1. United Nations Development Programme Oslo Governance Centre United Nations Development Programme Oslo Governance Centre Measuring Governance in the post-2015 framework: choices and criteria Governance Week Cairo, November 2012 Joachim Nahem Oslo Governance Centre, UNDP

2. United Nations Development Programme Oslo Governance Centre United Nations Development Programme Oslo Governance Centre Presentation overview Measurement & the post-2015 agenda: What do we know ? Possible approaches Measuring governance and the post-2015 agenda Process Key messages from the consultation to date Possible criteria for selection

3. United Nations Development Programme Oslo Governance Centre United Nations Development Programme Oslo Governance Centre What do we know?: mandate SDGs should: Action-oriented Concise and easy to communicate Limited in number Aspirational Global in nature and universally applicable to all countries while taking into account different national realities

4. United Nations Development Programme Oslo Governance Centre United Nations Development Programme Oslo Governance Centre What do we know? Multiple UN & inter-governmental initiatives related to measurement:  Open Working Group (inter-governmental post Rio)  Sub-task team of UN Task Team on measurement & monitoring (preliminary work under way)  UN SG Executive Committee on Peace and Security (ECPS) Working Group on measurement of democracy and democratic governance  Regional initiatives – eg SHaSA in Africa, governance, peace and security statistics led by AUC  International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding Working Group on Indicators (OECD Secretariat)

5. 908886 82 84969800020492940678 76 1974 Governance indicators ‘mushrooming’ 08 80 CPIA Freedom in the World Commitment to Development Bertelsmann Transformation Index Global Accountability Report Index of Economic Freedom Journalists killed Open Budget Index Polity Opacity Index Integrity Index BEEPS Press Freedom Survey Political Terror Scale Global Competitiveness Index World Governance Assessment World Values Survey State Failure Dataset Women in Parliament Governance Matters Gender Empowerment Measure Index of Democracy World Democracy Audit Failed States Index Press Freedom Index Democracy Index Institutional Profiles Database Weberian Comparative State Project International Country Risk Guide Human Rights Indicators GAPS in Workers’ Rights Corruption Perceptions Index Bribe Payers Index Indicators of Local Democratic Governance CIRI Human Rights Databse Countries at the Crossroads Civil Society Index Economic Freedom of the World Global Corruption Barometer Rule of Law Index Governance and Democracy Processes Global Peace Index Index of Human Rights

6. United Nations Development Programme Oslo Governance Centre United Nations Development Programme Oslo Governance Centre Possible approaches to measurement framework  Global goal(s), with global targets and global indicators, similar to existing MDGs.  Global goal(s), with global targets and national indicators.  Global goal(s), with regional targets and regional or national indicators.  Global goal(s), with national targets and national indicators. Source: UNDP(2012) “Measuring Democracy and Democratic Governance in a post-2015 Development Framework.” Discussion paper available at: http://gaportal.org/

7. United Nations Development Programme Oslo Governance Centre United Nations Development Programme Oslo Governance Centre Measuring governance in the post-2015 framework  UNDP/OHCHR Expert Consultation on ‘Governance and Human Rights: Criteria and Measurement Proposals for a post-2015 development agenda’.  Held in New York, 13-14 November 2012. 40 invited experts participated (UN, Member States, national statistical offices, Academia, Civil Society)  Part of UNDP/OHCHR led global consultation on governance and human rights in the post-2015 agenda http://www.worldwewant2015.org/governance  Meeting:docs http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/277879http://www.worldwewant2015.org/node/277879 Summary & report forthcoming /

8. United Nations Development Programme Oslo Governance Centre United Nations Development Programme Oslo Governance Centre Key messages (non-official):  Governance IS measurable within a global development framework  ‘intrinsic’ vs ‘instrumental’ approaches.  Development & measurement frameworks ‘do’ a number of things, choice of goals, targets & indicators affected by purpose.  Choices in levels of measurement might allow politically more sensitive elements to be inserted into the framework (eg a global goal with nationally-defined targets).  Integration of global governance issues throughout the framework (not just a stand-alone MDG8 type),  Disagreement about the type of data (official vs other) sources of data /

9. United Nations Development Programme Oslo Governance Centre United Nations Development Programme Oslo Governance Centre Key messages – criteria Criteria for choice of goals, targets & indicators: Democratic legitimacy Moral & cognitive salience Consistent with international law Clarity & simplicity Action-oriented Universally applicable Reflects equality

10. United Nations Development Programme Oslo Governance Centre United Nations Development Programme Oslo Governance Centre Thank-you! Please sign-up and join the e-discussion (including on measurement) THIS WEEK at: http://www.worldwewant2015.org/governance /