1. Measuring progress for children in the SDG context
Roumiana Gantcheva, UNICEF MENA Regional Chief of M&E
4th Meeting of the Interagency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics for the
Arab Countries, May 09-10, 2016, Dead Sea - Jordan

2. Sustainability Development Goals

4. Priority Targets and Indicators for Children
30+ priority indicators under 27 targets
1. Poverty
2. Nutrition
3. Health
4. Education
5. Gender
6. Water & Sanitation
7. Energy
8. Employment
10. Inequalities
11. Cities
13. Climate
16. Peace and justice

5. Notes on global indicators
Disaggregation of indicators not specified, unless the indicator specifically calls for disaggregation (“by sex”, “for children” etc.)
Only global indicators identified – countries will re-assess their targets, add indicators; regional and thematic indicators will be identified
Many indicators will need further methodological work
Metadata for all indicators will need to be revised

6. UNICEF priorities re: data for children in SDGs
Support countries to collect and analyse data from different sources - household surveys, census data, civil registration systems and administrative data - to generate baseline estimates for SDG indicators;
Position UNICEF as global ‘custodian’ of indicators for children and lead thematic reporting on children in the SDGs;
Develop and test new indicators and methods for enhanced SDG monitoring through household surveys and censuses;
Champion the development of methods and tools for progressive disaggregation.

7. Thank you!