Francesca Perucci United Nations Statistics Division National monitoring of the MDGs: an overview of recommendations by the IAEG and the UN Statistical Commission Francesca Perucci United Nations Statistics Division 2nd International Conference on MDG Statistics, 19-21 October 2011

2nd International Conference on MDG Statistics, 19-21 October 2011 OUTLINE Recommendations by the IAEG on MDG Indicators Recommendations by the UN Statistical Commission The way forward 2nd International Conference on MDG Statistics, 19-21 October 2011

IAEG: what are the priorities? Ensure full transparency in the process from country data to international series Reconcile national and international data compilation Improve reporting mechanisms from national to international Reduce data gaps Improve national ownership of estimates and country data adjustments Improve coordination of national reporting on MDGs Improve sub-national monitoring of the MDGs (for policy making, better allocation of resources across different population groups and regional areas). 2nd International Conference on MDG Statistics, 19-21 October 2011

Key recommended actions Identify ways to improve coordination within the national statistical system, engaging the whole national statistical system, for national reporting and for reporting of data to international agencies Continue to improve the content of the metadata and the tools available on the mdgs.un.org website Provide training on metadata for the compilation of the indicators 2nd International Conference on MDG Statistics, 19-21 October 2011

Key recommended actions (continued) Implement SDMX for MDG Indicators Identify best practices and provide training for monitoring at sub-national level 2nd International Conference on MDG Statistics, 19-21 October 2011

UN Statistical Commission UNSC has reviewed the IAEG work over the years and made recommendations Key elements Enhancing the dialogue between countries and international agencies Ensuring full ownership by countries of MDG data Developing capacity Providing training on national and subnational monitoring Promoting the use of SDMX 1. Commended progress in enhancing the dialogue between countries and international agencies and in resolving data inconsistenciesfull 2. Full ownership by countries of Millennium Development Goals data can only be achieved by improving the coordination of national and international statistical systems 2nd International Conference on MDG Statistics, 19-21 October 2011

Key actions recommended by UN Statistical Commission 2011 Develop tools and methodology for country-level assessment of progress and make them widely available to countries Continue to provide training to countries on monitoring MDGs at the subnational level Continue the work to reconcile the national and international data and to improve coordination of MDG reporting Continue to provide technical assistance and training to countries that wish to adopt the SDMX standards on MDG indicators 2nd International Conference on MDG Statistics, 19-21 October 2011

2nd International Conference on MDG Statistics, 19-21 October 2011 The way forward Ownership of national monitoring Improve tools for sub-national monitoring Resolve conceptual and methodological issues on some of the indicators (those not currently collected by countries) Metadata and handbook widely available for national monitoring Expand use of common platforms for data and metadata exchange 2nd International Conference on MDG Statistics, 19-21 October 2011

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