1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

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

10. 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

11. Thank you for your kind attention!
Tamara PÁL
International Relations
Hungarian Central Statistical Office