Presidential Department Activities of the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for the 2030 Agenda Tamara PÁL Deputy Director Presidential Department Hungarian CSO

Content Mandate of the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building (HLG – PCCB) Members Meetings CT GAP - the Cape Town Global Action Plan UN WDF Main outcomes of the latest UNSC session

Mandate To establish a global partnership Provide strategic leadership Promote national ownership Address the need of funding statistical capacity-building Advise on how the opportunities of the data revolution can be harnessed to support the SDG implementation process Review and make recommendations, as appropriate and in cooperation with the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) Reach out and promote dialogue and partnerships between the statistical community and other stakeholders

Members Nomination based on existing regional mechanisms in order to ensure equitable regional representation and technical expertise. * The Chair of the United Nations Statistical Commission is ex-officio member of the HLG. Chair of UNSC* Western Africa: Central, Eastern, Southern, and South-Eastern Asia North America and Northern and Western Europe Southern Europe Brazil Côte d'Ivoire Mongolia Denmark Italy Eastern Africa: Middle and Southern Africa Pakistan Switzerland Eastern Europe Mozambique South Africa Malaysia United States Hungary (co-chair) Rwanda Central and South America: Kazakhstan Western Asia Oceania The Caribbean: Argentina Northern Africa State of Palestine Vanuatu Bahamas Ecuador Tunisia Yemen St. Lucia El Salvador

Meetings Physical meetings and tele/videoconferences So far: Two teleconferences Six physical meetings Three back-to-back with the UNSC and UN WDF Three separate meetings Normally only members are present, occasionally issue partners are invited

CT GAP for Sustainable Development Data Global Action Plan was drafted by the HLG-PCCB Open global consultation last November Presented at the UN World Data Forum in January 2017  Cape Town Global Action Plan for Sustainable Development Data Adopted by the UNSC in March 2017 Six strategic areas: Strategic Area 1: Coordination and strategic leadership on data for sustainable development Strategic Area 2: Innovation and modernization of national statistical systems Strategic Area 3: Strengthening of basic statistical activities and programmes, with particular focus on addressing the monitoring needs of the 2030 Agenda Strategic Area 4: Dissemination and use of sustainable development data Strategic Area 5: Multi-stakeholder partnerships for sustainable development data Strategic Area 6: Mobilize resources and coordinate efforts for statistical capacity building Objectives and key actions have been identified NSI led processes

Global Regional National CT GAP and Roadmaps Global framework Rather general CT GAP Regional Regional indicators More detailed Regional roadmaps National Tailored Country led (NSO coordination within the country) National plan, strategy

UN World Data Forum 15-18 January 2017 in Cape Town Organized by the HLG-PCCB with the UNSD and Statistics SA Topics were clustered into six main themes: New approaches to capacity development for better data Innovations and synergies across different data ecosystems Leaving no one behind Understanding the world through data Data principles and governance The way forward: A Global Action Plan for data Preparations within 7 months!! Room for improvement – lessons learned Different session formats Engage more policy makers – stronger link between the data and policy worlds

UN World Data Forum Not a one-time event Second to be held in October 2018 in Dubai

UNSC – 48th Session, 7-10 March 2017 Draft resolution on the work of the UN Statistical Commission pertaining to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development To be adopted by ECOSOC and by the UN General Assembly Stressed the role of NSIs in providing data and strongly recommended the use of national data, preferably official statistics, for global reporting Agreed on the revised terms of reference of both the HLG-PCCB and the IAEG-SDG as well as the proposed work programmes Adopted the Cape Town Global Action Plan

Thank you for your kind attention! Tamara PÁL International Relations Hungarian Central Statistical Office +361 3456018 Tamara.Pal@ksh.hu