1st Day - 15 April 2016:

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development:

Goals, Targets and Indicators

The presentation describes the sustainable development process that has led to
the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and focuses on
selected goals, targets and indicators.
The role of NSOs and Countries in the national, regional, thematic and global
indicators process is pointed out as well as the role of UN agencies in support of
country processes for global indicators reporting and monitoring.
The presentation includes a description of a sub-set of twenty indicators under
custodianship of FAO, linking them to ongoing and planned FAO capacity
development activities on the SDG process, including the co-development of
statistical frameworks for economic environmental accounting.

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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development:

Goals, Targets and Indicators

15 –17 April 2016, Kampala, Uganda

ENVIRONMENT – TEAM
STATISTICS DIVISION

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Outline
 The Sustainable Development Process
 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
 Goals, Targets, Indicators
 Monitoring, Reporting and the role of Countries through
their NSOs
 IAEG-SDGs and the Global Indicators Framework
 Indicators relevant for Agriculture and Food Security

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The Sustainable Development
Process

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The Sustainable Development Process
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in
1992:
 Environmental protection constitutes an essential part of
the sustainable development process
World Summit on Sustainable Development in
Johannesburg in 2002:
 Commitment of Nations to sustainable development
United Nations Conference on Sustainable
Development in 2012:
 Nations decided to launch a process to develop a set of
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will build
upon the Millennium Development Goals and converge
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with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The Sustainable Development Process

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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Background material/notes:
 UN Conference on Environment and Development in 1992:
http://www.un.org/geninfo/bp/enviro.html

 Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development

in 2002:
http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/documents/131302_w
ssd_report_reissued.pdf

 UN Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012:

https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/rio20
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 The 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development:

SDGs, Targets, Indicators

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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development
This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and
prosperity:
 People: end poverty and hunger
 Planet: protect the planet from degradation, including
through sustainable consumption and production,
sustainably managing its natural resources and taking
urgent action on climate change
 Prosperity: to ensure that all human beings can enjoy
prosperous lives and that economic, social and
technological progress occurs in harmony with nature
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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development

http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/

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GOALS, Targets, Indicators
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Goal 2: Zero Hunger
Goals
Target 2.1: By 2030, end hunger and ensure
169 access by all people, in particular the poor
and people in vulnerable situations, including
Targets infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient
food all year round

Indicators 2.1.1:
Prevalence of undernourished

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SDG indicators
Indicators of the 2030 Agenda need to be:
 Quality driven
 Accessible
 Timely
 Reliable
 Comparable

SDG indicators are a means for countries to monitor and

report on their progress towards SDGs goals and targets.

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Background material/notes:
 Transforming our world : the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development:
http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES
/70/1&Lang=E

 Sustainable development goals:

http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-
development-goals/

 Report of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on

Sustainable Development Goal Indicators:
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/statcom/47th-
session/documents/2016-2-IAEG-SDGs-E.pdf
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 Monitoring and Reporting:

the role of Countries through their NSOs

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Monitoring, Reporting and the role
of Countries through their NSOs
 National ownership is key to achieving sustainable development;
national reviews will take different national realities, capacities
and levels of development into account
 Need for data disaggregation – by income, sex, age, race,
ethnicity, migratory status, disability and geographic location or
other characteristics – is also fundamental for the full
implementation of the global framework in order to leave no one
behind as pledged in the 2030 Agenda
 The SDG indicators will require an unprecedented amount of data
to be produced and analysed: this will pose a significant
challenge for national statistical systems (NSO), in developing as
well developed countries
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Monitoring Reporting and the role
of NSOs
 National statistical offices (NSOs) play a leading role in the
development of the indicator framework to ensure national
ownership of the SDG process
 NSOs are members of the IAEG-SDGs and dialogue with UNSC
and UN agencies for global indicators monitoring and reporting
 Countries have the primary responsibility for follow-up and review
of progress made in the process of implementing the SDGs, which
requires quality, accessible and timely data collection
 Indicators will be developed at national, regional and global level

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SDG Indicators

UNSD

IAEG-SDGs
UNSC
GIF

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Country (NSOs)
Background material/notes:
 Indicator framework for Global Monitoring: Report of the
Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable
Development Goal Indicators (para 4)
 Note: National Monitoring of Global indicators will have
the support for each indicator of a custodian UN agency,
that will report annually to the UNSD (third meeting of
IAEG-SDGs,at: http://unstats.un.org/sdgs/meetings/iaeg-
sdgs-meeting-03)
 For thematic, national, regional indicators the country
should report directly to UNSD

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Inter-Agency and Expert Group on
SDG Indicators

IAEG-SDGs

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Inter-agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs)
member countries (rotating basis): UN AGENCIES participate as
OBSERVERS

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IAEG-SDGs and the Global Indicator
Framework

 January 2016: Briefing to the General Assembly on the global

SDGs indicator framework

 March 2016: the proposed global indicator framework for the

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was agreed by the 47th
Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC)

 30 March -1 April 2016: Finalization of the GIF Process in Mexico

City

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IAEG-SDGs and the Tier System
INDICATOR TIERs
SYSTEM

Tier 1
Indicator Tier 2
conceptually clear
Indicator Tier 3
established conceptually clear
methodology and Indicator for which
established
standards available there are not yet
methodology and
data regularly standards available established
produced by methodology and
data are not yet standards
countries
regularly produced
by countries

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IAEG-SDGs and UN Agencies as
Custodians
 In line with the Mexico IAEG-SDG meeting, each global SDG
indicator will have a “custodian agency”, responsible for:
 collecting data from national sources
 providing the storyline for the annual global SDG progress report
 providing and updating metadata
 working on further methodological development
 contributing to statistical capacity building
 developing the SDMX data structure when necessary
 Moreover, the custodian agency shall coordinate with other
agencies and stakeholders interested in contributing to the indicator
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Monitoring & Reporting Indicators
UNSD

National,
UN Agencies including FAO
Regional
UNSC
Thematic
GFI
Indicator
Indicator
IAEG-SDGs
Indicator
Indicator
Indicator

Country (NSO) 24

http://unstats.un.org/sdgs/files/meetings/iaeg-sdgs-meeting-03/Provisional-Proposed-Tiers-for-SDG-Indicators-24-03-16.pdf
Background material/notes:
 Inter-agency Expert Group on SDG Indicators terms of
reference: http://unstats.un.org/files/IAEG-SDGs%20-
%20Terms%20of%20Reference%20(April%202015).pdf
 Report of the IAEG-SDG to the 47th session of the
UNSC: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/statcom/47th-
session/documents/2016-2-SDGs-Rev1-E.pdf
 Metadata for the Proposed Global Indicators:
http://unstats.un.org/sdgs/iaeg-sdgs/metadata-
compilation/

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 Indicators relevant
for
Agriculture and Food Security

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GFI Indicators under custodianship
of FAO
 FAO identified a core set of indicators on the basis of broad
technical (internal and external) consultation. These indicators
have:
 Sound definition & Relevance for specific target
 Availability in the national statistical system
 Reliability, Coverage, International Comparability,
Granularity
 20 Indicators are under FAO’s mandate
 Example of 4 Indicators under FAO custodianship

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Metadata: http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-fs/voices/faqs/en/
Food Insecurity Experience Scale
(FIES)

The FIES is an experience-based metric of food insecurity severity

that relies on people’s direct responses to questions regarding their
access to adequate food.
http://www.fao.org/3/a-as583e.pdf

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http://unstats.un.org/sdgs/files/metadata-compilation/Metadata-Goal-5.pdf
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http://unstats.un.org/sdgs/files/metadata-compilation/Metadata-Goal-6.pdf
 INDICATOR 6.4.1: Change in water use
efficiency over time

 This indicator is defined as the output over time of a given major

sector per volume of (net) water withdrawn (showing the trend in
water use efficiency).
 Following ISIC (International Standard Industrial Classification of
All Economic Activities) coding, sectors are defined as:
 agriculture, forestry and fishing
 manufacturing, constructions, mining and quarrying
 electricity industry
 the municipal sector
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 GEMI
Integrated Monitoring of Water and Sanitation Related SDG
Targets
 Support countries in monitoring SDG Goal 6
 6 Targets; 11 Indicators
 Draft methodologies prepared and endorsed by UNSC at different
tier levels
 Timeframe: 2016-2018
 Next steps 2016: Pilot testing of draft methodologies
 6 countries in the proof-of-concept phase: Bangladesh, Jordan,
Netherlands, Peru, Senegal, Uganda
 FAO leading work on Target 6.4; 2 indicators:
 6.4.1 – Water use efficiency
 6.4.2 – Level of water stress

 Inception workshop in Uganda planned for June 2016, with UNEP

coordination
 Brochure available for more details
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 Mail: Riccardo.Biancalani@fao.org; Karen.Frenken@fao.org
 INDICATOR 15.1.1
Forest Area as percentage of total land area

http://unstats.un.org/sdgs/files/metadata-compilation/Metadata-Goal-15.pdf

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INDICATOR 15.1.1 Forest area as a percentage
of total land area

 Total land area is the total surface area of a country less the
area covered by inland waters, like major rivers and lakes

 Forest is defined as “land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with

trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10
percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It does
not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or
urban land use”

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The role of FAO in supporting SDGs
Indicators process and monitoring
Role in the monitoring: 20 SDGs indicators under FAO custody

Support in countries monitoring/Capacity Development activities

FAO support countries in data and methodological development in

support of the SDG process; in monitoring and reporting of indicators

Support countries in identifying, compiling and reporting coherent sets

of environmental and socio-economic information useful for indicators
Provide useful statistical frameworks, such as SEEA Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries to elaborate SDGs indicators
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Background material/notes:
SDG Indicators relevant for FAO and related tier (1/3):

Indicator under custodianship of FAO Tier

2.1.1 Prevalence of undernourishment. I
2.1.2 Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population, based on the Food I
Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)
2.3.1 Volume of production per labor unit by classes of arming/pastoral/forestry enterprise size III

2.3.2 Average income of small-scale food producers, by sex and indigenous status III
2.4.1 Proportion of agricultural area under productive and sustainable agriculture III
2.5.1 Number of plant and animal genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either III
medium or long term conservation facilities
2.5.2 Proportion of local breeds, classified as being at risk, not-at-risk or unknown level of risk of II
extinction
2.a.1 The agriculture orientation index for government expenditures I
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2.c.1 Indicator of (food) price anomalies II
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SDG Indicators relevant for FAO and related tier (2/3):

Indicator under custodianship of FAO Tier

5.a.1 (a) Percentage of people with ownership or secure rights over agricultural III
land (out of total agricultural population), by sex; and (b) share of women among
owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure
5.a.2 Percentage of countries where the legal framework (including customary law) II
guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control
6.4.1 Change in water use efficiency over time III
6.4.2 Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available I
freshwater resources
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Background material/notes:
SDG Indicators relevant for FAO and related tier (3/3) :

Indicator under custodianship of FAO Tier

12.3.1 Global food loss index III
14.4.1 Proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels I
14.6.1 Progress by countries in the degree of implementation of international III
instruments aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
14.b.1 Progress by countries in adopting and implementing a III
legal/regulatory/policy/institutional framework which recognizes and protects
access rights for small-scale fisheries
15.1.1 Forest area as a percentage of total land area I
15.2.1 Progress towards sustainable forest management I/III
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15.4.2 Mountain Green Cover Index II
Background material/notes:
 SDGs: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs

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 Thank you!
Contacts:

Silvia Cerilli
email: silvia.cerilli@fao.org
ESS-ENV Team
email: Environment-Statistics@fao.org

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