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Sustainable Development Goals 05 September 2017 Dr Pali Lehohla Statistician General

Contents

Moving Towards SDG Stats SA’s role Progress to date SDG baseline report 1 2 3 4 Integrated Indicator framework

M o v i n g T o w a r d s S D G

MDG vs SDG FOCUS AREAS

SDGs MDGs

Adapted from http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/ng-interactive/2015/jan/19/sustainable-development-goals-changing-world-17-steps-interactive

From 8 to 17 Goals

MDG>>SDG

FROM 8 TO 17 GOALS

• MORE GOALS

FROM 20 TO 169 TARGETS

• MORE TARGETS

60 TO 230 INDICATORS

• MORE INDICATORS

BIG DATA PRESENTS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FUTURE

• CALLS FOR A DATA

REVOLUTION

Strategic matters-SDGs (HLG)

ACTIONS NEEDED

LEAVING NO ONE BEHIND

INNOVATION

Actions needed to produce timely and quality data

Confirms importance

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disaggregated data to ensure most vulnerable and “hard to reach” groups are taken care of [Principle of “leaving no one behind”]

Identifies new and strategic ways to efficiently mobilize resources in pursuance of: Secretary-General’s Independent Expert and Advisory Group (IEAG) on Data Revolution for Sustainable Development as well as the priorities identified in the “Transformative Agenda for Official Statistics.

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Cape Town Global Action Plan (GAP) launched at the UN World Data Forum – Jan 2017. GAP Outlines

Strategic matters-SDGs (HLG)

Coordination and strategic leadership on data for sustainable development

1

Innovation and modernisation

• f

national statistics systems

2

Strengthening of basic statistical activities and programmes, with particular focus

• n

addressing the monitoring needs of the 2030 Agenda

3

Dissemination and use of sustainable development data

4

Multi-stakeholder partnerships for sustainable development data

5

Mobilize resources and coordinate efforts for statistical capacity building

6

Global Action Plan

Strategic Area 2 Strategic Area 1 Strategic Area 3 Strategic Area 4 Strategic Area 6 Strategic Area 5

Six strategic areas have been identified in the plan

Stats SA forms part of a sub group of the HLG that is working on implementing the plan.

Strategic matters-SDGs (HLG)

ACTION TAKEN

NON-TRADITIONAL DATA SOURCES

ACTION REQUIRED

EGNQA re-established at 48th Session of UNSC

The UNSC emphasized the importance of ensuring the quality of data derived from new sources and new data providers, including those

• utside

the

• fficial

statistical system.

The Expert Group was requested to address issues involved in the implementation of the national quality assurance frameworks, including issues of coordination, and the need to support countries in this implementation.

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Expert Group on National Quality Assurance Frameworks (EGNQA).

Global indicator development activities -

Current Indicator Development Status

TIER 1: TIER 2: TIER 3:

Clear standards and methods developed and data available on the indicators Clear standards and methods developed, but not all countries have data on the indicator (data available in < 50%

• f countries)

No standards and methods exist

• r

methods are in process

• f being developed

1 2 3

230 Indicators divided into 3 Tiers

Currently 156 Tier 1 and 2 indicators as at 20 April 2017 and 74 Tier 3 indicators (Up from 21 at conclusion of 3rd IAEG meeting) Affects All Goals, however Goals 5 , 11, 12 14 most affected

Global indicator development activities -

Refinements and Review of SDG Indicators

Indicators adopted at the UNSC that was held this year in March

Proposed Indicator Reviews: 2020 and 2025

• Indicators not aligned to

targets or not fully reflecting targets

• Not sufficiently

measurable or specific

• Tier 3 indicators with

difficulties on methodology or data

• New indicators resulting

from new tools/methodologies

Stats SA’s role

Stats SA’s role in SDG reporting

Stats Act (Act 6 of 1999)

• To advance planning, production,

analysis, documentation, storage and dissemination of official and

• ther statistics
• 1. Statistical production
• 2. Statistical coordination
• The Act provides for the Statistician-

General to fulfil the Republic’s international reporting obligations

• SDG secretariat
• Data gathering
• Data assessments using SASQAF
• NCC/SWG/TWG secretariat
• Report writing (baseline

report)/Report writing facilitation (Main reports)

• Report dissemination

MDG-SDG structure comparison

MDG structure

• NCC
• SWGs (6):
• Poverty
• Goal 1
• Education and Women Empowerment
• Goals 2 and 3
• Health 1
• Goals 4 & 5
• Health 2
• Goal 6
• Environment
• Goal 7
• Building Partnerships
• Goal 8
• TWG
• RDT and ERDT

SDG structure

• NCC
• SWGs (4)
• Social
• Economic and Partnerships
• Environment
• Governance, Peace, Safety and Security

Sub-structures of the SWGs may be created based on workload

• TWG
• ERDT

Progress to date

Domestication

Programme implementation

Measurement and reporting

Planning, Monitoring and evaluation

Programme implementation by agencies, state departments, businesses, etc. Measurement (all data producing agencies) and reporting on progress through indicators by Stats SA Planning, Monitoring and evaluation of progress on programme implementation by DPME

Has to take place at various levels

Outputs

Suite of SA’s SDG indicators

SDG indicators and domesticated indicators

1

Proxy indicators in line with the principle of domestication, ensuring indicators are adjusted to meet local peculiarities.

2

Supplementary indicators will be included where the SDG indicators are not sufficient or are not applicable to explain the situation in the country, or where data for SDG reporting is not available

3

Bottom up approach as compared to the MDG’s top down approach

Domestication process

National training of Stats SA provincial/District staff

• n the SDGs

(September 2016)

Workshop was conducted to capacitate Stats SA

provincial and district staff to facilitate Provincial and Local Consultations Consultations with Government institutions (National, Provincial and Local), CSOs/NGOs, academic institutions and Private sector, done Provincially (June – November 2016); and Nationally (1-2 December 2016).

Note: Only indicators in Tiers 1 and 2 considered for domestication

Consultations with All SWG structures 14 November 2016); and February 2017. PLUS Individual SWG focal point meetings held in 2016 and 2017 to finalise Indicator lists

Process driven: Credible information through SASQAF

Methodological Soundness Integrity Accessibility Interpretability Comparability & Coherence Pre-requisites Relevance Accuracy Timeliness

Process - Data

ACCESSING COMPUTATION QUALITY VALIDATION

Accessing data and metadata from source departments was facilitated through the sectoral working groups (SWGs) The SWGs were responsible for data value computation All data will be subjected to a quality validation process unless the data already enjoys OFFICIAL status (SWG activity) Data validation through a consultative process will be facilitated by Stats SA involving all relevant stakeholders

1 2 3 4

Data for the baseline report was sourced mainly from Government Institutions However new data sources (Private sector and Civil society) will have to be pursued

05 03 02 01 04

Compilation

Stats SA staff members compiled a report reflecting the indicator status as at 2016 (or the nearest year).

Validation

Validation workshop took place on 1 – 2 June 2017 to review the UN draft report

Submission

Updated report submitted to NCC for ratification on 31 July 2017. Sensitization

This will be followed by a sensitisation period to key stakeholders.

Final Report

Final report to be handed to the President for submission to the UN.

Data and Reports

Baseline report

Agreed Standards, 156

Only 156 of the proposed 230 indicators have agreed standards and methods and can thus strictly speaking be measured. The baseline report, covers only 98

• f the 156 indicators (63%), and the

rest of the indicators in the report are additional domesticated indicators. Data and Reports

Coverage

21- 40% 41-60% 61-80% 81 - 100%

Data Availability

63%

0 - 20%

Data availability varies by Goal

Moving Forward with the SDG goals in South Africa

Sep 2017 July 2018 Internal Process of Domestication Continues

SDG Process Continues

Sectoral Working Groups

Data Quality Assessment Data Verification Alternative Data Sources Report Drafting Team

August 2017

Broad Dissemination of the Baseline Report (Focusing on “Leaving no one behind”)

October 2017

2019 2030 SDG Updates Every 2 Years

1st Full Scale COUNTRY Report 2021 2025 2027 2029 2023

IDP DGDP PGDP MTSF (Sector plans) Regional (SADC) Special Groups (BRICS) Agenda 2063 SDG

National Development Plan

INTEGRATING VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS

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