IAEGSDGs Interagency Expert Group on SDG Indicators Working

IAEG-SDGs Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators Working Group on Geospatial Information TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD: THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/70/1 (2015) MANDATE FOR UN Stat. Com and the IAEG-SDGs (Para. 75): ØThe 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): ØFollow-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

IAEG-SDGs Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators Working Group on Geospatial Information Tasks of the IAEG-SDGs (TOR first agreed at the 46 th and refined at the 47 th session of the UNSC) ØDevelop the global indicator framework and a list of indicators ØProvide technical support for the implementation ØRegularly review methodological developments, the indicators and their metadata; ØReport on progress at the global level; ØRegularly review capacity-building activities; Decision by the UNSC at its 47 th 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

IAEG-SDGs Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators Working Group on Geospatial Information The Interagency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators, at its 3 rd 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 (To. R) 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: a) as a direct indicator in itself; b) to support and augment statistical data; c) to validate national statistical data inputs; d) to communicate and visualize the geographic dimensions and context of the indicators where appropriate; and e) to provide granularity and disaggregation of the indicators where appropriate. Positioning geospatial information to address global challenges

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