The overall objective of these virtual trainings were to provide (government officials responsible for monitoring SDG indicator 2.4.1) capacity development on the methodology, data collection and analysis relevant to sustainable food and agriculture and how to assess data gaps starting from available national and subnational (farm-level) information and associated reporting...

Offered by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the free MOOC "Understanding data and statistics better – for more effective SDG decision making" aims to offer a double opportunity: i) to help improve the...

The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) will hold the Regional Forum for Sustainable Development for the Arab States 2021 from 29-31 March 2021. The Regional Forum will be held in a hybrid format that will provide for both in-person and virtual participation. The Annual Regional Collaborative Platform for the...

As part of the Conference of European Statisticians (CES) work programme, the Fifth Expert Meeting on Statistics for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will take place online on 29 March-1 April 2021, 15.00-17.00 CET each day. The Expert Meeting will provide a platform to share experience on issues related to statistics for SDGs. The meeting...

The IAEG-SDGs hosted a virtual meeting, “Leaving no one behind: Data disaggregation for SDGs,” on Thursday, 25 March 2021 at 8:00 am EDT. The meeting was open to all countries, international and regional agencies and entities, and other stakeholders.  The speakers focused on data disaggregation initiatives as well as reporting and...