SDG Indicators –New website with information on meeting of Statistical Commission Inter-Agency and Expert Group, 1-2 June 2015

The Statistical Division has launched a website (Add link ) on the work of the Statistical Commission Inter-Agency and Expert Group (IAEG-SDGs), which will develop the indicators for the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Its first meeting will be held 1-2 June 2015.

The website lists those members that have already been appointed, taking into account equitable regional representation, as well as its terms of reference. The provisional agenda for the first meeting can be found at http://unstats.un.org/sdgs/first-iaeg-sdgs-meeting/. 

Information on civil society registration is included. In addition information on civil society  participation is included in the attached email from DESA:

From: Lotta Tahtinen/NY/UNO@UNHQ 

Dear All,

Our colleagues in the DESA Statistics Division have shared with us the new SDGs indicator website, which contains the available information and the latest updates: http://unstats.un.org/sdgs/

The first meeting of the Inter-Agency Expert Group on SDGs (IAEG-SDGs) will be held in New York from 1-2 June 2015. Due to space limitation, the representatives of major groups and other stakeholders who wish to attend the meeting are required to pre-register by filling out the following online registration form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FfhmVuDaciwZx6dnetjXW8S7WePpSGhAQBLOpzzKBy4/viewform?c=0&w=1  

Registration is only available for representatives of organizations that are already accredited to the UN and who have valid UN badges. Upon successful registration you will receive a confirmation email. Please note that attendance will be on a first come first served basis even if you have received a confirmation email. All meetings will also be web cast at (webtv.un.org). More information on the 1-2 June IAEG meeting is posted under:   http://unstats.un.org/sdgs/first-iaeg-sdgs-meeting/ 

Please be advised subject to the concurrence of the chair and members of the IAEG, there may be an opportunity to have up to five statements by representatives of major groups and other stakeholders. UN-NGLS and DESA will facilitate a call with the registered participants next Thursday morning, 28 May, to hear proposals on how major groups and other stakeholders could cluster together to prepare joint statements.

Finally, further to the call that was circulated for feedback on the draft indicators and updated targets, UN-NGLS has assembled a Google Spreadsheet of the inputs on indicators received, organized by Goal / Target / Indicator, and presented in the categories of General Comments; Amendments to the Statistical Commission's proposed indicators; and New proposals for Indicators. This Google Doc is available for viewing here: http://bit.ly/SDG-Indicators-Proposals (Note there are 18 Tabs along the top - 1 per SDG plus an 18th general comments Tab.). This compilation will be made available to the IAEG before their meeting.

Kind regards, Lotta

◦ Lotta Tahtinen | Stakeholder Engagement Programme Coordinator
◦ Division for Sustainable Development | DESA
◦ United Nations | Room S-2619 | Email: tahtinen@un.org
◦ Tel: +1 (917) 367-2212 | sustainabledevelopment.un.org