On 19 March 2015, a technical report was released by the Bureau of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) on the process of the development of an indicator framework for the goals and targets of the post-2015 development agenda:
http://bit.ly/StatComm_Indicators_Technical_Report_March_2015Non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations and organizations participating in the Major Groups may contribute assessment of the draft indicators by completing the form below.
DEADLINE: 26 APRIL 2015
Please consider the following information regarding how countries have been asked to assess the indicators, from page 10 in the UNSC technical report:
1. Countries were asked to rate on a scale of A to C the feasibility, suitability and relevance of the proposed provisional indicators for each target. The following three (where applicable four) questions were used:
Question 1: Please indicate the feasibility of the proposed provisional indicators (including its disaggregation by age and sex, where suggested) according to the following categories:
A: Easily feasible (methodology exists and data is available)
B: Feasible with strong effort
C: Difficult, even with strong effort
Question 2: Please indicate the suitability of the proposed provisional indicators according to the following categories:
A: We support this indicator
B: We need to discuss and/or consider other indicators
C: We do not support this indicator
Question 3: Please indicate whether the proposed provisional indicator is relevant to the target according to the following categories:
A: Very relevant
B: Somewhat relevant
C: Not relevant
Question 4: For indicators that propose disaggregation beyond age and sex please rate the feasibility of the additional dis-aggregations according to the following categories:
(Only for 23 indicators where applicable)
A: Easily feasible (methodology exists and data is available
B: Feasible with strong effort
C: Difficult, even with strong effort
Feedback submitted via this form can be viewed here:
http://bit.ly/Feedback-received-targets-indicatorsAt the request of the UN DESA Statistics Division, UN-NGLS will produce a synthesis report and associated compilation document of inputs received via this form for submission to the Secretariat of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on the Sustainable Development Goals.
More information about the post-2015 negotiations may be found here:
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015