Statistical coordination group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean. Sustainable Development Goals - SDG

• Objective
• Members
• Background
• Activities
  • National statistical capacities to produce the SDG indicators of the global framework in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Regional framework of SDG indicators for Latin America and the Caribbean
• Events
• Documents

Objective

The objective of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean is to coordinate the process of preparation and implementation of regional indicators and the development of capacities for this, within the framework of monitoring the SDGs for Latin America and the Caribbean. The Group will be established within the scope of SCA-ECLAC and develops its activities in accordance with the work of the Inter-institutional Group of Experts on the Indicators of Sustainable Development Goals (IAEG-SDG) and with the activities and decisions of the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (HLG-PCCB).

Since its creation, the Group provides strategic leadership for the process of implementation of the SDGs in the region, regarding the development and calculation of indicators, statistical monitoring, and reporting, and promotes national ownership of the regional statistical monitoring framework of the 2030 Agenda and fosters capacity building, cooperation and coordination, including ensuring coherence between regional and global monitoring, thus serving as an articulating node for the relevant statistical actors in the region.

Members

The Statistical Coordination Group consists of 10 countries, five of representatives of the national statistical systems of the countries comprising the InterAgency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators and five of High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, ensuring the representation of subregional groupings.

In addition to the countries, ECLAC participates in the group as technical secretariat and this architecture is also complemented by the statistical counterparts of the funds, programs and specialized agencies of the United Nations and regional and international organizations with a presence in the region, given the specificities , expertise and knowledge of the issues addressed in the 2030 Agenda.

MEMBER STATES OF STATISTICAL COORDINATION GROUP FOR THE  2023-2025 PERIOD

Technical Secretariat

• Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Representatives of the United Nations Regional Collaborative Platform (RCP) Statistics and Data Group

• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Observer countries

• Chile
• Cuba

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Background

The creation of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean responds to the request of the SCA-ECLAC member states made during the eighth meeting of the Conference in November 2015 to define a new governance scheme for generate a regional implementation plan that will gradually cover the information requirements derived from the 2030 Agenda in the region.

This is how the Executive Committee of the SCA at its fifteenth meeting in June 2016 approves the creation of the Statistical Coordination Group as a joint working mechanism to address coordination actions around statistical information related to the SDGs.

Activities

The Group meets twice a year in person or virtually, taking advantage of the regional or international instances existing in the annual calendar of statistical meetings of the countries of the region. Between these meetings, it carries out its work through an electronic platform set up for the Group. Presents an annual report to the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC, which in turn will transmit them to the CEA, and will address the Conference's recommendations on its activities.

• National statistical capacities to produce the SDG indicators of the global framework in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Regional framework of SDG indicators for Latin America and the Caribbean

Events

Fifth meeting of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean. Virtual meeting, 11 Aug 2022.

Fourth meeting of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean. Virtual meeting,10 Nov 2021.

Third meeting of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean. Virtual meeting, 17 Nov 2020.

Second meeting of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean: Disaggregated data for regional monitoring of the SDGs. Quito, Ecuador, 3-5 September 2019.

First meeting of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 11-12 June 2018.

Documents

2023

Report of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Twelfth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC. Santiago, 26–28 September 2023.

Report of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Twenty-second meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC. Virtual meeting, 3-4 May 3 2023.

2022

Report on the activities of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Twenty-first meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC. Santiago, 24-25 August 2022.

2021

Report on the activities of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Eleventh meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC. Virtual meeting, 23-25 November 2021.

Report on the Activities of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Twentieth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC. Virtual meeting, 7-8 Apr 2021.

2019

Report on the activities of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Tenth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC. Santiago, 19-21 November 2019.

2018

Report on the prioritization of indicators for regional statistical follow-up to the Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Seventeenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC. Santiago, 3-4 October 2018.

2017

Proposal on a regional framework of indicators for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Ninth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC. Aguascaliente, México, 14-16 November 2017.

Report on the activities of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean in the biennium 2016-2017.
Ninth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC. Aguascaliente, México, 14-16 November 2017.

Report on the activities of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Sixteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC. Santiago, 3-6 April 2017.

2016

Proposed terms of reference of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Fifteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC. Santiago, 14-16 June 2016.