Latest developments on SDG indicators in the EU MGSC 12-13 April 2018 Point 3.1 of the Agenda

Contents Policy background & EU SDG indicator set EU SDG monitoring report and related products Main results Next steps

Different levels of SDG monitoring Reference to be monitored Main Actors Indicator set Global (UN) Agenda 2030's 17 goals and 169 targets UN Statistical Commission, IAEG-SDGs, "Custodian" agencies Global list of 232 indicators. Includes unavailable indicators UN region (UNECE) Developing guidance for member countries but no monitoring carried out EU SDGs in an EU context - focus on EU policies, COM(2016) 739 final Eurostat, other Commission services, National statistical offices EU SDG indicator set National National SD strategies, implementation of the 2030 Agenda in national policies National statistical offices and other national agencies National SD indicator sets (exist in some countries, are being developed in others) Thematic Individual SDGs or specific topics Thematic institutions (e.g. UN thematic agencies) More detailed indicator sets Other Alternative monitoring NGOs, think tanks, other (e.g. OECD, Bertelsmann Stiftung) Global or ad hoc indicators, different and ad hoc methodologies

EU SDG indicator set 2017 Result of a very broad consultative process [incl: Member States NSIs, Council Committees (EMCO, SPC, EFC), users, academia, civil society, intl. organisations (FAO, UNEP…)] Indicators chosen for relevance and statistical quality [strong links to EU policies] 18 May 2017 - favourable opinion of European Statistical System Committee (ESSC) No additional burden on Member States and no financial implications

EU SDG indicator set 2017 100 indicators (of which 41 are multipurpose indicators) structured along the 17 SDGs only indicators for which data is already available aligned with high-level scoreboards of EU policies; 68% from ESS, 32% from non-ESS sources 56% aligned with UN level SDG indicators available breakdowns by gender, age groups, NUTS 2 region, educational level, degree of urbanisation, income and disability, etc.

EU SDG monitoring: Eurostat's 2017 package 2017 monitoring report & brochure Dedicated website Statistics Explained Online database

EU SDG brochure

Next steps March 2018: agreement on 2018 EU SDG indicator set end March 2018: publication of the refined 2018 EU SDG indicator set on Eurostat website March-September 2018: drafting of the EU SDG monitoring report including consultation with other Commission services and EU Member States mid-September 2018: online release of the EU SDG monitoring report

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