Mandate of the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building (hlg – pccb)

Mandate of the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building (HLG – PCCB)

• 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

To establish a global partnership

• 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

Nomination based on existing regional mechanisms in order to ensure equitable regional representation and technical expertise.

• 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.

Physical meetings and tele/videoconferences

• 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

Global Action Plan was drafted by the HLG-PCCB

• 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

15-18 January 2017 in Cape Town

• 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

Not a one-time event

• Not a one-time event

• Second to be held in October 2018 in Dubai

Draft resolution on the work of the UN Statistical Commission pertaining to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

• 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

Thank you for your kind attention!

• Thank you for your kind attention!

• Tamara PÁL

• International Relations

• Hungarian Central Statistical Office

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