1. SDG’s and GEMI Cap-Net Annual Network Managers and Partners Meeting
SDG6 targets and indicators
UN Environments 3 indicators and their status
GEMI project – process, timelines and next steps
CapNet entry points
Cap-Net Annual Network Managers and Partners Meeting
11 October 2017
Montevideo, Uruguay
Stuart Crane, UN Environment, Freshwater Unit

2. 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
“plan of action for people, planet and prosperity”
“we pledge that no one will be left behind”
“This is an Agenda of unprecedented scope and significance … These are universal goals and targets which involve the entire world, developed and developing countries alike”
“We are determined to take the bold and transformative steps … to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path”
Adopted at the United Nations Sustainable Summit on 25th September, the SDGs represent years of collaboration and aspiration for people, the planet and prosperity.
People
We are determined to end poverty and hunger, in all their forms and dimensions, and to ensure that all human beings can fulfil their potential in dignity and equality and in a healthy environment.
Planet
We are determined to protect the planet from degradation, including through sustainable consumption and production, sustainably managing its natural resources and taking urgent action on climate change, so that it can support the needs of the present and future generations.
Prosperity
We are determined to ensure that all human beings can enjoy prosperous and fulfilling lives and that economic, social and technological progress occurs in harmony with nature. 2
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3. Millennium Development Goals MDGs
Sustainable Development Goals SDGs
Country-led
17 goals and 169 targets, focusing on the three pillars of sustainable development
Relevant to all countries
8 water and sanitation targets under SDG 6
11 core indicators on water and sanitation
Monitoring by national authorities, feeding into regional and global reporting
Millennium Development Goals MDGs
UN-led
8 goals and 21 targets, focusing on poverty reduction
Relevant to low income countries
2 water and sanitation targets under MDG 7
3 core indicators on water and sanitation
Monitoring through household surveys 3

4. Roles and responsibilities
Countries
Collect and make available data and metadata for the purpose of global reporting
Regional mechanism
Facilitate data and metadata transmission from national to global levels as appropriate
Custodian agencies
Compile and verify country data and metadata, support countries in their monitoring efforts, develop methodologies
United Nations Statistics Division
Publish data and metadata to inform HLPF
UN-Water/Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6
Gather custodian agencies for SDG 6 indicators, to ensure coherent and integrated efforts
Thematic databases and reports
Global SDG Indicator Portal and Annual SDG Progress Report
SDG 6 data portal and SDG 6 Synthesis Report 4

5. SDG 6
“Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all”
6.5 Water manage-ment
reduced suffering
Protect by ?
6.4 Water use and scarcity
6.6 Eco-systems
sustainable withdrawals
increased efficiency
6.a and 6.b
Cooperation and participation
11.5 Disasters
Three targets that UN Environment are directly involved with:
6.3 water quality
6.5 water management
6.6 freshwater ecosystems
6.3 Waste-water and water quality
6.1 Drinking water
Reduce by 50%
Access to 100%
6.2 Sanitation and hygiene

6. SDG 6 global indicators 6.1 Drinking water 6.2 Sanitation and hygiene
6.1.1
Safely managed drinking water services (WHO, UNICEF)*
6.2.1
Safely managed sanitation and hygiene services (WHO, UNICEF)*
6.3.1
Wastewater safely treated (WHO, UN-Habitat, UNSD)***
6.3.2
Good ambient water quality (UNEP)***
6.4.1
Water use efficiency (FAO)***
6.4.2
Level of water stress (FAO)**
6.5.1
Integrated water resources management (UNEP)**
6.5.2
Transboundary basin area with water cooperation (UNECE, UNESCO)***
6.6.1
Water-related ecosystems (UNEP)***
6.a.1
Water- and sanitation-related official development assistance that is part of a government coordinated spending plan (WHO, UNEP, OECD)*
6.b.1
Participation of local communities in water and sanitation management (WHO, UNEP, OECD)*
6.6 Eco-systems
6.1 Drinking water
6.5 Water manage-ment
6.2 Sanitation and hygiene
6.3 Waste-water and water quality
6.4 Water use and scarcity
6.a and 6.b
Cooperation and participation 6

7. Target 6.3 Water quality and wastewater
6.3.2 Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality
National sources: National line ministries and institutions
Progressive steps: 5 core parameters  improve spatial and temporal coverage (Earth observations)  add more parameters
Global compilation: UNEP on behalf of UN-Water
GEMS focal points
Method revision

8. Target 6.5 Water resources management
6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100)
National sources: Response on IWRM questionnaire from national line ministries and institutions
Progressively more inclusive and formal consultation processes
Global compilation: UNEP on behalf of UN-Water

9. Target 6.6 Water-related ecosystems
6.6.1 Change in the extent of water-related ecosystems over time
National sources: National line ministries and institutions, ground-based surveys
Progressive steps: Earth Observations  ground-based verification  in-situ monitoring of ecosystem health
Global compilation: UNEP on behalf of UN-Water

10. Status of the data drive (Indicator 6.5.1)
6.5.1: Degree of integrated water resources management implementation:
IWRM questionnaire sent to 193 Member States in March 2017
Indicator training webinars rolled out in May and June 2017
85 countries have submitted data
A further 80 countries are expected to submit
In-country indicator trainings to be provided to countries
Visit: for more information

11. Status of the data (Indicators 6.3.2 & 6.6.1)
6.3.2 Ambient Water Quality & Change in Extent of Water Related Ecosystems
Request for data sent to 193 Member States in March 2017
Two indicators use one data collection form – water quality auto populates 6.6.1
Indicator training webinars rolled out in May and June 2017 with over 60 countries participating
2 day in-country indicator training provided to 9 countries
34 countries have submitted data
A further 5-10 countries expected to send data by October 2017
Earth Observation data measuring change in extent of open water bodies now available for 193 countries
Partnering with Cap-Net via Network Managers for in-country support (x60 countries)
Visit: for more information

12. SDG 6 global monitoring JMP GLAAS GEMI UN-Water 6.1 Drinking water
6.1.1
Safely managed drinking water services (WHO, UNICEF)
6.2.1
Safely managed sanitation and hygiene services (WHO, UNICEF)
6.3.1
Wastewater safely treated (WHO, UN-Habitat, UNSD)
6.3.2
Good ambient water quality (UNEP)
6.4.1
Water use efficiency (FAO)
6.4.2
Level of water stress (FAO)
6.5.1
Integrated water resources management (UNEP)
6.5.2
Transboundary basin area with water cooperation (UNECE, UNESCO)
6.6.1
Water-related ecosystems (UNEP)
6.a.1
Water- and sanitation-related official development assistance that is part of a government coordinated spending plan (WHO, UNEP, OECD)
6.b.1
Participation of local communities in water and sanitation management (WHO, UNEP, OECD)
6.1.1
Safely managed drinking water services (WHO, UNICEF)
6.2.1
Safely managed sanitation and hygiene services (WHO, UNICEF)
6.3.1
Wastewater safely treated (WHO, UN-Habitat, UNSD)
6.3.2
Good ambient water quality (UNEP)
6.4.1
Water use efficiency (FAO)
6.4.2
Level of water stress (FAO)
6.5.1
Integrated water resources management (UNEP)
6.5.2
Transboundary basin area with water cooperation (UNECE, UNESCO)
6.6.1
Water-related ecosystems (UNEP)
6.a.1
Water- and sanitation-related official development assistance that is part of a government coordinated spending plan (WHO, UNEP, OECD)
6.b.1
Participation of local communities in water and sanitation management (WHO, UNEP, OECD)
6.1.1
Safely managed drinking water services (WHO, UNICEF)
6.2.1
Safely managed sanitation and hygiene services (WHO, UNICEF)
6.3.1
Wastewater safely treated (WHO, UN-Habitat, UNSD)
6.3.2
Good ambient water quality (UNEP)
6.4.1
Water use efficiency (FAO)
6.4.2
Level of water stress (FAO)
6.5.1
Integrated water resources management (UNEP)
6.5.2
Transboundary basin area with water cooperation (UNECE, UNESCO)
6.6.1
Water-related ecosystems (UNEP)
6.a.1
Water- and sanitation-related official development assistance that is part of a government coordinated spending plan (WHO, UNEP, OECD)
6.b.1
Participation of local communities in water and sanitation management (WHO, UNEP, OECD)
6.1.1
Safely managed drinking water services (WHO, UNICEF)
6.2.1
Safely managed sanitation and hygiene services (WHO, UNICEF)
6.3.1
Wastewater safely treated (WHO, UN-Habitat, UNSD)
6.3.2
Good ambient water quality (UNEP)
6.4.1
Water use efficiency (FAO)
6.4.2
Level of water stress (FAO)
6.5.1
Integrated water resources management (UNEP)
6.5.2
Transboundary basin area with water cooperation (UNECE, UNESCO)
6.6.1
Water-related ecosystems (UNEP)
6.a.1
Water- and sanitation-related official development assistance that is part of a government coordinated spending plan (WHO, UNEP, OECD)
6.b.1
Participation of local communities in water and sanitation management (WHO, UNEP, OECD)
SDG 6 global monitoring
UN-Water
6.1.1
6.2.1
6.a.1
6.3.1
6.3.2
6.4.1
6.4.2
6.5.1
6.5.2
6.6.1
6.b.1
JMP
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP)
GEMI
Integrated monitoring of water and sanitation related SDG targets (GEMI)
6.6 Eco-systems
6.1 Drinking water
6.5 Water manage-ment
6.2 Sanitation and hygiene
6.3 Waste-water and water quality
6.4 Water use and scarcity
6.a and 6.b
Cooperation and participation
GLAAS
UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS)
GEMI is the Integrated monitoring of water and sanitation related SDG targets
Established in 2014, GEMI is an inter-agency initiative composed of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), operating under the UN-Water umbrella and complementing JMP and GLAAS.
(6.4.3)

13. Objectives of the Integrated Monitoring Initiative
Develop methodologies and tools to monitor SDG 6 global indicators
Raise awareness at national and global levels about SDG 6 monitoring
Enhance country capacity in monitoring (technical and institutional)
Compile country data and report on global progress towards SDG 6
And to expand a bit on the objectives – the Integrated Monitoring Initative – JMP, GEMI and GLAAS together – we seek to integrate and expand on existing monitoring efforts, at the global, regional and national level, to ensure harmonised information about the main components of the water sector.
We seek to engage countries, to make them excited about monitoring (especially at the political level), and to enhance their capacity to collect, analyse and use water and sanitation data.
As custodian agencies for the SDG 6 global indicators, we are also responsible to compile country data and report on global progress towards SDG 6.
And very concretely, to this end, we are providing countries with a guide on how these indicators could be monitored, both from an institutional and a technical point of view. I will come back to the different associated support tools in a bit.

14. Process and timeline 2014-2018 Methodology development 2016 2014-15
2017
Global implementation / 2017 integrated baseline process
Baseline reporting SDG 6, synthesis reporting HLPF
2018
Evaluation
Testing of methodologies in pilot countries
External expert review
the methodology development was inspired by a number of principles - building on and harmonising national monitoring efforts, the steps of progressive monitoring, integration of data and data disaggregation.
In early 2016, the development work was wrapped and then the draft methodologies were taken to a handful of countries for pilot testing: Jordan, the Netherlands, Senegal, Peru and Uganda, to be tested at scale both from an institutional and a technical point of view. The methodologies were also subject to an open expert review, where everyone interested could participate – here we received in total 47 reviews from a wide variety of stakeholders, including from national institutions, academia and business associations. Based on the feedback from the pilot testing and the external review, the methodologies have now been revised and are available at the SDG6 monitoring.org website.
Global implementation will be step-wise – we invited some 50 countries to participate in this first phase of integrated data collection in And integrated means that we are looking to cover a critical mass of indicators in these countries, and to focus a lot on institutional processes and intersectoral collaboration. In addition, individual custodian agencies will reach out to their existing focal points in a broader number of countries, with requests for data.
By the end of 2017 we are hoping to have some data from you on the indicators, and this is of course a very ambitious timeline. The reason why we are in a bit of a rush is of course because the HLPF in-depth review of SDG 6 in mid 2018, where we hope to be able to report on the global baseline situation for SDG 6.
Methodology revision

15. Baseline support to countries
Guidelines and tools
Step-by-step monitoring methodologies for all indicators
Good practices for country monitoring systems
Examples on in-country implementation of SDG 6 monitoring
Others to be developed
Online support
Inception and technical webinars (Cap-Net) -completed
Helpdesk
Online tutorials
Regional exchange
Community of practice
Face-to-face workshops
Country support
Process facilitation and institutional support
Technical experts
Capacity Building for data retreival x60 countries (CapNet) - ongoing
All information avalable at
Here are the diffreent levels of suppotr the GEMI project is providing to countries

16. Suggested next steps for countries
Identifying SDG 6 focal point and relevant policy and monitoring stakeholders
Identifying links to existing policy and monitoring processes
Planning for national implementation of SDG 6 monitoring
Establishing an intersectoral monitoring team with technical teams for each target/indicator
Technical teams review SDG 6 monitoring methodologies
Technical teams participate in indicator-specific technical webinars
This slide is useful for CapNet colleagues to consider

17. Looking forwards (2018-19) for areas of potentiel collaboration
Obtain country feedback to enhance methodology revision for and 6.6.1
Enhance country capacity in monitoring and reporting for SDG6
Collaborate under a project for IWRM with GWP and UN Environment
And to expand a bit on the objectives – the Integrated Monitoring Initative – JMP, GEMI and GLAAS together – we seek to integrate and expand on existing monitoring efforts, at the global, regional and national level, to ensure harmonised information about the main components of the water sector.
We seek to engage countries, to make them excited about monitoring (especially at the political level), and to enhance their capacity to collect, analyse and use water and sanitation data.
As custodian agencies for the SDG 6 global indicators, we are also responsible to compile country data and report on global progress towards SDG 6.
And very concretely, to this end, we are providing countries with a guide on how these indicators could be monitored, both from an institutional and a technical point of view. I will come back to the different associated support tools in a bit.

18. UNDP supported SDGs
1. NO POVERTY 8. DECENT WORK & ECONOMIC GROWTH 10. REDUCED INEQUALITIES 13. CLIMATE ACTION 14. LIFE BELOW WATER 15. LIFE ON LAND 16. PEACE, JUSTICE & STRONG INSTITUTIONS

19. Stuart Crane Programme Officer Freshwater Unit Nairobi, Kenya..
Thank you
Stuart Crane
Programme Officer
Freshwater Unit
Nairobi, Kenya..