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National SDG indicator frameworks in Georgia

National SDG indicator frameworks in Georgia. Sub-regional Workshop on Data and Statistics for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for High-Level Official Statisticians 30-31 May 2017, Baku, Azerbaijan Maia Guntsadze Deputy Executive Director National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat ).

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National SDG indicator frameworks in Georgia

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  1. National SDG indicator frameworks in Georgia Sub-regional Workshop on Data and Statistics for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for High-Level Official Statisticians 30-31 May 2017, Baku, Azerbaijan Maia Guntsadze Deputy Executive Director National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat)

  2. Outline of presentation • The process of nationalization of the SDGs and Development targets • The role of Geostat in national SDG coordination • SDGs and development targets Georgia • Mapping national indicator frameworks to the global SDG indicator framework • Data for development- Georgia • Quality criteria for indicator sets • SDG Indicators: challenges and opportunities

  3. The process of nationalization of the SDGs and Development targets • The nationalization process was guided by the global level of ambition, but taking into account national circumstances – goals and targets were set considering national context, challenges and opportunities • Government of Georgia established a joint technical working group including National Statistics Office, experts from different line ministries and UN country team; The consultation process started in 2015 • All government bodies were asked to provide evidence- based priorities and relevant indicators in line with SDG goals • The technical thematic working sub-groups on Human Rights and Gender Equality, Social Inclusion, Economic Growth and Environment Protection have analyzed the SDGs • Government of Georgia foresees the establishment of the SDG Coordination Council involving the business, civil society and academia • Awareness building and engagement, especially on local level will be generated through consultative efforts supported by Georgia’s development partners • The process of defining adjusted SDG targets, development of relevant indicators has drawn on a set of strategic and multi-sectoral development documents on a national level

  4. The role of Geostat in national SDG coordination ✓Data collection & national statistical system will be the cornerstone for SDG national production, monitoring and evaluation ✓ Geostat is a member of the body coordinating SDGs at the policy level in the country (through regular meetings, consultations, MOA etc.) ✓Strengthening national cooperation mechanisms with other stakeholders (such as research, private sector, etc., either as producers or users of statistics). ✓ Producing statistics and metadata for statistical global SDG indicators ✓ Developing SDG indicators tailored to national context ✓ Development of new data sources when required. For non-existing indicators – identify potential producers and possibility to produce. ✓ Dissemination and communication ✓ Quality assurance (UN Fundamental principles, COP, GSBPM, etc) ✓ Define areas for strengthening national statistical capacities ✓Government will establish SDG Monitoring and Evaluation system at both central and local levels to track progress: annual reporting cycle will be upheld ✓ Monitoring SDGs – Government With the support of the National Statistics Office of Georgia : Fix the baseline indicator to each target See the right directions and a certain level of obvious progress in future Work with the line Ministries to collect the relevant data Analyze certain weaknesses of disaggregated statistics

  5. SDGs and development targets Georgia Data Ecosystem-Availability of data SDGs and development targets Georgia • Assessment of Georgia’s capacity to produce the global SDG indicators have been conducted • Georgia prioritized set of 17 goals out of the total 17, as well as 90 global targets mid term • 186 indicators has been identified as a baseline data (80% of the global SDG indicators, out of 232 ) • The adjusted goals and targets will be reviewed in a 5-year span to cover full scope of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 • Joint work plan for 2017-2018 UN Partnership for SDGs development is under finalization

  6. Mapping national indicator frameworks to the global SDG indicator framework Example From the Assessment of Georgia’s 90 targets (Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere)

  7. Data Ecosystems - institutions Data for Development - Georgia Leading organizations per area Producer Owner Monitor

  8. Quality criteria for indicator sets Source: adapted from https://unstats.un.org/unsd/broaderprogress/pdf/Lesson%20Learned%20from%20MDG%20Monitoring_2013-03-22%20(IAEG).pdf

  9. SDG Indicators: challenges and opportunities Integration & Standardisation Interoperability Infrastructure IT & applications Scope > 230 indicators Digital transformation Modernisation Resources & Capability SDG Indicators Data Eco-system Granularity Data disaggregation Data sources Big Data Methodology Mix-mode Know-how HR development Institutional environment Leadership Coordination Partnership Quality Timelinessreliability Data community Data providers& producers Opportunities Capacity Building Challenges

  10. Time to complete our unfinished work  Thank you for your attention! Maia Guntsadze Deputy Executive Director National Statistics Office of Georgia mguntsadze@geostat.ge

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