Transcript Workshop on MDG Monitoring Geneva, 8-11 November 2010 IAEG work to build statistical capacity in countries and to improve data reporting on MDGs Sara Duerto,

Workshop on MDG Monitoring
Geneva, 8-11 November 2010
IAEG work to build statistical
capacity in countries and to improve
data reporting on MDGs
Sara Duerto, [email protected]
United Nations Statistics Division
IAEG on MDG Indicators
● IAEG was created after the adoption of the
Millennium Declaration to translate the
commitments of UN Member States into
Goals, targets and indicators
● The Inter-Agency and Expert Group (IAEG) on
MDG Indicators includes:
– Several UN, international and donor agencies,
– Various government agencies and national
statistical offices.
IAEG on MDG Indicators
IAEG is responsible for:
● Compiling data and undertaking analysis to monitor
progress towards the MDGs at the global and regional
levels;
● Reporting on status of annual progress through printed
reports, progress charts, databases, etc.;
● Reviewing and preparing guidelines on methodologies
and technical issues related to the indicators;
● Helping define priorities and strategies to support
countries in data collection, analysis and reporting on
MDGs.
IAEG on MDG Indicators
● ECOSOC Resolution 2006/6
– Member States called upon the UN system to
support the strengthening of national statistical
capacity
• In response to the lack of data and/or capacity to monitor
the MDGs
• As a result of concerns about the validity of international
agencies’ imputed data, and lack of transparency in their
methodology
– IAEG to help improve the coverage, transparency,
and reporting on all MDG indicators through
statistical capacity building
IAEG on MDG Indicators
● To address the concerns raised by the Statistical Commission
and the recommendations of the ECOSOC resolution, the IAEG
has carried out the following activities:
– Development of metadata for global monitoring
– Continuous improvement of the content and structure of the
metadata and tools available on the mdgs.un.org website
– Adoption of the common platform for data exchange, the
Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX)
– Workshops bringing together national and international
partners
– Training on metadata and compilation of indicators
– Production of manual for national monitoring
● Agencies have also worked in their specific domains
Work of the IAEG on MDG Indicators
● NSOs are important members of the IAEG. They attend meetings
and provide inputs regarding the relevance of the IAEG’s work to
country needs.
● The IAEG has:
– Facilitated the coordination of technical assistance for statistical
capacity building
– Reviewed countries' needs and worked towards strengthening official
statistics for the production of MDG indicators
– Recommended:
• The creation and use of national MDG databases that compile all
MDG data
• Improving coordination within NSS and between countries and
international agencies
• Improving data dissemination and reporting at the country level
• The adoption by international agencies and countries of a
common platform for Statistical Data and Metadata Exchanges
(SDMX) to facilitate reporting and improve transparency
– Developed a Data Structure Definition for SDMX that allows for data
exchanges at different levels of aggregation
Work of the IAEG on MDG Indicators
● New version of the Handbook on MDG
indicators
– Tailored to country needs, focuses on methods to
produce the MDG indicators at the national level,
based on existing national sources.
– Clarify the differences between methods used by
International agencies and those recommended to
national experts.
– Includes guidelines on how to disaggregate data,
links to relevant publications and websites, and
information on the new MDG indicators.
Work of the UN Statistics Division
● Regional workshops on MDG Monitoring
– Attended by representatives of NSS and
International Agencies
– Address data discrepancies (national-international),
identifying the causes and contributing to a better
understanding, by countries, of the methods used
at the international level
– Special sessions on sub-national monitoring,
administrative data, national databases and
coordination of NSS.
Work of the UN Statistics Division
● Implementation of SDMX
– EGM on SDMX took place in October 2009 to explore the
feasibility and identify resources needed by countries to
implement SDMX - involving experts from NSOs and
International agencies
– EGM recommended that efforts are addressed to use SDMX
at the country level
– EGM requested to the IAEG and UNSD:
• Facilitation of training and dissemination of guidelines
• Implementation of projects in NSOs to define objectives,
resources, time frame, staff and experts required.