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Indicators of Sustainable Development
Birgitte Alvarez-Rivero
Division for Sustainable Development
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Mandate
The CSD 3rd Session (1995) approves a Programme of Work on Indicators of Sustainable Development
Main Objective:
A core list of indicators of sustainable development accessible to decision-makers at the national level by the year 2001. Achieved by defining them, elucidating their methodologies and providing training and other capacity-building activities, as relevant.
WSSD & CSD11
JPOI par. 130 & CSD11 par.13:
Encourage further work on indicators for sustainable development by countries at the national level, including integration of gender aspects, on a voluntary basis, in line with national conditions and priorities
…Reporting to the CSD guided by….effective use of indicators….. (CSD11 par. 14d)
Contributing Organizations
DESA • DHA • UNFCCC • UNICEF • UNCTAC •
UNDP • UNSO • UNEP • SBC • UNU • ECA •
ECLAC • ESCAP • ESCWA • ECE • HABITAT • ILO • FAO • UNESCO • WHO •
ITU • WMO • UNIDO • World Bank • IAEA
Other Organizations:EUROSTAT • OECD •
CIAT • IUCN • IISD • IIASA • RIVM • NEF •
SCOPE • WRI • WWF • The Wuppertal
Institute
Contributing Countries
Ghana, Kenya, Morocco,South Africa and Tunisia
China, Japan, Maldives, Pakistan and the Philippines
Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada Costa Rica, Mexico, USA, Venezuela
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic,Finland, Germany, France,
The United Kingdom, Switzerland
Indicators of Sustainable Development
CSD Indicators of Sustainable DevelopmentGuidelines and Methodologies
Core set of 58 indicators with flexible adaptation at the national level
Description of themes and sub-themes
Methodology sheet for each indicator by lead agency
Guidelines for national implementation
Framework
Dimension
Theme Sub-Theme Indicators
Social
Environmental
Economic
Institutional
Guidelines
National Coordinating Mechanism & Focal PointGap analysis including a baseline assessment and priority selection through a consultative processAssessment of capacity-building needsAction PlanDissemination strategyPeriodic evaluation and re-assessment
Challenges
Lack of data and development capacity
International harmonization efforts
Further indicator development in “less advanced”substantive areas
Training in integrated information management
DSD focus
DSD responding to challenges by:
Support for regional indicator networks Sustainable Development Information Management for SIDS in the Caribbean RegionCountry projectsDisaster reduction indicators in the context of sustainable development with ISDR & UNDP
Training Activity
In preparation:Sub-regional training programme in the development and implementation of national strategies for sustainable development (NSDS), monitoring and evaluation
Project components: 1)NSDS preparation, 2) information management
and, 3) national level indicator design
Millennium Development Goals
Adopted by the UN General Assemblyin 2000
Commitment to a set of values and principles
8 Millennium Development Goals
Indicators associated with goals to be reported on by member states
Summary
Progress has been made since Rio, but challenges remain:
Lack of data
Harmonization
Areas less advanced
Training and capacity-building
CSD Indicators Website