1. Implementing the SDGs:
Institutional responsibilities, timelines, and implications for land-related indicators
Greg Scott & Francesca Perucci
United Nations Statistics Division
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
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2. 2030 Agenda: Goals, Targets, Indicators17
SDGs
169 Targets
232 global indicators to follow-up and review progress
Implementation via national planning processes, policies, strategies and frameworks
Measuring and monitoring: Statistics, geospatial information, Earth observations and other Big Data
Released 6 July 2015 by the UN Secretary-General, the final MDG Report actually addressed some of the data challenges and shortfalls encountered. None of these are new to our community.
Quote under the heading of “Geospatial data can support monitoring”
“Knowing where people and things are and their relationship to each other is essential for informed decision-making. Comprehensive location-based information is helping Governments to develop strategic priorities, make decisions, and measure and monitor outcomes. Once the geospatial data are created, they can be used many times to support a multiplicity of applications.”
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3. UN-GGIM links Geospatial Datasets to the SDGs
SDGs are statistical
…and geospatial
…require international collaboration
…and multi-stakeholder
partnerships
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4. Transforming our World: Sustainable Development
The 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development
“We will…exploit the contribution to be made by a wide range of data, including Earth observations and geospatial information…”
Data, monitoring and accountability:
17.18 By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts.
This reference actually has a goal, target and date associated with it, as described here in Goal 17.
Note, by 2020…..in 5 years…..increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts.
And do so by addressing the capacities of the least developed countries and small island developing states first!
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5. IAEG-SDGs: Global Indicators
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6. IAEG-SDGs: Global Indicators
Inter Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators
Tasked with:
Developing the global indicator framework;
Providing technical support for implementation;
Regularly reviewing methodological developments, the indicators and their metadata; and
Regularly reviewing capacity-building activities.
Composition of IAEG-SDGs:
28 representatives of national statistical offices and include, as observers, other Member States, representatives of regional commissions, and regional and international agencies.
Released 6 July 2015 by the UN Secretary-General, the final MDG Report actually addressed some of the data challenges and shortfalls encountered. None of these are new to our community.
Quote under the heading of “Geospatial data can support monitoring”
“Knowing where people and things are and their relationship to each other is essential for informed decision-making. Comprehensive location-based information is helping Governments to develop strategic priorities, make decisions, and measure and monitor outcomes. Once the geospatial data are created, they can be used many times to support a multiplicity of applications.”
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7. The Global SDG Indicator Framework
The agreed global indicator framework, including refinements, contains 232 indicators, addressing each and every one of the Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
A tier system for SDG indicators for the implementation:
Tier I: indicator is conceptually clear, established methodology and standards are available and data are regularly produced by countries.
Tier II: indicator is conceptually clear, established methodology and standards are available but data are not regularly produced by countries.
Tier III: no established methodology or standards are available for the indicator or methodology/standards are being developed or tested for the indicator.
Tier classification contains: 83 Tier I, 58 Tier II, 84 Tier III, and 5 indicators that have multiple tiers.
Released 6 July 2015 by the UN Secretary-General, the final MDG Report actually addressed some of the data challenges and shortfalls encountered. None of these are new to our community.
Quote under the heading of “Geospatial data can support monitoring”
“Knowing where people and things are and their relationship to each other is essential for informed decision-making. Comprehensive location-based information is helping Governments to develop strategic priorities, make decisions, and measure and monitor outcomes. Once the geospatial data are created, they can be used many times to support a multiplicity of applications.”
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8. The Global SDG Indicator Framework
The global indicator framework was adopted by the UN Statistical Commission at its 48th session on Friday 10 March 2017
Developed by IAEG-SDGs.
Initial proposal agreed as a starting point at UN Statistical Commission at its 47th session.
Draft resolution adopted by the 48th session of the Statistical Commission will be proposed to ECOSOC and the UN General Assembly for adoption.
Released 6 July 2015 by the UN Secretary-General, the final MDG Report actually addressed some of the data challenges and shortfalls encountered. None of these are new to our community.
Quote under the heading of “Geospatial data can support monitoring”
“Knowing where people and things are and their relationship to each other is essential for informed decision-making. Comprehensive location-based information is helping Governments to develop strategic priorities, make decisions, and measure and monitor outcomes. Once the geospatial data are created, they can be used many times to support a multiplicity of applications.”
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9. Data Custodian Agency An agency is referred to as “custodian” when:
It has an existing mandate for the indicator in question and established data reporting mechanisms from countries;
It does not have an explicit mandate from its intergovernmental process but has a well established data reporting mechanism, recognized by Member States, and clearly identified counterpart in countries’ government agencies.
Responsibilities include:
Compiling internationally comparable data in the different statistical domains;
Support increased adoption and compliance with internationally agreed standards; and
Strengthen national statistical capacity.
Released 6 July 2015 by the UN Secretary-General, the final MDG Report actually addressed some of the data challenges and shortfalls encountered. None of these are new to our community.
Quote under the heading of “Geospatial data can support monitoring”
“Knowing where people and things are and their relationship to each other is essential for informed decision-making. Comprehensive location-based information is helping Governments to develop strategic priorities, make decisions, and measure and monitor outcomes. Once the geospatial data are created, they can be used many times to support a multiplicity of applications.”
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10. Data Custodian Agency
Other responsibilities of a custodian agency include:
Communicating and coordinating with national statistical systems in a transparent manner, including on the validation of estimates and data adjustments when these are necessary;
Compiling the international data series, calculating global and regional aggregates and providing them, along with the metadata, to the UN Statistics Division;
Preparing the storyline for the annual global progress report; and
Coordinating on indicator development with national statistical systems, other international agencies and stakeholders.
Released 6 July 2015 by the UN Secretary-General, the final MDG Report actually addressed some of the data challenges and shortfalls encountered. None of these are new to our community.
Quote under the heading of “Geospatial data can support monitoring”
“Knowing where people and things are and their relationship to each other is essential for informed decision-making. Comprehensive location-based information is helping Governments to develop strategic priorities, make decisions, and measure and monitor outcomes. Once the geospatial data are created, they can be used many times to support a multiplicity of applications.”
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11. Land-related Indicators
Proportion of total adult population with secure tenure rights to land, with legally recognized documentation and who perceive their rights to land as secure, by sex and by type of tenure.
Indicator 5.a.1:
(a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and
(b) share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure.
Indicator 5.a.2
Proportion of countries where the legal framework (including customary law) guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control.
Released 6 July 2015 by the UN Secretary-General, the final MDG Report actually addressed some of the data challenges and shortfalls encountered. None of these are new to our community.
Quote under the heading of “Geospatial data can support monitoring”
“Knowing where people and things are and their relationship to each other is essential for informed decision-making. Comprehensive location-based information is helping Governments to develop strategic priorities, make decisions, and measure and monitor outcomes. Once the geospatial data are created, they can be used many times to support a multiplicity of applications.”
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12. Land-related Indicators
Proportion of total adult population with secure tenure rights to land, with legally recognized documentation and who perceive their rights to land as secure, by sex and by type of tenure.
Custodian Agencies: World Bank and UN-Habitat as part of 23 members of Global Donor Working Group on Land.
Tier III Indicator.
Methodological development of this indicator is expected to be completed and submitted to IAEG-SDGs for approval in October 2017.
Some data have already been collected via household surveys, national censuses and administrative data.
Released 6 July 2015 by the UN Secretary-General, the final MDG Report actually addressed some of the data challenges and shortfalls encountered. None of these are new to our community.
Quote under the heading of “Geospatial data can support monitoring”
“Knowing where people and things are and their relationship to each other is essential for informed decision-making. Comprehensive location-based information is helping Governments to develop strategic priorities, make decisions, and measure and monitor outcomes. Once the geospatial data are created, they can be used many times to support a multiplicity of applications.”
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13. Land-related Indicators
Indicator 5.a.1:
(a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and (b) share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure.
Custodian Agencies: FAO, UN-Women and UNSD.
Tier III Indicator.
Indicator has been submitted by custodian agencies to IAEG for possible Tier reclassification to Tier II status at 5th IAEG-SDG meeting March in Ottawa, Canada.
The “Evidence and Data for Gender Equality” (EDGE) project developed methodological guidelines on measuring asset ownership and entrepreneurship from a gender perspective over the past 4 years.
The draft guidelines were submitted to the 48th session of the Statistical Commission in March 2017 for comments and remarks.
Released 6 July 2015 by the UN Secretary-General, the final MDG Report actually addressed some of the data challenges and shortfalls encountered. None of these are new to our community.
Quote under the heading of “Geospatial data can support monitoring”
“Knowing where people and things are and their relationship to each other is essential for informed decision-making. Comprehensive location-based information is helping Governments to develop strategic priorities, make decisions, and measure and monitor outcomes. Once the geospatial data are created, they can be used many times to support a multiplicity of applications.”
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14. IAEG-SDGs Work Programme for 2017
Establish procedures for the review of work plans for Tier III indicators and finalize a mechanism for moving indicators from one tier to another.
Start the process of reviewing possible additional indicators and submit a proposal for additional indicators for consideration by UNSC at its 49th session.
Review the availability of data for Tier I and Tier II indicators and develop a plan for increasing the data coverage of Tier II indicators with the joint subgroup of the Expert Group and the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Released 6 July 2015 by the UN Secretary-General, the final MDG Report actually addressed some of the data challenges and shortfalls encountered. None of these are new to our community.
Quote under the heading of “Geospatial data can support monitoring”
“Knowing where people and things are and their relationship to each other is essential for informed decision-making. Comprehensive location-based information is helping Governments to develop strategic priorities, make decisions, and measure and monitor outcomes. Once the geospatial data are created, they can be used many times to support a multiplicity of applications.”
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15. IAEG-SDGs Work Programme for 2017
Develop further guidance on the issue of data disaggregation.
Continue the work of the three working groups on: Statistical data and metadata exchange (SDMX); Geospatial information; and Interlinkages.
Convene two meetings, the first March in Ottawa, Canada, and the second in the fourth quarter of 2017 (dates to be determined), and continue to interact electronically and through teleconferences, as needed.
Released 6 July 2015 by the UN Secretary-General, the final MDG Report actually addressed some of the data challenges and shortfalls encountered. None of these are new to our community.
Quote under the heading of “Geospatial data can support monitoring”
“Knowing where people and things are and their relationship to each other is essential for informed decision-making. Comprehensive location-based information is helping Governments to develop strategic priorities, make decisions, and measure and monitor outcomes. Once the geospatial data are created, they can be used many times to support a multiplicity of applications.”
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16. Reference Materials
Materials related to the work of the IAEG-SDGs can be found on the website of the group:
Documents on the website include:
The terms of reference of the group
A list of members
Tier Classification of Global Indicators
Work Plans for Tier III Indicators
Information on the three working groups of the IAEG-SDGs: SDMX; Geospatial information; and Interlinkages
Released 6 July 2015 by the UN Secretary-General, the final MDG Report actually addressed some of the data challenges and shortfalls encountered. None of these are new to our community.
Quote under the heading of “Geospatial data can support monitoring”
“Knowing where people and things are and their relationship to each other is essential for informed decision-making. Comprehensive location-based information is helping Governments to develop strategic priorities, make decisions, and measure and monitor outcomes. Once the geospatial data are created, they can be used many times to support a multiplicity of applications.”
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17. Implementing the SDGs
“Geospatial data and related information is a core component to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Statistics are the facts for measuring compliance to the indicator framework.
Location information through geospatial data offers perspective, greater understanding, and a view of the data through a geographic lens.
Geospatial data complements statistical information and together they tell a Member State a story about their circumstances that helps with planning, programs, and decision-making.”
Tim Trainor, Co-Chair, UN-GGIM
Released 6 July 2015 by the UN Secretary-General, the final MDG Report actually addressed some of the data challenges and shortfalls encountered. None of these are new to our community.
Quote under the heading of “Geospatial data can support monitoring”
“Knowing where people and things are and their relationship to each other is essential for informed decision-making. Comprehensive location-based information is helping Governments to develop strategic priorities, make decisions, and measure and monitor outcomes. Once the geospatial data are created, they can be used many times to support a multiplicity of applications.”
Positioning geospatial information to address global challenges