1. Towards monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals
Seminar on Poverty Measurement
Geneva 5-6 May 2015

2. Main critique MDGs:
Focused more on least-developed countries and less relevant for middle and high income countries
Countries were not involved in setting the Goals, Targets and, especially, the selection of indicators
Statisticians were not involved in choosing the indicators and setting the targets

3. Task Team Lessons Learned in MDG Monitoring
Post-2015 Agenda
UN Secretary General
SG Special Advisor
UN General Assembly
UN GA Open Working Group (OWG)
High‐level Panel of Eminent Persons (HLP)
UN System Task Team (UNTT)
Stat, Com. Friends of the Chair (FOC)
WG on Monitoring and Indicators
Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
Task Team Lessons Learned in MDG Monitoring
UNDG National, global and thematic consultations
Regional Consultations
High Level Political Forum
Technical Support Team on SDG
UN Global Compact
Inter Agency Expert Group
UN Country Consultations
WG on Global Partnership for Development
Committee of experts on Sustainable Development Financing
World We Want web platform
My World Global Survey
UN Thematic Consultations
WG on Financing for sustainable development
July 17, 2019
July 17, 2019
July 17, 2019
July 17, 2019
July 17, 2019
United Nations System
Governments/Public

4. High‐level Panel of Eminent Persons (HLP)
Report: “A new global partnership: eradicate poverty and transform economies through sustainable development”
With 12 “illustrative’ Goals and 54 Targets
Goal 1: End Poverty
1a. Bring the number of people living on less than $1.25 a day to zero and reduce by x% the share of
people living below their country’s 2015 national poverty line 1, 2
1b. Increase by x% the share of women and men, communities, and businesses with secure rights to land,
property, and other assets 2, 3
1c. Cover x% of people who are poor and vulnerable with social protection systems 2, 3
1d. Build resilience and reduce deaths from natural disasters by x% 2

5. Open Working Group Proposal for SDGs: OWG Members UNECE Region:
17 Goals
169 (+) Targets
OWG Members UNECE Region:
Australia/Netherlands/United Kingdom
Canada / Israel / United States of America
Denmark / Ireland / Norway
France / Germany / Switzerland
Italy / Spain / Turkey

6. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goal 1
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Goal 2
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable
agriculture
Goal 3
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Goal 4
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal 5
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Goal 6
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
Goal 7
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Goal 8
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Goal 9
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Goal 10
Reduce inequality within and among countries
Goal 11
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Goal 12
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Goal 13
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts*
Goal 14
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
Goal 15
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Goal 16
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Goal 17
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

7. GOAL 1 End poverty in all its forms everywhere: 7 Targets
1.1 by 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day
1.2 by 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions
1.3 implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable
1.4 by 2030 ensure that all men and women, particularly the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership, and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology, and financial services including microfinance
1.5 by 2030 build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations, and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters
1.a. ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular LDCs, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions
1.b create sound policy frameworks, at national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies to support accelerated investments in poverty eradication actions

8. Indicators: UN Statistical Commission (UNSC)
Request from Co-facilitators of the intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda to provide a provisional proposal in relation to indicators for sustainable development goals and targets, to be discussed as an input to the intergovernmental negotiations meeting on March 2015
UNSD compiled a list of 304 indicators from submissions of experts from international agencies
Evaluation by experts from national statistical offices and systems. Rating AAA to CCC (The 1st letter refers to the rating of feasibility, the 2nd to suitability and the 3rd to relevance.
Technical report by the Bureau of UNSC on the process of the development of an indicator framework for the goals and targets of the post-2015 development agenda

9. Target
Indicator
Rating
1.1
1.1.1 Proportion of population below $1.25 (PPP) per day, by sex and age group
ABB
1.2
1.2.1 Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) by sex and age group
1.2.2 Proportion of population living below national poverty line, by sex and age group
BBA
AAA

10. 1.3.1 Percentage of population covered by social protection
Target
Indicator
Rating
1.3
1.3.1 Percentage of population covered by social protection
floors/systems, disaggregated by sex, with break down by children,
unemployed, old age, people with disabilities, pregnant
women/new-borns, work injury victims, poor and vulnerable,
including one or more of the following including one or more of the following: a) Percentage of older persons receiving a pension; b) Percentage of households with children receiving child support; c) Percentage of unemployed persons receiving unemployment benefits; d)Percentage of persons with disabilities receiving disability benefits; e) Percentage of pregnant women receiving maternity benefits; f)Percentage of workers covered against occupational accidents; and g) Percentage of poor and vulnerable people receiving benefits
1.3.2 Average social protection transfers as % of income / or poverty
Line
BAA
BBB

11. 1.4.2 Proportion of adult population with tenure that is legally
Target
Indicator
Rating
1.4
1.4.1 Proportion of population/households with access to basic services (to be defined) by sex and age group
1.4.2 Proportion of adult population with tenure that is legally
recognied and documented or perceived as secure, by sex and age Group
BBA
BBB
1.5
1.5.1 Number of people affected by hazardous events by sex
1.5.2 Proportion of health and educational facilities affected by hazardous events
CBB
1.a
1.a.1Resources mobilized and spent for poverty reduction, including government, private sector and development partners

12. Other Goals/Targets/Indicators
Goal 8: promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all: GDP per capita, Inclusive Wealth index, Growth rate of GDP per employed person…employment to population ratio, youth unemployment)
Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries: Gini or Palma ratio, change in real disposable income and consumption by quintiles, reduction in inequality gaps over time, % living below 50% of median income, % covered by minimum social protection floor etc.)

13. Indicators: Coming up
Major Groups and other Stakeholders have been invited to contribute their views and assessment of the draft indicators (by 26 April).
Will be submitted to the Secretariat of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on the Sustainable Development Goals (IAEG) working on indicators
IAEG-SDG: 28 country representative, advisory role international agencies

14. Additional points UNSC
The Development of a robust and high-quality indicator framework is a technical process that requires time … the possibility of future refinements as data sources and methodology improve
The global indicator framework should only contain a limited number of indicators
Besides global, universal indicators there will also be additional indicators for regional, national and thematic monitoring
An Inter-agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicator, consisting of national statistical offices and, as observers, the regional and international organizations and agencies

15. Statisticians’ involvement
By July 2015 a first note on possible global and universal indicators and an indicator framework
By December 2015, the IEAG-SDGs will provide a global and universal indicators and an indicator framework for consideration by the Statistical Commission at its 47th session in March 2016
The IAEG-SDGs will report back in the following years an is expected to review any required updates of the global indicator framework based on guidance received
But…..

16. Next: Politicians in charge
Post-2015 intergovernmental negotiations ( April, May, June, July 2015)
"Strengthening integration, implementation and review - the HLPF after 2015“ High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on sustainable development, 3rd meeting (26 June to 8 July 2015)
United Nations Summit for the adoption of the post development agenda will be held from September, 2015, in New York and convened as a High-level Plenary meeting of the General Assembly (Heads of States level)

17. Probable outcome Indicators:
Goals: not change Targets: minimal adjustments
Indicators:
Limited set of Global Indicators (around 100)
Regional Indicators: additional relevant (sub) regional
National Indicators for national monitoring (peer review?)
Thematic Indicators (led by agencies?)
Who:
Based on proposal by UNSC (IAEG-SDGs)
Intergovernmental negotiations
But ultimately: General Assembly decides
Risks:
Politicization of UNSC/IAEG-SDG
Too many indicators, too complicated
IAEG-SDGs not group of experts

18. Coverage of MDG indicators in National Reporting ECE region
Most Indicators have very low coverage:
Indicators Country
6 per cent: >75%
8 per cent: 50-75%
20 per cent: 25-50%
65 per cent: < 25%
31 per cent: < 10%
N=29 countries
Not always according to internationally recommended definition and/or methodology

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