Positioning geospatial information to address global challenges

1. IAEG-SDGs Working Group on Geospatial Information Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators • TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD: THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT • UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/70/1 (2015) • MANDATE FOR UN StatCom and the IAEG-SDGs (Para. 75): • The global indicator framework, to be developed by the Inter Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs), will be agreed by the UN Statistical Commission by March 2016 and adopted thereafter by the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly, in line with existing mandates. • MANDATE FOR Annual SDG Progress Report (Para. 83): • Follow-up and review at the high-level political forum will be informed by an annual progress report on the Sustainable Development Goals to be prepared by the Secretary-General in cooperation with the United Nations system, based on the global indicator framework and data produced by national statistical systems and information collected at the regional level. Positioning geospatial information to address global challenges

2. IAEG-SDGs Working Group on Geospatial Information Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators • Tasks of the IAEG-SDGs • (TOR first agreed at the 46th and refined at the 47th session of the UNSC) • Develop the global indicator framework and a list of indicators • Provide technical support for the implementation • Regularly review methodological developments, the indicators and their metadata; • Report on progress at the global level; • Regularly review capacity-building activities; • Decision by the UNSC at its 47th session (8-11 March 2016) • Agreed, as a practical starting point, the proposed global indicator framework for the goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as reflected in the list of 231 indicators presented in annex IV of the report, subject to future technical refinement. Positioning geospatial information to address global challenges

3. IAEG-SDGs Working Group on Geospatial Information Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators • The Interagency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators, at its 3rd Meeting in Mexico City (April 2016), decided to create three working groups: • Interlinkages • Geospatial information • Statistical Data & Metadata Exchange (SDMX) • The Geospatial Information Working Group (ToR) • Primary objective: to ensure, from a statistical and geographic location perspective that the key principle of the 2030 Agenda to “leave no one behind” is reflected in the SDG Global indicator framework. • Tasks include considering how GI/EO can contribute to the indicators & metadata: • as a direct indicator in itself; • to support and augment statistical data; • to validate national statistical data inputs; • to communicate and visualize the geographic dimensions and context of the indicators where appropriate; and • to provide granularity and disaggregation of the indicators where appropriate. Positioning geospatial information to address global challenges

4. IAEG-SDGs Working Group on Geospatial Information Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators Overview of progress to date Jul 2016 30 Mar-1 Apr 2016, Mexico City Membership of WG composed 7 – 10 Mar, 2017, UNHQ, New York 15-18 Nov 2016, Geneva First established by IAEG-SDGs Sep 2016 IAEG-SDGs Fourth Meeting Drafted 2016/17 Work Plan 48th Statistical Commission May – Jun 2016 4 Aug 2016, UNHQ, New York 12 – 14 Dec, 2016 (Mexico) Proposed 2nd Meeting of WG Terms of Reference finalized 1st Meeting of WG