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Sustainable Development Goals 05 September 2017 Dr Pali Lehohla Statistician General

Contents SDG baseline Moving Towards SDG Stats SA’s role Progress to date report 1 2 3 4 Integrated Indicator framework

M o v i n g T o w a r d s S D G

MDG vs SDG FOCUS AREAS SDGs From 8 to 17 Goals MDGs Adapted from http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/ng-interactive/2015/jan/19/sustainable-development-goals-changing-world-17-steps-interactive

MDG>>SDG • MORE INDICATORS 60 TO 230 INDICATORS • MORE GOALS FROM 8 TO 17 GOALS • CALLS FOR A DATA REVOLUTION BIG DATA PRESENTS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FUTURE • MORE TARGETS FROM 20 TO 169 TARGETS

Strategic matters-SDGs (HLG) Cape Town Global Action Plan (GAP) launched at the UN World Data Forum – Jan 2017. GAP Outlines ! ! ! LEAVING NO ONE ACTIONS NEEDED INNOVATION BEHIND Identifies new and strategic ways to Actions needed to Confirms importance of disaggregated data to produce timely and efficiently mobilize resources in ensure most vulnerable and quality data pursuance of: “hard to reach” groups are taken care of [Principle of Secretary- General’s Independent “leaving no one behind”] Expert and Advisory Group (IEAG) on Data Revolution for Sustainable Development as well as the priorities identified in the “Transformative Agenda for Official Statistics.

Strategic matters-SDGs (HLG) Global Action Plan Six strategic areas have been identified in the plan Strategic Area 1 Strategic Area 3 Strategic Area 5 1 3 5 Strengthening of basic Coordination and Multi-stakeholder statistical activities and strategic leadership on partnerships for sustainable programmes, data for sustainable development data with development particular focus on addressing the monitoring needs of the 2030 Agenda Strategic Area 2 Strategic Area 4 Strategic Area 6 2 4 6 Innovation and Dissemination and use of Mobilize resources and modernisation of sustainable development coordinate efforts for national statistics data statistical capacity systems building Stats SA forms part of a sub group of the HLG that is working on implementing the plan.

Strategic matters-SDGs (HLG) Expert Group on National Quality Assurance Frameworks (EGNQA). ! ! ! NON-TRADITIONAL ACTION TAKEN ACTION REQUIRED DATA SOURCES The UNSC emphasized the The Expert Group was requested to EGNQA re-established at importance of ensuring the 48 th Session of UNSC address issues involved in the quality of data derived from implementation of the national new sources and new data providers, including those quality assurance frameworks, outside the official including issues of coordination, and statistical system. the need to support countries in this implementation.

Global indicator development activities - Current Indicator Development Status 230 Indicators divided into 3 Tiers 1 2 3 TIER 1: TIER 2: TIER 3: Clear standards and Clear standards and No standards and methods developed and methods developed, but methods exist or data available on the not all countries have methods are in process indicators data on the indicator of being developed (data available in < 50% of countries) Currently 156 Tier 1 and 2 indicators as at 20 April 2017 and 74 Tier 3 indicators (Up from 21 at conclusion of 3rd IAEG meeting) Affects All Goals, however Goals 5 , 11, 12 14 most affected

Global indicator development activities - Refinements and Review of SDG Indicators Proposed Indicator Indicators adopted at the Reviews: 2020 and 2025 UNSC that was held this • Indicators not aligned to year in March targets or not fully reflecting targets • Not sufficiently measurable or specific • Tier 3 indicators with difficulties on methodology or data • New indicators resulting from new tools/methodologies

Stats SA’s role

Stats SA’s role in SDG reporting Stats Act (Act 6 of 1999) • SDG secretariat • Data gathering • To advance planning, production, • Data assessments using SASQAF analysis, documentation, storage and dissemination of official and • NCC/SWG/TWG secretariat other statistics • Report writing (baseline 1. Statistical production report)/Report writing facilitation (Main reports) 2. Statistical coordination • Report dissemination • The Act provides for the Statistician- General to fulfil the Republic’s international reporting obligations

MDG-SDG structure comparison MDG structure SDG structure • NCC • NCC • SWGs (6): • SWGs (4) • Poverty - Goal 1 • Social • Education and Women Empowerment • Economic and Partnerships - Goals 2 and 3 • Environment • Health 1 - Goals 4 & 5 • Governance, Peace, Safety and Security • Health 2 - Goal 6 Sub-structures of the SWGs may be created based on • Environment - Goal 7 workload • Building Partnerships - Goal 8 • TWG • TWG • ERDT • RDT and ERDT

Progress to date

Domestication Has to take place at various levels Measurement and reporting Programme Planning, Monitoring Measurement (all implementation and evaluation data producing agencies) and reporting on progress through indicators by Programme Planning, Monitoring Stats SA implementation by and evaluation of agencies, state progress on departments, programme businesses, etc. implementation by DPME

Outputs Bottom up approach as compared to the MDG’s top down approach Suite of SA’s SDG indicators SDG indicators and 1 domesticated indicators Supplementary indicators will be included where the SDG indicators are not sufficient or are not 3 applicable to explain the situation in the country, or where data for SDG reporting is not available Proxy indicators in line with the principle of domestication, ensuring 2 indicators are adjusted to meet local peculiarities.

Domestication process Consultations with Consultations with All Government SWG structures institutions (National, 14 November 2016); Provincial and Local), and National training of CSOs/NGOs, academic February 2017. Stats SA institutions and Private provincial/District staff PLUS sector, done Individual SWG focal on the SDGs Note: Only indicators in (September 2016) point meetings held in Provincially (June – 2016 and 2017 to Tiers 1 and 2 considered November 2016); and finalise Indicator lists Workshop was conducted Nationally (1-2 to capacitate Stats SA for domestication December 2016). provincial and district staff to facilitate Provincial and Local Consultations

Process driven: Credible information through SASQAF Integrity Accessibility Accuracy Relevance Timeliness Pre-requisites Interpretability Comparability & Coherence Methodological Soundness

Process - Data Data for the baseline report was sourced mainly from Government Institutions However new data sources (Private sector and Civil society) will have to be pursued 1 2 3 4 ACCESSING COMPUTATION QUALITY VALIDATION All data will be Accessing data and The SWGs were Data validation through subjected to a quality metadata from source responsible for data a consultative process validation process departments was value computation will be facilitated by unless the data already facilitated through the Stats SA involving all enjoys OFFICIAL status sectoral working groups relevant stakeholders (SWG activity) (SWGs)

Data and Reports Baseline report 01 02 03 04 05 Submission Compilation Validation Sensitization Final Report Stats SA staff Validation This will be Final report to Updated members workshop took followed by a be handed to report compiled a place on 1 – 2 sensitisation the President submitted to report reflecting June 2017 to period to key for submission NCC for the indicator review the UN stakeholders. to the UN. ratification on status as at draft report 31 July 2017. 2016 (or the nearest year).

Data and Reports Coverage Only 156 of the proposed 230 indicators have agreed standards and methods and can thus strictly speaking be measured. Agreed Standards, 156 The baseline report, covers only 98 of the 156 indicators (63%), and the rest of the indicators in the report are additional domesticated indicators.

Data availability varies by Goal 63% Data Availability 81 - 100% 61-80% 41-60% 21- 40% 0 - 20%

Moving Forward with the SDG goals in South Africa

SDG Process Continues Sep 2017 July 2018 Internal Process of Domestication Continues

August 2017 Data Quality Assessment Sectoral Data Verification Working Alternative Data Sources Groups Report Drafting Team

October 2017 Broad Dissemination of the Baseline Report (Focusing on “Leaving no one behind”)

2019 1 st Full Scale COUNTRY Report 2021 2023 SDG Updates Every 2025 2 Years 2027 2029 2030

INTEGRATING VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS Regional MTSF (SADC) National IDP Agenda DGDP PGDP Development (Sector Special SDG Plan 2063 plans) Groups (BRICS)

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