United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia PROGRESS IN ESTABLISHING GLOBAL AND REGIONAL SETS OF SDG INDICATORS

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Regional consultative process Nominations IAEG-SDG; HLG Arab Forum Workshop ESCWA, UNEP, LAS UNFPA; ESCWA; LAS Consultation with NSOs Preparation for UN SC ESCWA Statistical Committee (+ Bureau) Mar. 2015 Apr 2015 May. 2015 Jun. 2015 Oct. 2015 Jan. Feb. 2016 © Copyright 2014 ESCWA. All rights reserved. No part of this presentation in all its property may be used or reproduced in any form without a written permission Mar. 2016 Page 10

Issues raised by the Arab states ! ? Critical issues Interlinkages: ! ! Not measurable Water Technical recommendations Multidimensional poverty ! ! ! ? ? © Copyright 2014 ESCWA. All rights reserved. No part of this presentation in all its property may be used or reproduced in any form without a written permission Page 11

Consultations on the regional set of SDG indicators for Arab States Subregional consultations RCM WG - SDGs WG - Statistics Policy direction Inter-agency consultations ESCWA Statistics Division Regional consultations ESCWA Statistical Committee © Copyright 2014 ESCWA. All rights reserved. No part of this presentation in all its property may be used or reproduced in any form without a written permission Page 12

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