17 global goals and 169 economic, social and environmental challenges that humanity must address in order to achieve sustainable development. The statistical community plays a huge role in this process. The purpose of the conference is to study, exchange and disseminate experience and knowledge in the field of theoretical foundations and practice of measuring sustainable development goals (SDGs).
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Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 04 Jan 2022 )
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Organizer(s): ESCAP SIAP
Description: The course provides an opportunity for participants to explore and comprehend the techniques of data visualization for data exploration as well as for data presentation. Participants will discoverevaluate and apply the rules of data visualization on devoted cases studies and also tackle the problem of visualizing complex data. The course proposesstrategies for visualizing in multi-dimensions as well as presenting the practical methods for representing statistical indicators on maps or within dashboards.
Description: The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) jointly organized the International Workshop on the Monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals virtually from 12 to 13 January 2022. The workshop will bring together about 15 countries in the Asia-Pacific regions, including some Small Islands Developing Countries (SIDS), along with experts from UN-ESCAP, UNICEF, UNESCO, FAO, UNDP, UN Women, Africa Union, ADB, and CBM Global.
Source: UN Women (Data extracted on: 05 Jan 2022 )
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Organizer(s): UN Women
Description: The webinar will introduce the key features of the Counted and Visible Toolkit for Asia and the Pacific. It will showcase resources produced by UN Women to enhance the production of disaggregated gender statistics and will be an opportunity to advocate for the Toolkit’s use and application towards enhancing gender-responsive statistical work in NSOs and NSSs.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 03 May 2021 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat EFTA FSO Switzerland
Description: Objectives: * To provide participants with a theoretical and methodological background on the development of indicator systems, especially in the context of monitoring SDGs; * To build up a common understanding of terms, definitions, as well as the role and limits of official statistics in the construction and maintenance of indicator systems; * To provide knowledge about the links between policy makers and other users of indicators and the statistical community providing data and indicators. The course will not address the following topics: * Construction of individual indicators Construction of data platform and reporting procedures for SDGs monitoring; * Use of indicators in statistical models.
Target Audience: Staff members working in the field of monitoring the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or of economic, social or environmental statistics who are or who will be involved in indicator systems or who need to extend their knowledge on how to use indicators and indicator systems. ESTP Trainings are open to non-ESS members if capacity allows after ESS needs are fulfilled.
Description: Effective governance is a key condition for the sustainable development of tourism destinations. Its efficiency largely depends on inter-relationships between relevant actors in the sector, who through participatory processes are connected in the making of policies and decisions. For an evidence-based or evidence-informed decision-making process, the collection of data, deriving, inter alia, from sustainable tourism indicators, their transformation into subsequent information and knowledge, is crucial and shall help to improve tourism sustainability and competitiveness in a destination. However, the process of informing policy decisions is highly complex. It depends on various factors, ranging from the capacity to understand what the newly generated information means for the destination, to political, cultural, financial and other considerations that are influencing such. For the establishment of Observatories in general and for INSTO Observatories in particular, the participatory process is considered fundamental. The Rules for the Operation and Management of the UNWTO INSTO Observatories clearly outline the need to engage all relevant stakeholders through a participatory approach and involve them in the processes and decisions ensuring coherent action regarding, inter alia, the monitored issue areas as well as the selection of indicators and methodologies. However, there are multiple challenges and significant differences in this governance aspect. This year´s INSTO Meeting is focussed on the topic of governance and participatory approaches. Selected experts and INSTO Members will share their experiences, insights and methodologies in this context.
Description: During this Global Network Webinar, Matthias Reister, Chief of Development Data Section in UNSD, presented and demonstrated the newly launched Global SDG Indicators Data Platform. In September 2021, the new Global SDG Indicators Data Platform was launched. The platform includes a new and user-friendly interface of the Global Sustainable Development Goal Indicators Database, where SDG indicator data can be easily searched and downloaded. The platform also provides access to the SDG Country Profiles, where trends for individual countries across the SDG goals are being shown. In addition, the entirely new SDG Analytics allows the interactive analysis of data availability, to review global and regional trends for individual indicators, and to compare trends for countries and areas and for different indicators. During the webinar, the new interface of the Global SDG Database and other features, including SDG Country Profiles, SDG Analytics, and various Advanced Access options, were presented and demonstrated. In addition, the speaker shared examples and experiences on how to better leverage this platform for different analytics purposes. Following the presentation, participants expressed their interest in this platform and asked questions about country data access, data availability across countries, and data disaggregation analysis
Title in Spanish: Cuarta reunión del Grupo de Coordinación Estadística para la Agenda 2030 en América Latina y el Caribe
Organizer(s): ECLAC
Description: Esta cuarta reunión tuvo como objetivo intercambiar información respecto de las actividades en desarrollo en el ámbito del Grupo de Coordinación, así como brindar un espacio para conocer algunas de las actividades de los países y el sistema de Naciones Unidas.
Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 04 Jan 2022 )
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Organizer(s): ESCAP ADB ESCAP SIAP
Description: The course is designed for personnel working in the field of statisticswhose main responsibilities include data analysis of SDG indicators and related statistics with a specific target on data scientists from NSOs with an experience in both statistical modelling (regression analysispredictionclassification...) and with programming or algorithmic skills. Although no programming will be required to follow and succeed in the coursethe pedagogical materials include R codein the form of reproducible markdown notebooksas well as some Python resources and code.
Description: The twelfth meeting of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) will be held virtually from 2 to 4 November 2021. This annual meeting is open to all countries, international and regional agencies and entities, and stakeholders. Participants are requested to register to attend the meeting at the link included below. The deadline to register is Wednesday, 27 October 2021.
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Organizer(s): JICA ESCAP SIAP
Description: To strengthen capacity of entities belonging to national statistical systems by providing training to statistical staff that increases their knowledge and develops their skills to produce dataapply statistical methods to produce official statistics and indicators and interpret and use these for monitoring progress in achieving the SDGs
Title in Arabic: الحوكمة ضمن الرصد والإبلاغ عن مؤشرات أهداف التنمية المستدامة
Organizer(s): AITRS
Description: بعد ما يربو عن عشرين عاما من الجهود التي بُذلت من أجل تبني المجتمع الإحصائي الرسمي لمؤشرات الحوكمة واعتبارها إحدى المجالات التي يجب العمل عليها إحصائيا، وتحديدا منذ مؤتمر الإحصاء وحقوق الإنسان الذي تم عقده في مونتريو عام 2000، قامت الأمم المتحدة بتبني الهدف 16 حول السلام والعدل والمؤسسات القوية ضمن أجندة التنمية المستدامة 2030 التي تغطي مجموعة واسعة من الأهداف الاجتماعية والاقتصادية والبيئية. وأشارت دراسة استقصائية للأمم المتحدة إلى أن الحماية من الجريمة والعنف، ووجود حكومات نزيهة ومستجيبة تحتل الصدارة بين أولى أولويات التنمية. حيث أصبح التعاطي مع السلام والعدالة والحوكمة الفعالة باعتبارها ليست مُدخلات أو عوامل تساعد في تحقيق التنمية وإنما كنتائج تنموية في حد ذاته وتسعى أهداف التنمية المستدامة إلى الحد بشكل كبير من جميع أشكال العنف، والعمل مع الحكومات والمجتمعات المحلية لإيجاد حلول دائمة للصراع وانعدام الأمن. ويُعد تعزيز سيادة القانون وتعزيز حقوق الإنسان أمراً أساسياً في هذه العملية، ويشمل كذلك تعزيز مشاركة البلدان النامية في مؤسسات الحكم العالمية.
Organizer(s): Qatar Computing Research Institute MIT United States Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research Germany
Description: Billions of people use social media platforms. An important aspect that social media provides is the real time access to digital trace data. This offers complementary strengths to existing, expensive and typically slow paced data from surveys (e.g. migration statistics or disaster impact assessment). In particular the need for near real-time data analysis that does not rely on face-to-face interactions has been made clear by the current pandemic. UN Global Pulse will speak at the event about the innovative use…
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Description: The IAEG-SDGs will host a virtual meeting, "Measuring and communicating SDG progress around the world," on Wednesday, 22 September 2021 at 8:00 am EDT. The meeting is open to all countries, international and regional agencies and entities, and other stakeholders.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 11 Aug 2021 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat EFTA FSO Switzerland
Description: Objectives: * To provide participants with a theoretical and methodological background on the development of indicator systems, especially in the context of monitoring SDGs; * To build up a common understanding of terms, definitions, as well as the role and limits of official statistics in the construction and maintenance of indicator systems; * To provide knowledge about the links between policy makers and other users of indicators and the statistical community providing data and indicators. The course will not address the following topics: * Construction of individual indicators Construction of data platform and reporting procedures for SDGs monitoring; * Use of indicators in statistical models.
Target Audience: Staff members working in the field of monitoring the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or of economic, social or environmental statistics who are or who will be involved in indicator systems or who need to extend their knowledge on how to use indicators and indicator systems. Please note: All ESTP Courses are exclusively available to staff members of a European Statistical System (ESS) institution.
Description: The Second Workshop of the Pacific National SDG Tracker Workshop Series focused on the key challenges and activities associated with the countries’ indicator landscape, with the following objectives: Provide a brief overview of the situation in small island developing states with respect to their indicator landscapes Learn from the countries’ challenges, work plans and common activities for addressing and developing the indicator work Develop and consolidate ideas on the way forward, in a manner which enables information sharing >> Agenda , Home - Workshop Series 1st Workshop (Jul 2021) 2nd Workshop (Aug. 2021)
Description: SDG Lab is a secure online platform, built by UNSD, with which both global and national data and metadata can be shared, using SDMX, with the aim of increasing data transparency, and improving international comparability and data availability. Unlike the public-facing data and metadata platforms that almost all UNSD-FCDO project countries have now established, SDG Lab is designed for use by NSOs, allowing them to compare side-by-side the national data and metadata they have prepared with that provided by the SDG custodian agencies using their own sources and methodologies. This webinar will provide guidance and practical demonstrations to project countries on how to upload both metadata and data to SDG Lab, as well as how to use it to both identify and explain potential differences that exist between the global and national sources.
Description: The Inception Workshop for the initial roll out of the National SDG Tracker tool for the Pacific aimed to provide countries considering engaging in the project with the following opportunities: Learn more about the Workshop Series objectives and approach, and seek clarification on issues Enhance their understanding of the national indicator landscape, with some broad guidelines on best practices Hear from other pacific countries on approaches adopted to produce national indicators, and thus monitor sustainable development progress Learn more about the National SDG Tracker tool, and how it monitors national progress against the SDGs Understand more about future work required throughout the workshop series, in particular requirements for workshop 2. Important note: Participation in the Inception Workshop does not commit countries to engaging throughout the workshop series, which will be the countries decision. Agenda Concept Note , Home - Workshop Series 1st Workshop (Jul 2021) 2nd Workshop (Aug. 2021)
Source: World Bank (Data extracted on: 11 Aug 2021 )
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Organizer(s): World Bank JICA
Description: Data are everywhere. But what is the data revolution doing for the 700 million people who live in extreme poverty? When data are turned into valuable information, they have the potential to improve lives, transform economies, and help end poverty. Now more than ever, the world is facing new demands for data as our principal weapon in the war against COVID-19. The latest edition of the World Development Report, “World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives”, provides a blueprint on how to harness the power of data for development, to ensure no one is left behind. At this seminar, WDR 2021 co-directors Vivian Foster, Chief Economist for Infrastructure and Dean Jolliffe, Lead Economist, and WDR 2021 manager Malarvizhi Veerappan, Senior Data Scientist, presented the main findings of the WDR 2021.
Description: During this Global Network Webinar, colleagues from the SDG Monitoring Section of the United Nations Statistics Division presented the SDG Report 2021 and the SDG Progress Chart 2021: The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021 uses the latest available data and estimates to track the global progress of the 17 goals and reveal the devastating impacts of the crisis on the SDGs. The report also highlights areas that require our urgent and coordinated action. This report has been launched virtually by UN DESA Under-Secretary General Mr. Liu Zhenmin on 6 July, the first day at the High-Level Political Forum. The SDG Progress Chart 2021 presents a snapshot of global and regional progress toward selected targets under the SDGs through a traffic light dashboard. During the webinar, our speakers explained the report working process and highlighted the key findings from the report. The presentation was followed by a Q&A session, during which participants show interest in the data sources and data disaggregations for SDG indicators. In addition, data gaps and data collections during the COVID-19 were discussed during the webinar. For more information on the SDG progress, please visit the SDG indicator website.
Description: The VNR lab will provide a platform for countries to share their experiences-both successes and challenges-in planning and preparing an evidence-based and data-driven VNR in the time of COVID-19. Data and statistics are guiding countries' effort in combating the virus, saving lives and recovering better. Over the last year, countries have faced unprecedented disruptions in statistical operations and a spike in demand for data to monitor and mitigate the effects of the global pandemic.
Description: The IAEG-SDGs will host a virtual meeting, "Best practices in SDG monitoring and spotlight on the 2021 High-level Political Forum (HLPF) and Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs)," on Wednesday, 23 June 2021 at 8:00 am EDT. The meeting is open to all countries, international and regional agencies and entities, and other stakeholders.
Description: This event will explore initiatives to improve reporting frameworks and overall availability and management of data at country level by harnessing the power of the private sector to capture and share more data on progress towards the SDGs. FAO is the designated United Nations custodian agency for 21 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators and a contributing agency for another five – covering almost 10% of the entire SDG global indicator framework. This expanded role reflects the Organisation’s significant involvement in supporting countries’ efforts to monitor SDG targets. One of the key gaps in country monitoring and reporting on progress towards the SDGs is capturing the significant contribution of the private sector. While many private sector organisations – both large and small – are now collecting a significant amount of data related to their environmental, social and governance impact; this data is i) often not in a form easily merged with government data; or ii) not aligned specifically with SDG indicators; or iii) are incomplete or inconsistent so not comparable, and/or iii) not communicated to the relevant national authorities. This means that countries are not able to report comprehensively on progress towards the SDGs nor to meaningfully align the private sector with the countries’ goals and strategies. This event will explore initiatives to improve reporting frameworks and overall availability and management of data at country level by harnessing the power of the private sector to capture and share more data on progress towards the SDGs. Objectives: Raise awareness about ongoing initiatives to align private sector practices and reporting with the SDGs. Contribute to discussions on a harmonized framework for SDG reporting between public and private entities. Better understanding of key barriers to uptake/use of existing indicators/tools. Identify multistakeholder opportunities to collaborate on improving measurement and reporting on SDG progress. Increase accountability from the private sector on SDG alignment. Speakers: Valerie Bizier, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Nora Mardirossian, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Jessica Vieira, Apeel Vanessa Maire, Unilever Moderated by: Pietro Gennari, FAO Chief Statistician Date and Time: Thursday, 3 June 2021, 2:00pm - 3:30pm CET Virtual event. Interpretation will be provided in English, French and Spanish. REGISTER RECORDING SUMMARY REPORT
Description: The twenty-second meeting of the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a Virtual meeting scheduled for Wednesday 26 May 2021 at 7:00 - 9:00am (EDT).
Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 04 Jan 2022 )
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Organizer(s): ESCAP ESCAP SIAP
Description: This course aims to provide insights on how to facilitate the alignment of national plans and indicator frameworks. It provides details on the important role statistical indicators play in monitoring national and sector plans.
Description: Statistics Division of ESCAP organized this Stats Café to stir a dialogue around the following questions: How is your country assessing progress on the SDGs? What methodologies and processes have you adopted? What are the challenges in SDG progress assessment in your country? What has been the impact of your work on SDGs implementation? What tools and methods are available to support national efforts? What are your future plans in utilizing data for monitoring SDGs? , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
e-Learning Course on Official Statistics for SDGs (conducted in the Russian language )
10 May 2021 – 31 May 2021
Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 04 Jan 2022 )
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Organizer(s): HSE University Russian Federation ESCAP SIAP
Description: This course introduces fundamental knowledge on official statistics. The course will help you understand how to compile and monitor Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators from official statistics. Этот курс ознакомит вас с фундаментальными знаниями официальной статистики. Этот курс поможет вам понятькак составлять и отслеживать показатели Целей Устойчивого Развития (ЦУР) из официальной статистики.
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Description: The workshop on Navigating Policy with Data to Leave No One Behind: Regional Cooperation to Strengthen National Statistical Systems in Asia and the Pacific was organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) in conjunction with development partners including the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Partnership for Statistics for the 21st Century (PARIS21) and Asian Development Bank. It was be held in online format on 10th, 11th and 20th May 2021, 12:00 – 15:00 hours Bangkok time (UTC+7). The workshop discussed progress with a regional declaration to Navigate Policy with Data to Leave No One Behind[1] adopted by the ESCAP Committee on Statistics in 2018 and endorsed by the Committee’s governing body, the ESCAP Commission in 2019 and introduced three new projects commencing in 2021 to provide technical assistance to support countries with their commitments as outlined in the declaration. Attendance summary Group photo Concept note The key objectives of the workshop were: To introduce and discuss progress with Asia-Pacific regional frameworks for strengthening national statistical systems To assess national priorities and development needs in relation to four prioritised commitments in the regional framework for strengthening national statistical systems known as the Declaration on Navigating Policy with Data to Leave No One Behind To gather information on country needs and potential activities in line with the national commitments of the Declaration To introduce three newly commenced projects aligned with the national commitments in the Declaration [1] ESCAP/CST/2018/7, https://www.unescap.org/sites/default/files/ESCAP_CST_2018_7_Declaration.pdf
Description: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA ), in collaboration with UN Agencies, custodians of SDG indicators, is organizing a series of webinars on selected SDG indicators that are less produced in the Arab region to create a common understanding among data producers on how to collect, measure and disseminate SDG indicators to increase data production and enhance national data flow to policy makers, other users and custodian agencies. The main objectives of the regional training are: Enhancing understanding of metadata. Improving statistical capacities to invigorate production and use of comparable SDG indicators. Strengthening inter-institutional coordination to invigorate production of SDG indicators and data flow. Sharing and discussing country challenges in measuring SDG indicators
Description: About the session What are some institutional mechanisms countries can put in place for developing sound and policy-relevant indicators? What characteristics define a “good” statistical indicator? What are key considerations in selecting the most relevant statistical indicators to our policy priorities? How do we understand and develop disaggregation requirements for statistical indicators? , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
Description: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA ), in collaboration with UN Agencies, custodians of SDG indicators, is organizing a series of webinars on selected SDG indicators that are less produced in the Arab region to create a common understanding among data producers on how to collect, measure and disseminate SDG indicators to increase data production and enhance national data flow to policy makers, other users and custodian agencies. The main objectives of the regional training are: Enhancing understanding of metadata. Improving statistical capacities to invigorate production and use of comparable SDG indicators. Strengthening inter-institutional coordination to invigorate production of SDG indicators and data flow. Sharing and discussing country challenges in measuring SDG indicators
Description: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA ), in collaboration with UN Agencies, custodians of SDG indicators, is organizing a series of webinars on selected SDG indicators that are less produced in the Arab region to create a common understanding among data producers on how to collect, measure and disseminate SDG indicators to increase data production and enhance national data flow to policy makers, other users and custodian agencies. The main objectives of the regional training are: Enhancing understanding of metadata. Improving statistical capacities to invigorate production and use of comparable SDG indicators. Strengthening inter-institutional coordination to invigorate production of SDG indicators and data flow. Sharing and discussing country challenges in measuring SDG indicators
Description: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA ), in collaboration with UN Agencies, custodians of SDG indicators, is organizing a series of webinars on selected SDG indicators that are less produced in the Arab region to create a common understanding among data producers on how to collect, measure and disseminate SDG indicators to increase data production and enhance national data flow to policy makers, other users and custodian agencies. The main objectives of the regional training are: Enhancing understanding of metadata. Improving statistical capacities to invigorate production and use of comparable SDG indicators. Strengthening inter-institutional coordination to invigorate production of SDG indicators and data flow. Sharing and discussing country challenges in measuring SDG indicators
Description: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA ), in collaboration with UN Agencies, custodians of SDG indicators, is organizing a series of webinars on selected SDG indicators that are less produced in the Arab region to create a common understanding among data producers on how to collect, measure and disseminate SDG indicators to increase data production and enhance national data flow to policy makers, other users and custodian agencies. The main objectives of the regional training are: Enhancing understanding of metadata. Improving statistical capacities to invigorate production and use of comparable SDG indicators. Strengthening inter-institutional coordination to invigorate production of SDG indicators and data flow. Sharing and discussing country challenges in measuring SDG indicators
Description: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA ), in collaboration with UN Agencies, custodians of SDG indicators, is organizing a series of webinars on selected SDG indicators that are less produced in the Arab region to create a common understanding among data producers on how to collect, measure and disseminate SDG indicators to increase data production and enhance national data flow to policy makers, other users and custodian agencies. The main objectives of the regional training are: Enhancing understanding of metadata. Improving statistical capacities to invigorate production and use of comparable SDG indicators. Strengthening inter-institutional coordination to invigorate production of SDG indicators and data flow. Sharing and discussing country challenges in measuring SDG indicators
Description: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA ), in collaboration with UN Agencies, custodians of SDG indicators, is organizing a series of webinars on selected SDG indicators that are less produced in the Arab region to create a common understanding among data producers on how to collect, measure and disseminate SDG indicators to increase data production and enhance national data flow to policy makers, other users and custodian agencies. The main objectives of the regional training are: Enhancing understanding of metadata. Improving statistical capacities to invigorate production and use of comparable SDG indicators. Strengthening inter-institutional coordination to invigorate production of SDG indicators and data flow. Sharing and discussing country challenges in measuring SDG indicators
Description: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA ), in collaboration with UN Agencies, custodians of SDG indicators, is organizing a series of webinars on selected SDG indicators that are less produced in the Arab region to create a common understanding among data producers on how to collect, measure and disseminate SDG indicators to increase data production and enhance national data flow to policy makers, other users and custodian agencies. The main objectives of the regional training are: Enhancing understanding of metadata. Improving statistical capacities to invigorate production and use of comparable SDG indicators. Strengthening inter-institutional coordination to invigorate production of SDG indicatorsand data flow. Sharing and discussing country challenges in measuring SDG indicators
Description: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA ), in collaboration with UN Agencies, custodians of SDG indicators, is organizing a series of webinars on selected SDG indicators that are less produced in the Arab region to create a common understanding among data producers on how to collect, measure and disseminate SDG indicators to increase data production and enhance national data flow to policy makers, other users and custodian agencies. The main objectives of the regional training are: Enhancing understanding of metadata. Improving statistical capacities to invigorate production and use of comparable SDG indicators. Strengthening inter-institutional coordination to invigorate production of SDG indicators and data flow. Sharing and discussing country challenges in measuring SDG indicators
Description: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA ), in collaboration with UN Agencies, custodians of SDG indicators, is organizing a series of webinars on selected SDG indicators that are less produced in the Arab region to create a common understanding among data producers on how to collect, measure and disseminate SDG indicators to increase data production and enhance national data flow to policy makers, other users and custodian agencies. The main objectives of the regional training are: Enhancing understanding of metadata. Improving statistical capacities to invigorate production and use of comparable SDG indicators. Strengthening inter-institutional coordination to invigorate production of SDG indicators and data flow. Sharing and discussing country challenges in measuring SDG indicators
Description: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA ), in collaboration with UN Agencies, custodians of SDG indicators, is organizing a series of webinars on selected SDG indicators that are less produced in the Arab region to create a common understanding among data producers on how to collect, measure and disseminate SDG indicators to increase data production and enhance national data flow to policy makers, other users and custodian agencies. The main objectives of the regional training are: Enhancing understanding of metadata. Improving statistical capacities to invigorate production and use of comparable SDG indicators. Strengthening inter-institutional coordination to invigorate production of SDG indicators and data flow. Sharing and discussing country challenges in measuring SDG indicators
Description: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA ), in collaboration with UN Agencies, custodians of SDG indicators, is organizing a series of webinars on selected SDG indicators that are less produced in the Arab region to create a common understanding among data producers on how to collect, measure and disseminate SDG indicators to increase data production and enhance national data flow to policy makers, other users and custodian agencies. The main objectives of the regional training are: Enhancing understanding of metadata. Improving statistical capacities to invigorate production and use of comparable SDG indicators. Strengthening inter-institutional coordination to invigorate production of SDG indicators and data flow. Sharing and discussing country challenges in measuring SDG indicators
Description: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA ), in collaboration with UN Agencies, custodians of SDG indicators, is organizing a series of webinars on selected SDG indicators that are less produced in the Arab region to create a common understanding among data producers on how to collect, measure and disseminate SDG indicators to increase data production and enhance national data flow to policy makers, other users and custodian agencies. The main objectives of the regional training are: Enhancing understanding of metadata. Improving statistical capacities to invigorate production and use of comparable SDG indicators. Strengthening inter-institutional coordination to invigorate production of SDG indicatorsand data flow. Sharing and discussing country challenges in measuring SDG indicators
Description: Briefing on the SDG monitoring work, the emerging SDG indicator framework for the Private Sector and the Plan for improving the governance of FAO statistical activities.
Description: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA ), in collaboration with UN Agencies, custodians of SDG indicators, is organizing a series of webinars on selected SDG indicators that are less produced in the Arab region to create a common understanding among data producers on how to collect, measure and disseminate SDG indicators to increase data production and enhance national data flow to policy makers, other users and custodian agencies. The main objectives of the regional training are: Enhancing understanding of metadata. Improving statistical capacities to invigorate production and use of comparable SDG indicators. Strengthening inter-institutional coordination to invigorate production of SDG indicators and data flow. Sharing and discussing country challenges in measuring SDG indicators
Description: The main objectives of the regional training are: Enhancing understanding of metadata. Improving statistical capacities to invigorate production and use of comparable SDG indicators. Strengthening inter-institutional coordination to invigorate production of SDG indicators and data flow Sharing and discussing country challenges in measuring SDG indicators
Description: This is a side-event of Twentieth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC, organized by INEGI of Mexico.
Description: The IAEG-SDGs will host a virtual meeting, “Leaving no one behind: Data disaggregation for SDGs,” on Thursday, 25 March 2021 at 8:00 am EDT. The meeting is open to all countries, international and regional agencies and entities, and other stakeholders.
Description: Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC will organise a webinar on “SDG 6 Indicators” on 18 February 2021 in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) with the participation of official statisticians working in National Statistical Offices of the OIC countries. The webinar will be conducted through a video conferencing platform by following synchronous learning and instruction approaches designed in line with the virtual training solutions undertaken by SESRIC in order to better serve the Centre’s training activities and keep participants motivated and engaged during this time of global crisis due to COVID-19. For more information on the SESRIC Statistical Experience Sharing Webinar Series, please visit: http://www.oicstatcom.org/webinar-series.php
Description: The flagship ESCAP report on "Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2021" was launched on 16 March 2021, 10:00 hrs. (GMT+7) by Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, ESCAP Executive Secretary. The subregion breakout sessions were presented by Head of Subregional Offices: Pacific, East and North-East Asia, South and South-West Asia, South-East Asia, and North and Central Asia. Report website Download Full Report Highlight brochure
Description: The twenty-first meeting of the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a Virtual meeting scheduled for Monday 15 February 2021 at 7:00 - 9:00am (EDT).
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Organizer(s): World Bank
Description: At this online seminar, Florina Pirlea, Statistician and Divyanshi Wadhwa, Junior Data Scientist, World Bank’s Development Data Group, will present the main features of the 2020 Atlas.
Description: This regionalmeetingwas set to discuss the progress of the activityontheArabic Glossaries and SDG Metadata implemented under the umbrella of DA11 projectonSupporting ESCWA Member States in the Adoption and Implementation ofArabic Standards. The project aims to address the unavailability of unified standards for scientificArabic terms which has left a gap with significant hurdles in the collection, comparability, and usefulness of data across the full spectrum of development issues especially those produced from administrative records.Themeetingaimed to provide an overview of progress madeontheArabic glossaries and the SDG metadata, to discuss the challenges and opportunities in applying standards at the national level and make recommendations for adopting and using them to better plan and implement the second phase of this project. List of participants Presentation
Description: One of the critical follow-up and review mechanisms for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the Voluntary National Review (VNR) prepared by Member States and presented at the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF). In July 2021, forty-four countries plan to present a VNR at the HLPF, many of whom (35 countries) presenting a review for the second or third time. These VNRs, prepared through a country-led process, facilitate the sharing of experiences - both successes and challenges - among Member States, with a view toward accelerating implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
e-Learning Course on Principles of Data Visualization for Official Statistics and SDG Indicators
13 Jan 2021 – 03 Mar 2021
Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 04 Jan 2022 )
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Organizer(s): ESCAP SIAP
Description: This course introduces data visualization as a tool to produce high-quality graphics for monitoring official statistics and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicators.
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Description: This Stats Café brought together experts from the Inclusive Data Charter network, including international and regional organizations and national governments, to discuss experiences in producing and using inclusive and disaggregated statistics to progress the Leave No One Behind commitment. In order to live up to the promise inherent within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to “Leave No One Behind,” we need timely, comprehensive, and disaggregated data to better understand the situation of the poorest and most marginalized. In the Asia-Pacific region, COVID-19 has further heightened the need for accurate data on marginalized communities as the pandemic has exacerbated socio-economic inequities and disrupted data collection efforts. While there have been some advances in methodologies on data disaggregation since the launch of the SDGs in 2015, critical challenges remain, including the lack of political will and prioritization of inclusive data, limited coordination and cooperation between data producers -especially around the utilization of existing data, and the complexities of collecting data on hard-to-reach populations. Attendance Summary Flyer Agenda Welcome remarks: Gemma Van Halderen, Director, Statistics Division, ESCAP The Inclusive Data Charter: Kate Richards, Outreach Manager – Inclusive Data Charter Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data Mainstreaming Gender across Statistical Work in Asia and the Pacific to Meet the Promise of Leaving No One Behind: Sara Duerto Valero, Regional Advisor – Gender Statistics, UN Women KNBS’ Work on Inclusive Data Charter and Collaboration with the Ministry of Labour And Social Protection: Renice Akinyi Bunde, Statistician Governance, Peace and Security Statistics, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics Leave No One Behind Priorities in the Asia-Pacific Region: Gemma Van Halderen, Director, Statistics Division, ESCAP Questions and answers: Petra Nahmias, ESCAP , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
Description: Why are national SDG data and metadata platforms so important? As part of the series on Building Strong Data Ecosystems for SDGs series, we held a webinar on National SDG Data Platforms on 17 November from 8:00-9:15am New York time. The value of national SDG data platforms was discussed from the perspective of both users and NSOs. Kyrgyzstan and Zimbabwe, who have recently developed their national platforms were presenting their experiences. We explored how those interested in developing a platform can move things forward, highlighting some of the tools available to do this. If you’re from an NSO or RCO in a country that hasn’t yet developed a national data platform for the SDGs, this is the perfect opportunity to learn more and get inspired. If you already have a data platform in place, we’d love to hear about your experiences. You may also get inspired by new ways of developing your platform even further!
Description: This third meeting is presented as a space for reflection among the countries, agencies, funds and programs of the United Nations System that operate in the region and the United Nations Secretariat, around strategic issues of statistical monitoring of the SDGs in the region.
Development and use of indicator systems for evidence-based decision making in the context of SDG monitoring and other areas
16 Nov 2020 – 20 Nov 2020
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 17 Nov 2020 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat EFTA
Description: The objectives of this course are: * to provide participants with a theoretical and methodological background on the development of indicator systems, especially in the context of monitoring SDGs; * to build up a common understanding of terms, definitions, as well as the role and limits of official statistics in the construction and maintenance of indicator systems; * to provide knowledge about the links between policy makers and other users of indicators and the statistical community providing data and indicators.
Target Audience: Staff members working in the field of monitoring the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or of economic, social or environmental statistics who are or who will be involved in indicator systems or who need to extend their knowledge on how to use indicators and indicator systems. ESTP Trainings are open to non-ESS members if capacity allows after ESS needs are fulfilled.
Description: The twentieth meeting of the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a Virtual meeting scheduled for Monday 12 November 2020 at 7:00am - 9:30am (EDT).
Description: The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) organized virtual workshops to discuss benefits and challenges of utilising PHC and CRVS data in monitoring SDGs. Two rounds of identical workshops were delivered on: Round 1: 27-30 October, 07:00-10:00 a.m. (Bangkok time). Round 2: 3-6 November, 11:00 a.m.-14:00 p.m. (Bangkok time). The workshops also provided a platform to further elaborate on utilising PHC and CRVS statistics for disaggregating SDG indicators and discuss the use of geospatial information and tools for generating relevant SDG indicators from CRVS and census data. Ultimately the workshops would help to achieve a common and improved understanding of definitions and method of computation of SDG indicators. The following issues were discussed during the workshops: SDG indicators that can be directly measured or estimated approximately using existing census or CRVS data based on the internationally recommended topics; Challenges related to the use of census and CRVS data for the measurement of indicators and analytical strategies to mitigate or overcome those challenges; Advantages of census and CRVS data for the disaggregation of the SDG indicators and, where applicable, some of the precautions needing to be addressed; Geospatial information and tools for generating and disaggregating SDG indicators using census data.
Description: The eleventh meeting of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs), will be held virtually from 3 to 5 November 2020. This meeting will follow a similar format to the quarterly open meetings held by the IAEG-SDGs since June 2020 and is open to all countries, international and regional agencies and entities, and stakeholders. The registration is closed. However, please check the 'Documents' tab for how to follow the meeting events.
Description: The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) are organizing virtual workshops to discuss benefits and challenges of utilising PHC and CRVS data in monitoring SDGs. Two rounds of identical workshops will be delivered on: Round 1: 27-30 October, 07:00-10:00 a.m. (Bangkok time). Round 2: 3-6 November, 11:00 a.m.-14:00 p.m. (Bangkok time). The workshops will also provide a platform to further elaborate on utilising PHC and CRVS statistics for disaggregating SDG indicators and discuss the use of geospatial information and tools for generating relevant SDG indicators from CRVS and census data. Ultimately the workshops will help to achieve a common and improved understanding of definitions and method of computation of SDG indicators. The following issues will be discussed during the workshops: SDG indicators that can be directly measured or estimated approximately using existing census or CRVS data based on the internationally recommended topics; Challenges related to the use of census and CRVS data for the measurement of indicators and analytical strategies to mitigate or overcome those challenges; Advantages of census and CRVS data for the disaggregation of the SDG indicators and, where applicable, some of the precautions needing to be addressed; Geospatial information and tools for generating and disaggregating SDG indicators using census data.
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Description: The nineteenth meeting of the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a Virtual meeting scheduled for Monday 14 September 2020 at 7:00am - 9:00am (EDT).
Title in Arabic: الحوكمة ضمن الرصد والإبلاغ عن مؤشرات أهداف التنمية المستدامة
Organizer(s): AITRS
Description: تسعى أهداف التنمية المستدامة إلى الحد بشكل كبير من جميع أشكال العنف، والعمل مع الحكومات والمجتمعات المحلية لإيجاد حلول دائمة للصراع وإنعدام الأمن. ويُعد تعزيز سيادة القانون وتعزيز حقوق الإنسان أمراً أساسياً في هذه العملية، ويشمل كذلك تعزيز مشاركة البلدان النامية في مؤسسات الحكم العالمية إن الهدف 16 من اهداف التنمية المستدامة هو مجال تنموي جديد نسبيا من ناحية الإستهداف المباشر مقارنة "بالأهداف الإنمائية للالفية" مما يترتب عليه الحاجة إلى خبرة مسبقة عن توفير المعلومات وكيفية التعاطي مع كتابة التقارير المتعلقة بهذا الهدف بشكل خاص. في ظل جائحة كورونا التي تجتاح العالم بأسره، تزداد الحاجة إلى أهمية تعميم المعرفة وتبادل الخبرات والتجربة في مجال تقنيات رصد الهدف 16 وتقديم التقارير الوطنية حول واقع تقدم العمل عليه ومدى الإنجاز في تحقيق غاياته وآليات قياسه بالإعتماد على إطار المؤشرات العالمي الذي إعتمدته الأمم المتحدة وقامت بتطويره العديد من المؤسسات ذات العلاقة بهذا الهدف وفي مقدمتها مفوضية الأمم المتّحدة السامية لحقوق الإنسان "OHCHR" وبرنامج الامم المتحدة الانمائي UNDP، وعلى وجه الخصوص مركز الحكم في أوسلوOGC ومكتب الأمم المتحدة المعني بالمخدرات والجريمة UNODCوغيرها من وكالات الأمم المتحدة.
Description: The eighteenth meeting of the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a Virtual meeting scheduled for Thursday 11 JUNE 2020 at 7:00am - 9:00am (EDT).
Description: The COVID-19 crisis continues to devastate lives and economies, setting back progress made toward the Sustainable Development Goals in many countries. Data is once again more important than ever in allowing governments and other stakeholders to assess the extent of the pandemic's impacts. The aim of this webinar, was to refocus attention on the long-term goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and begin a discussion of how the pandemic could affect the achievement of the SDGs. The Statistics Division presented initial findings from the 2020 SDG Report and other recent publications covering impacts of COVID-19. Dr. Nyi Nyi Maung from the Central Statistical Organization of Myanmar shared his country's experience in monitoring the effects of the pandemic on the SDGs. Mr. Joses Tegyeza, from the Office of the Prime Minister of Uganda presented Uganda's experience in preparing the 2020 VNR and changes that needed to be made in light of COVID-19. The webinar was organized by the UNSD-DFID Project, which supports the SDG monitoring and COVID-19 data response in 20 countries in Africa and Asia. Here you can find the video recording of the webinar and the combined presentation.
Description: This webinar will discuss the results of the Statistical Capacity Assessment for the FAO-SDG indicators, together with OCS’s capacity development strategy.
Description: Adequately and systematically utilizing alternative data sources and methodologies, including geospatial information and Earth observations, presents a unique opportunity to meet the ambitious demand of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The importance of integrating geospatial information with statistics in supporting social, economic, and environmental policymaking was also recognized by the United Nations Statistical Commission in 2013, which led to the establishment of an (Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information: http://ggim.un.org/UNGGIM-expert-group/). The Expert Group provides a forum for coordination and dialogue among representatives of both statistical and geospatial communities with a view to developing a global statistical-geospatial framework as a standard for the integration of statistical and geospatial information. In this webinar, representatives from civil society, international organization and a national statistics office will showcase how statistical and geospatial information is integrated to measure progress in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This webinar is part of the United Nations World Data Forum webinar series and provides an opportunity to learn first-hand from practitioners on bringing data sources together and creating an enabling environment for the integration and use of non-traditional data sources. Speakers Moderator: Gregory Scott, Inter-Regional Adviser, UN-GGIM, United Nations Statistics Division Panelist: Paloma Merodio Gomez, Vice President, INEGI Presentation Panelist: Steffen Fritz, Acting Program Director, Ecosystem Services and Management (ESM), IIASA Presentation Panelist: Kevin McCormack, Head of Division, Sustainable Development Goals Indicators & Reports and Geography, Central Statistics Office, Ireland Presentation Speakers' bios
Description: Today, there are many opportunities to deploy SDG data platforms to benefit decision makers so that actionable, ready-to-use data, information and insights can be generated by national statistical and geospatial systems for the implementation of the SDGs. By expressing the SDG data and statistics in the form of interactive dashboard visualizations, users are increasingly able to track progress at the global and regional levels, and drill-in to the national and sub-national level to obtain insights for decision making on the ground. This webinar aims to showcase some examples of best practices on how countries and international organizations are leveraging the use of technology and data visualization methods to support policy and decision makers in the SDG follow-up and review processes. Based on the principle of national ownership, the webinar will showcase how National Statistical Offices are leading leading the development of national data platforms using internationally agreed standards and methods for the integration, dissemination and analysis of SDG data and statistics, in line with country-specific priorities. The webinar will highlight how a federated architecture of interconnected global and national SDG data hubs is enabling statistical organizations to publish and share authoritative SDG data and information with each other, not only enabling users to access the data they need, but also ensuring the traceability and accountability of the originating data sources. This webinar is part of the UN World Data Forum webinar series which provides an opportunity to learn first-hand from global experts and country practitioners on how technology helps make SDG data and statistics accessible and user-friendly for better policy and decision making. Speakers Moderator: Linda Hooper, Statistician, Development Data and Outreach Branch, United Nations Statistics Division Panelist: Luis Gonzalez Morales, Chief, Web Development and Data Visualization Section, United Nations Statistics Division Presentation Panelist: Karen Lizeth Chavez Quintero, Director's Advisor, National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia Presentation Speakers' bios
Description: (The Cape Town Action Plan for Sustainable Development Data: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/hlg/Cape-Town-Global-Action-Plan/) highlights the need for better data interoperability in the context of innovation and modernisation efforts of national statistical systems. Responding to this call, the Collaborative on SDG Data Interoperability was jointly convened by the UN Statistics Division and the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data after the first UN World Data Forum. At the Data for Development Festival in Bristol in March 2018, the Collaborative agreed to produce guidance on data interoperability for development practitioners. This resulted in the launching in October 2018, at the second UN World Data Forum, of the first version of a document entitled "(Data interoperability: A practitioner's guide to joining up data in the development sector: http://localhost/UNWDF-Static/undataforum/webinars/)". The guide highlights how a systematic approach to handling data interoperability issues can support both the achievement and monitoring of the SDGs. The guide was then presented at the 50th Session of the Statistical Commission in March 2019, where the Commission recognized the importance for countries to have access to interoperability tools and requested to continue developing the guide. The (Collaborative on SDG Data Interoperability: http://www.data4sdgs.org/initiatives/interoperability-data-collaborative) is now focused on the next phase of its work, focusing on building and maintaining the Guide by adding new modules and practical examples as well as ancillary materials to help raise awareness of its existence and usability. It is hoped that new synergies will form between data producers, publishers, users, and those providing capacity building and training. In this way, the guidance set out within the Guide can be incorporated into existing training materials and modules, and a consistent approach to the system-wide improvement of data interoperability can start to become a reality in the development sector. This webinar is an opportunity to learn first-hand from experts involved in the production of the guide, and from country practitioners about the tasks ahead towards improving SDG data interoperability. Speakers Moderator: Malarvizhi Veerappan, Program Manager and Senior Data Scientist, World Bank Panelist: Tom Orrell, Founder, DataReady Limited Presentation Panelist: Rachael Milicich, General Manager for System and Partnerships in the Data System Leadership Group, Stats New Zealand Presentation Panelist: Sergio Carrera, Director-General for Data integration, Analysis and Research, INEGI Presentation Speakers' bios
