Monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals: Meeting to identify Asia-Pacific regional and sub-regional priorities

21 to 23 September 2015 | By invitation only

Bangkok, Thailand
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This meeting was organized to identify Asia-Pacific regional and sub-regional priorities for SDG monitoring with the participation of leaders and senior managers of national statistical systems and members of the global Inter-agency Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) from the region and development partners.

The objectives of this Asia-Pacific consultation were:

  • To clarify the IAEG-SDGs process to member States and agree on methods for providing future feedback to the IAEG-SDGs members from non-member countries;
  • To facilitate an exchange among ESCAP member States on their priority issues for consideration as part of the global monitoring framework.

As a result of the meeting, Asia-Pacific countries were expected to:

  1. Be informed on (i) the context and process for developing a global indicator framework and a list of indicators for monitoring SDGs; (ii) the criteria for selecting indicators; (iii) cross-cutting issues across goals and targets such as disaggregation and; (iv) possible monitoring arrangements so as to have an understanding of “who does what” to implement the global monitoring framework;
  2. Formulate their inputs at the subregional level on the list of proposed indicators to be taken to the second meeting of the IAEG-SDGs which will take place on 26-28 October in Bangkok;
  3. Identify key elements of developing an indicator framework to support regional monitoring and review of the SDGs;
  4. Identify statistical capacity building requirements corresponding to SGDs monitoring;
  5. Agree on modalities for providing inputs to the IAEG members in the future.

Beyond the contributions to the deliberations of the global IAEG-SDGs, the meeting was expected to produce inputs for the related regional forums; namely the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development and the ESCAP Committee on Statistics.

Documents

Title Speaker/Presenter
Session 1: Status update on the process for SDG monitoring at the global, regional and national levels
1A. Process for developing the SDG indicator framework Francesca Perucci, Statistics Division, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
1B. Developing SDG indicators for Africa: A harmonized and coordinated approach Raj Gautam Mitra, UN Economic Commission for Africa
1C. Updates on the IAEG SDGs Work  Lisa Grace S. Bersales, PhD, National Statistician and Civil Registrar General, Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and Co-Chair of the IAEG SDGs
1D. Consultation Process with Stakeholders Regarding SDG Indicators (Japan) Hiroyuki Ikeda, Director, International Statistics Division, Office of Director-General for Policy Planning on Statistical Standards, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Government of Japan and Kenichiro Tachi, Director for International Coordination of River Engineering, River Planning Division, Water and Disaster Management Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Government of Japan

1D. Spotlight on Country Experiences
  • Serevi Baledrokadroka, Acting Deputy Government, Statistician, Fiji Bureau of Statistics
  • Sefuiva Muagututiaม Government Statistician, Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Samoa
Session 2: Subregional Consultations on SDG monitoring
2A. Subregional consultations Yanhong Zhang, Chief, Population and Social Statistics Section, ESCAP Statistics Division
Programme and the Expected Outcomes Ms Lisa Bersales, National Statistician and Civil Registrar General, Philippine Statistics Authority and Co-Chair, IAEG-SDGs

2B. Country Presentations on national processes for SDG monitoring and issues for national statistical systems: South-Eastern Asia
  • Cambodia: Sovanndy Poch, Deputy Director General of Planning, Ministry of Planning, Royal Government of Cambodia, Phnom Penh and Chhan Lay, Deputy Director General, National Institute of Statistics, Phnom Penh.
  • Indonesia: Ali Said, Head, Subdirectorate of Statistical Indicators, BPS-Statistics Indonesia.
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic: Samaychanh Boupha, Head, Lao Statistics Bureau.
  • Myanmar: Marlar Aung, Deputy Director General, Central Statistical Organization, Myanmar
  • Philippines: Lisa Grace Bersales, National Statistician and Civil Registrar General, Philippine Statistics Authority.
  • Thailand: Nuannapa Thanasak, Deputy Director-General, National Statistical Office, Bangkok
  • Timor-Leste: Antonio Freitas, Director General of Statistics of Timor–Leste
  • Viet Nam: Quang Vinh Pham, Deputy Director General, General Statistics Office and Dinh Khuyen Nguyen, Deputy Director, Statistical Standard Methodology and IT Department,General Statistics Office.
  • ASEAN Secretariat: Lia Emalia, Senior Officer, ASEANstats, ASEAN Integration Monitoring Office.

2B. Country Presentations on national processes for SDG monitoring and issues for national statistical systems: Central Asia
  • Georgia: David Motsonelidze, Deputy Director, National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
  • Kazakhstan: Zarina Sabraliyeva, Expert, Social and Demographics Division, Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
  • Kyrgyzstan: Kanykey Orozbaeva, Head of Environment Statistics and ICT Department, National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Repulic.
  • Tajikistan: Firdavsi Asmatbekov, Head, Department Trade and Services Statistics, Agency on Statistics under the President of the Republic of the Republic of Tajikistan.

2B. Country Presentations on national processes for SDG monitoring and issues for national statistical systems: Eastern Asia
  • China: National Bureau of Statistics of China
  • Mongolia: Badamtsetseg Batjargal, Director, Integrated Policy and Cooperation Department, National Statistical Office of Mongolia.
  • Republic of Korea: Jungwha Oh, Assistant Director, Statistics Korea
2C. Prioritization of subregional issues (targets) and the associated capacity building needs: Eastern Asia Rapporteur: Wei Di, NBS China
Session 3: Regional dimension and support for SDG monitoring
3A. Report back to Plenary from the subregional consultations: Oceania Oceania Group: Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu
3A. Report back to Plenary from the subregional consultations: Southeast Asia Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Philippine, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam
3A. Report back to Plenary from the subregional consultations: Central Asia Central Asia: Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Rapporteur: Ms Kanykey Orozbaeva Kyrgyz Republic
3A: Chair’s summary and further discussion Aishath Shahuda, Chief Statistician, Maldives National Bureau of Statistics and Chair of ESCAP Committee on Statistics
3A. Subregional consultations Main recommendations from Southern Asia  

3C. Contribution of Asia-Pacific members to IAEG-SDGs work

 Aishath Shahuda, Chief Statistician, Maldives National Bureau of Statistics and Chair of ESCAP Committee on Statistics.

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