The chapter describes the Sustainable Development Goals measurement. It involves the mobilization of the national statistical system to make available data for the internationally-agreed harmonized measurement indicators. The chapter addresses integration of measurement indicators and geolocated national data to design systems that can provide easily usable information to support the decision process in the perspective of open and multidisciplinary consultations. The capacity of national statistical systems to meet the challenge of data availability is presented.
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The production of data for the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda requires strong political commitment and increased resources to support global and national efforts to strengthen statistical systems. New data sources and technologies for data collection and integration of different data sources will need to be explored, including in partnership with civil society, the private sector and academia. The integration of geospatial information and statistical data will be particularly important for the production of many indicators.
Definitions of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and their 169 targets using measurable indicators, as well as the seven African aspirations, are accompanied by indicators that will provide a sound gauge of progress towards the targets (Leadership Council of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, 2015, Sustainable Development Sustainable Network, 2015).
Framework of SDG Indicators
The overall framework of SDG indicators should include five levels of indicators (Figure1) and (Figure 2).
The Global indicators are completed by Regional indicators, national indicators and Subnational Indicators and Additional indicators for Thematic monitoring (Economic Commission for Africa, 2017).
Figure 1. Source: Leadership Council of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, 2015 Figure 2. International agenda 2030 and African agenda 2063