1. UNECE CES Steering group on SdG statistics – Task force on NRPs
Conference on National Reporting Platforms, January 2018, New York
Renata Bielak and Sara Frankl

2. NRPs - Why do we need them?/how can they help us?
Reporting global SDG indicators to custodian agencies
Communicating results to users (authoritative source for national statistics on SDGs)
Collecting data and metadata from other producers
Organising data and metadata
Coordination (users and producers)

3. Different solutions
Platform specifically developed for SDG reporting
Integration of SDG reporting in existing platform
Re-modelling of pre-existing platform
Re-use of already developed SDG platform
Specifically developed interface using statistics from general database
» The needs of users and producers and the setup and capabilities of the statistical system are key «

4. Minimum features of NRPs
Gathers official statistics calculated according to established and reliable methodology
Provide metadata in a transparent manner
Be publicly accessible

5. Additional Features of NRPs
Features for users
analytical tools
visualisation
open data
global and national indicators
Improving statistics
quality control
validation mechanisms
allow for feedback from data users
Coordination tool
collection of data and metadata
technology for transmitting data and metadata

6. Conclusions Various solutions possible
Needs of users and producers are key
System setup and capabilities needs to be taken into account

7. Links and contacts
UNECE wiki space for NRPs, including links to existing platforms:
Contact Task Force: