1. TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD: THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
IAEG-SDGs Working Group on Geospatial Information
Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators
TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD: THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/70/1 (2015)
MANDATE FOR UN StatCom and the IAEG-SDGs (Para. 75):
The global indicator framework, to be developed by the Inter Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs), will be agreed by the UN Statistical Commission by March 2016 and adopted thereafter by the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly, in line with existing mandates.
MANDATE FOR Annual SDG Progress Report (Para. 83):
Follow-up and review at the high-level political forum will be informed by an annual progress report on the Sustainable Development Goals to be prepared by the Secretary-General in cooperation with the United Nations system, based on the global indicator framework and data produced by national statistical systems and information collected at the regional level.
Positioning geospatial information to address global challenges

2. Develop the global indicator framework and a list of indicators
IAEG-SDGs Working Group on Geospatial Information
Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators
Tasks of the IAEG-SDGs
(TOR first agreed at the 46th and refined at the 47th session of the UNSC)
Develop the global indicator framework and a list of indicators
Provide technical support for the implementation
Regularly review methodological developments, the indicators and their metadata;
Report on progress at the global level;
Regularly review capacity-building activities;
Decision by the UNSC at its 47th session (8-11 March 2016)
Agreed, as a practical starting point, the proposed global indicator framework for the goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as reflected in the list of 231 indicators presented in annex IV of the report, subject to future technical refinement.
Positioning geospatial information to address global challenges

3. The Geospatial Information Working Group (ToR)
IAEG-SDGs Working Group on Geospatial Information
Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators
The Interagency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators, at its 3rd Meeting in Mexico City (April 2016), decided to create three working groups:
Interlinkages
Geospatial information
Statistical Data & Metadata Exchange (SDMX)
The Geospatial Information Working Group (ToR)
Primary objective: to ensure, from a statistical and geographic location perspective that the key principle of the 2030 Agenda to “leave no one behind” is reflected in the SDG Global indicator framework.
Tasks include considering how GI/EO can contribute to the indicators & metadata:
as a direct indicator in itself;
to support and augment statistical data;
to validate national statistical data inputs;
to communicate and visualize the geographic dimensions and context of the indicators where appropriate; and
to provide granularity and disaggregation of the indicators where appropriate.
Positioning geospatial information to address global challenges

4. Overview of progress to date
IAEG-SDGs Working Group on Geospatial Information
Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators
Overview of progress to date
30 Mar-1 Apr 2016, Mexico City
Jul 2016
First established by IAEG-SDGs
Membership of WG composed
Sep 2016
Drafted 2016/17 Work Plan
15-18 Nov 2016, Geneva
IAEG-SDGs Fourth Meeting
7 – 10 Mar, 2017, UNHQ, New York
48th Statistical Commission
May – Jun 2016
4 Aug 2016, UNHQ, New York
12 – 14 Dec, 2016 (Mexico)
Terms of Reference finalized
1st Meeting of WG
Proposed 2nd Meeting of WG