Measurement of Progress Towards the SDGs Through ICT Indicators

Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development.

Session 259

14:30–16:15, Monday, 12 June 2017 Popov Room 2, ITU Tower Interactive Session

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The session will highlight the measurement of progress towards the SDGs through ICT indicators, beyond the SDG Indicators Monitoring Framework. An initial mapping of ICT indicators to the SDGs based on the Partnership's core list of ICT indicators will be presented, followed by a country example. Parallel work on developing a thematic set of indicators on science, technology and innovation for the SDGs will lead to the launch of a Partnership Task Force on developing a thematic list of ICT indicators for the SDGs. Thematic ICT indicators should help monitor the availability and use of ICT in different sectors relevant to the SDGs. The indicators will be open to feedback from the WSIS stakeholders, during and after the WSIS Forum 2017.

Moderator

Alison Gillwald, Executive Director, Research ICT Africa

Speakers/Panellists

The role of ICTs in achieving the SDGs - Scarlett Fondeur Gil, Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD

ICT indicators for the SDGs: The Brazilian experience – Tatiana Jereissati, CETIC, Brazil

Thematic indicators on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for the SDGs - Martin Schaaper, Head of Science, Culture and Communication, UNESCO Institute for Statistics (remote participation)

Developing a thematic list of ICT indicators for the SDGs - Esperanza Magpantay, Senior Statistician, ITU and Ms. Marion Barthelemy, Director, Division for Public Administration and Development Management, UN DESA

Session's link to WSIS Action Lines

C11. International and regional cooperation

The Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development's work is closely linked to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), which called upon countries and international organisations to work together to develop appropriate indicators and produce official statistics to monitor the Information Society.

Session's link to Sustainable Development Process

Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

The Partnership has made a concerted effort to highlight the role that ICTs will play in achieving the SDGs. It has also shaped the SDG monitoring framework to help track the Sustainable Development Goals and targets.
The Partnership’s work will support monitoring the SDGs, and help overcome the challenges in terms of data availability, and quality. The Partnership will present new and potential data sources in support of monitoring progress towards the SDGs.
The Partnership will produce a thematic sub-list of ICT indicators to better monitor the broader contribution of ICTs to achieve the SDGs.

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