ICPD Beyond 2014 Operational Review: A concept note on the Global Survey

Background

General Assembly Resolution 65/234 on the follow-up to the ICPD beyond 2014 calls on UNFPA, in cooperation with all relevant organizations of the UN system and other relevant international organizations, to “undertake an operational review of the implementation of the Programme of Action (PoA) on the basis of the highest-quality data and analysis of the state of population and development, taking into account the need for a systematic, comprehensive and integrated approach to population and development issues”.

Two reports will be prepared based on this operational review for the 47^th session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) in 2014 and the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the ICPD Beyond 2014 of the same year. The first will be a comprehensive global report on the state of population and development reflecting population trends, data and information from national, regional and other sources and the second will be the report of the Secretary-General which will include the main messages from the global report. Together they will constitute a major reference for the discussion and implementation of population and development policies and programmes beyond 2014.

Operational Review

The operational review will comprise a series of interrelated activities including: a Global Survey, country consultations, regional consultations, thematic reports, in-depth studies and expert group meetings.

The Global Survey will be the core element of the operational review and its results will serve to develop a more comprehensive monitoring framework with more suitable indicators of implementation, updated baselines and new targets. 

NGOs will be invited to participate in the development and at all other stages of the Global Survey. According to UNFPA,  it will be a formal and systematic survey to be carried out in all countries to gather information on the implementation of key elements of the Programme of Action, focussing on “progress made so far, the identification of facilitating factors, the gaps and constraints limiting implementation, and emerging issues that require attention.” To meet the requirements of the “highest quality data and analysis” as stipulated in GA Resolution 65/234, it will be based on a common methodology that ensures comparability of results across countries.

Up-to-date information on the involvement of NGOs will be posted on this website as it becomes available.

Dates	Events
	Preparation of the Indicator Framework for the Global Survey
June –Sept  2011	Prepare  list of indicators in consultation with partners
October 2011	Convene an Expert Group Meeting to discuss the list of indicators
July-Nov 2011	Design the Country Implementation Profiles (CIP) and design and test the modules of the Global Survey
Nov- Dec 2011	Translate  the modules of the Global Survey  and the CIP (French, Arabic, Spanish, Russian)
	Implementation of the Global Survey
January 2012	Start the Global Survey process
Nov 2011 -April 2012	Carry out the compilation and data processing for the CIPs
May 2012	Distribute CIPs and Global Survey modules  to country offices
June- Sept 2012	Conduct the country consultation process to fill out the Global Survey
	Data processing and preparation of regional reports
Nov 2012 -Jan 2013	Produce database with the results of the Global Survey
Feb-April 2013	Conduct analysis of Global Survey results and prepare regional reports
May-Aug 2013	Regional Review Meetings
	Preparation of reports for the United Nations
August- Dec 2013	Conduct analysis at global level and incorporate results of regional review meetings in the drafting of both the long and the short reports on the operational review
Jan 2014	Complete Report of the SG on the Operational Review
Jan-Mar 2014	Contribute to the preparation of the SG’s index report for UNGASS
	Global Inter-governmental Meetings
April 2014	47th session of the Commission on Population and Development
April/May 2014	International Parliamentarians Conference
June 2014	Special Annual Session of UNFPA’s Executive Board
October 2014	UN General Assembly’s Special Session on ICPD Beyond 2014 (UNGASS)