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International seminar on NATIONAL STATISTICAL SYSTEMS REVIEWS

in Small Island Developing States

Session 2.1: Initiatives in the Pacific

Progress Updates

Pacific Sustainable Development Roadmap

&

UN Pacific Strategy 2018-2022

By

Chris Ryan (UN-ESCAP)

Varanisese Tawake (UN-RCO)



Pacific Sustainable Development Roadmap

• Background behind Pacific SD Roadmap

• Composition of the Pacific SDG taskforce

• Reporting requirements in the Roadmap

• Process of selecting the Pacific Regional

Indicators



Background

• Pacific Leaders identified the need to develop a

regional set of indicators that account for

national priorities and which could be joint used

to monitor the pacific region’s progress against:

– The 2030 Agenda

– SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA

Pathway)

– Framework for Pacific Regionalism



Background (cont)

• The Pacific SDGs Taskforce was established to guide

implementation, and has drafted a Pacific Sustainable

Development Roadmap to:

– Finalize a regional set of Pacific SDG indicators

– Strengthen Regional and National mechanisms for integrated

regional reporting

– Assist member States embed SDGs in national/sector plans,

budgets and reporting processes

– Identify key elements for implementing 2030 Agenda in the

Pacific at regional/national levels



Members of the Pacific SDGs Taskforce

• Countries: Samoa, Fiji, RMI, Cooks, Solomon

Islands, Aus/NZ, PNG

• Chairs of PSSC (Vanuatu) and SDGTF TWG

(Tonga)

• CROP: PIFS, SPREP, SPC, USP

• Agencies: ESCAP, UNDP, WB, EU, USA

• Other: Civil Society, private Sector

• Additional consultants



Process for selecting regional set of indicators

• First step was to map the global indicators

against Pacific regional priorities

• Pacific regional priorities were identified as:

– Those reflected in the FPR and SAMOA Pathway

– Those linked to unfinished business of the MDGs

(Gender and Poverty)

– Priorities which are common to Pacific Island

countries

– Those where regional efforts would enhance national

action and implementation



Process for selecting regional set of indicators

• Additional priorities identified for the region, as

indicated in past MDG reports included:

– Increased levels of inequality, covering:

• Urban, Rural and Outer Islands

• Persons with disabilities

– Non-communicable diseases

– Quality of education

– Sustainable energy and infrastructure

• Key transboundary challenges for the region

– Climate change and oceans, and now disaster impact

and response development



Progress of selecting the Pacific Regional Indicators

• 2015: In support of the Pacific’s engagement in the SDG Open

Working Group, SPC led CROP efforts to develop initial draft of

Pacific Headline Indicators (PHIs)

– 62 indicators in total – based on global framework

• Oct 2016: Forum member countries and development partners

consulted – feedback consulted by the Pacific SDG Task Force

– 146 indicators

• Nov 2016 - Apr 2017:Discussed by the PSSC, and regional

meetings of statisticians to discuss measurability and baselines –

presented to SDGTF

– 116 indicators

• June 2017: Discussions between SDGTF and senior statistician

– 129 indicators



Summary of Pacific SD Indicators

Goal 1: No Poverty – 5/12 Goal 10: Inequalities – 7/11

Goal 2: Zero Hunger – 7 /14 Goal 11: Cities – 5/15

Goal 3: Good Health – 16/26 Goal 12: Consum/Produc – 4/13

Goal 4: Education – 8/11 Goal 13: Climate Action – 4/7

Goal 5: Gender Equal – 11/14 Goal 14: Oceans – 7/10

Goal 6: Water & Sanit. – 3/11 Goal 15: Land – 6/14

Goal 7: Energy – 4/6 Goal 16: Peace – 7/23

Goal 8: Eco Growth – 9/17 Goal 17: Partnerships – 18/25

Goal 9: Industry – 3/12 Pacific Indicator – 5



Reporting

• Pacific quadrennial reporting on selected

indicators from the Pacific Regional Set will be

used to report against the Asia-Pacific SDGs

Roadmap priority areas relevant to the Pacific.

– Align with the GA HLPF

• Biennial Pacific Sustainable Development

thematic highlights to Leaders will also inform

the Asia Pacific SDGs Roadmap and SDGs

Report



Support to National Statistical Systems in the Context of the

United Nations Pacific Strategy 2018-2022



UNITED NATIONS PACIFIC STRATEGY (UNPS)

2018 - 2022

• 5-year strategic framework

• Outlines the collective response of the UN system to the

development priorities in 14 PICTs

• Supports the 14 governments and peoples in the Pacific

to advance a localized response to the global 2030

Agenda for Sustainable Development

• Focus on 5 Outcomes: Climate Change, Disaster

Resilience and Environmental Protection; Gender

Equality; Sustainable and Inclusive Economic

Empowerment; Equitable Basic Services; Governance &

Community Engagement; & Human Rights



A Multi-Country

Sustainable Development Framework in

the Pacific Region

6

- By 2022, people in the Pacific effectively enjoy

strengthened legal framework and institutions that deliver human rights protection in accordance

with international commitments under relevant treaties and

Universal Periodic Review (UPR).

1

By 2022, people & ecosystems in the Pacific are more resilient to the

impacts of climate change, climate

variability and disasters; and environmental

protection is strengthened.

5

By 2022, people and communities in the

Pacific will contribute to and benefit from

inclusive, informed and transparent decision

making processes; accountable and

responsive institutions; and improved access to

justice.

4

By 2022, more people in the Pacific,

particularly the most vulnerable have

increased equitable access to and

utilization of inclusive, resilient and quality

basic services.

3

By 2022, people in the Pacific in particular youth,

women and vulnerable groups, benefit from

inclusive and sustainable economic development

that creates decent jobs, reduces multi–dimensional

poverty and inequalities, and promotes economic

empowerment.

2

- By 2022, gender equality is advanced in the Pacific, where more women and girls are empowered and enjoy equal opportunities and treatment in social, economic and political

spheres, contribute to and benefit from national

development, and live a life free from violence and

discrimination.

Gender Equality

Human Rights

Climate Change

Sustainable & Inclusive Economic Empowerment

Equitable Basic Services

Governance and Community Engagement



UNPS document P.19 under Outcome 5 –

Governance and Community Engagement

“The UN will support national statistics strategies that enhance

public access to information and data and provide timely and

relevant evidence for national and sector humanitarian and

development planning, and monitoring. Support will focus on

strengthening institutional capacities in PICTs to generate data and

evidence to monitor the situation of communities and the most

vulnerable, including children. This will be achieved by enhancing

capacities in key ministries and amongst decision makers in equity

focused development planning and budgeting. Support will be

provided for the implementation of housing and population

censuses, including support for adherence to international

definitions and methodology, the use of new technologies for data

collection in the field, and data utilisation. Mechanisms to increase

birth and death registrations will be supported in PICTs.”



UNPS 2018-2022 RESULTS FRAMEWORK

Outcome UNPS

Indicators

SDG Indicators

1 Climate Change, Disaster

Resilience & Environmental

Protection

5 5

2 Gender Equality 4 4

3 Sustainable and Inclusive Economic

Empowerment

6 6

4 Equitable Services 11 9

5 Governance and Community

Engagement

6 5

(16.9.1, 16.10.2,

17.19.2)

6 Human Rights 6 1

Total 38 30



UNPS GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY

FRAMEWORK

UNPacificSteeringGroup

(UN/Countries)

PacificJointUNCountryTeam

FijiandSamoa

UNPSCoordinationGroup

Subgroup–DataManagementandEvaluationGroup

OutcomeGroup1-ClimateChange,Disaster

ResilienceandEnvironmentalProtection

OutcomeGroup2- GenderEquality

OutcomeGroup3-Sustainableand

InclusiveEconomicEmpowerment

OutcomeGroup4- EquitableBasic

Services

OutcomeGroup5- Governanceand

CommunityEngagement

OutcomeGroup6- HumanRights

ThemeGroup

Youth

UNCommunications

Group

OperationsManagement

Team

HumanitarianCoordination

Team

SecurityManagement

Team

JointPresenceOffices– 14Countries

CookIslands,FSM,Fiji,Kiribati,Nauru,Niue,RMI,Palau,Samoa,SolomonIslands,Tokelau,Tonga,Tuvalu,VanuatuCountrylevelcoordination

Planningandimplementation

Coordinationandstrategy

UNleadership

UNandgovernment

OfficesoftheUNResidentCoordinators– FijiandSamoa



DATA, MONTORING AND EVALUATION

GROUP (DMEG)

• Established in September 2016

• UNFPA – Chairing Agency

• Members – All 17 residing UN agencies in the Pacific.

(M&E experts, statisticians, data and programme

specialists)

• Coordinated Technical Support and Advise on the DM&E

requirements of the UNPS and the SDGs (UCG/

Regional SDG Task Force/ PSSC)



EXPECTED RESULTS OF DMEG

• Strengthen Pacific Islands countries and territories (PICTs’) capacity in the areas related to the SDG Goals, Targets and Indicators, Pacific Headline Indicators and the UNPS indicators by enhanced partnerships, collaboration and coordination of data and statistical activities within the Fiji and Samoa UNCTs and within the UNPS governance mechanism, particularly.

• Support PICTs in producing and regularly updating national data profiles including SDG Goals, targets and indicators

• Strengthen partnerships and policy dialogue on data with national and regional stakeholders.



EXPECTED RESULTS OF DMEG

• Support PICTs for mapping (in collaboration with the SPC Statistics for Development Division) of all major data related investments envisaged between now and 2030, including population and housing census, population based surveys (e.g. DHS, HIES, LSS, Labor Force Surveys, etc.) CRVS, and administrative data where relevant.

• Improved delivery of technical support to PICTs in the monitoring of their SDGs through enhanced support to their efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems (data ecosystem).



KEY MILESTONES

• 5 Meetings (1 joined by SPC Suva and Noumea)

• Provision of data and evidence to support UNCT

strategic prioritization of the UNPS 2018-2022

and results framework

• Assessment of SDG Indicators Data availability,

analysis and utilization.

• Collaboration with SPC and Regional SDG Task

Force (Joint concept note on data and PHIs)



UNPS-PHIs-SDGIs



THANK YOU



UN Pacific Strategy, 2018 - 2022

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