While much progress has been made in mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals into national development plans and strategies, what is often lacking is an assessment of the financial resources required to implement them.
2019, just like the decade it brought to a close, was marked by a wave of protests. Movements across all continents lifted the lid on people’s disillusionment, indignity and unmet needs. Today, the streets may be silent but the message still echoes: we need a decade of action to accelerate progress towards everything the Sustainable Development Goals stand for. This is a race against time, and the hurdles just got higher.
Monitoring of SDGs under Agenda 2030 is the focus for national statistical systems which has huge data demands. Big data and other non-traditional data sources are an exciting prospect for national statistical offices to meet this increasing demand for more statistics of greater timeliness and relevance specially during COVID-19 pandemic. Human resource management and appropriate skill development is essential to meet this challenge. This webinar is being held as preparation for the 7th Committee of Statistics.
The 75th session of the General Assembly, opening on Tuesday 15 September 2020, will be presided over by H.E. Mr. Volkan Bozkir.
SDSN and the Government of Finland are inviting interested people to an official HLPF side event on timely data for the SDGS!
Date: July 14, 2020
Time: 8:00 to 9:00 EDT | 14:00 to 15:00 CEST | 15:00 to 16:00 EEST | click for more time zones
Side event on “Fast-Tracking the SDGs: Driving Asia-Pacific Transformations”
co-organized by ESCAP, ADB and UNDP
7 JULY 18:30 – 19:45 (GMT+7)
https://www.youtube.com/unescap