Fi#hMee(ngoftheInter-agencyandExpertGrouponSustainableDevelopmentGoalsIndicatorsO"awa,Canada28–31March2017

ReportoftheIAEG-SDGsWorkingGrouponGeospa(alInforma(on

co-Chairs:MsMarieHaldorson Mr.RolandoOcampoAlcantarSta7s7csSweden INEGIMexico

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Statistics Geospatial

2030AgendaforSustainableDevelopment:RequiresIntegra(onofInforma(onSystems

Other data Observations

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q  Theprimaryobjec(veistoensurefrombothasta7s7calandgeographical(geospa7al)

perspec7vethatthekeyprincipleofthe2030Agenda,toleaveononebehind,isreflectedintheglobalindicatorframework

q  TheThirdMee(ngoftheWorkingGroupwillbehostedbytheGovernmentofChina

throughtheNa7onalAdministra7onofSurveying,MappingandGeoinforma7oninKunming,China

8–10May2017

q  TheMexicoCityExpertGroupMee(ngwasthesecondmee7ngoftheWorkingGroupandwashostedbytheGovernmentofMexicothroughtheIns7tutoNacionaldeEstadís7cayGeograSa(INEGI)atitspremisesinCiudaddeMéxico.

12–14December2016 17ofthe22membersoftheWorkingGrouppar7cipatedTotalof30par7cipants,includinginvitedinterna7onalandna7onalexperts

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HighlightsfromtheMexicoCityExpertGroupMee7ng

q  Reviewedglobalindicatorsthrougha‘geographicloca7on’lens.q  Consensusaroundashort-listof15indicators(4TierI;3TierII;and8TierIII)wheregeospa7al

informa7ontogetherwithsta7s7caldatacancontributedirectlytotheproduc7onoftheiden7fiedindicators□  TierI 9.c.1 14.5.1 15.1.1 15.1.2□  TierII 11.2.1 11.3.1 15.4.1□  TierII 2.4.1 6.3.2 6.5.2 6.6.1 9.1.1 11.7.1 14.2.1 15.3.1

q  Anaddi7onalshort-listof9indicators(1Tier1;3TierII;4TierIIIandwithmul7pleclassifica7ons)wheregeospa7alinforma7oncansignificantlysupporttheproduc7onoftheseindicators□  TierI 1.1.1 (4.5.1)□  TierII 5.2.2 5.4.1 15.4.2 (4.5.1)□  TierIII 1.4.2 5.a.1 5.a.2 11.7.2 (4.5.1)

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“Geospa2alinforma2onandearthobserva2onsprovideenabling

methodologiesandprocessesfordisaggrega2on,strengtheningna2onalsta2s2caldataandtheglobalindicators

throughthepowerofloca2on”

Sta7s7cal Geospa7alDisaggregatedbyGeographicLoca7on

q  Geospa7alinforma7onisabletoprovideenablingmethodologiesandprocessesfordisaggrega7on.

q  Disaggrega7onofna7onalsta7s7caldataisconsiderablystrengthenedthroughthelensofgeospa7alinforma7on

q  Thisisacknowledgedwithintheprinciples

oftheGlobalSta7s7calGeospa7alFramework

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Integra(onanddisaggrega(onbygeographicloca(on

Sta7s7caldata Geospa7aldata

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q  Agreedtotheforma7onof6TaskTeams□  3TaskTeamsfocusedonworkingthrough3agreedindicators,namely6.6.1,9.1.1and15.3.1□  3TaskTeamssoughttoaddressthreeiden7fiedcross-cucngissues,namelydatadisaggrega7on

bygeographicloca7on,alterna7vedatasourcesandinterna7onalgeospa7al(global)datasetandsources

Someconsidera7onsfromtheTaskTeams:q  TaskTeamTT-2onIndicator9.1.1,consideredacountry-levelcasestudy(througha

na2onallevelworkshop)thatobservedthefollowing–□  Consideredthat,forthepurposeandreliabilityofthisindicator,peri-urban,otherurban

areasandtownsthatarenotofficiallygaze"edasurbanareasshouldbeexcludedfromtheruralpopula7on.

□  Householdques7onnairecouldnotproducereliableinforma7ononthe“2kilometresdistance”asrespondentsdidnotknowhowtoes7matedistances.

□  Geospa7alinforma7onisneededtoprovideunbiased“2kilometresdistance”determina7onandtheloca7onofexis7ngall-seasonroad.

□  Geospa7alinforma7ontogetherwithgeo-codedpopula7ondatawillimprovetheproduc7onofthisindicator.

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q  TaskTeamTT-C3addressedacross-cucngissue,theroleandu7lisa7onofgeospa7aldatafrominterna7onalsources,andobservedthefollowing–□  Recognisedtheimportanceofna7onalgeospa7aldatasources□  Possibletointegratena7onalandinterna7onaldatasets(notwithstandingcertaintechnical

considera2ons),asanexample,ana7onalforestmapfromtheyear2000wascombinedwiththeannualglobaltreecovermapsfortheyears2000-2012toobtainmul7-temporalinforma7ononforestchange,andtocreateabaselinees7mateofforestchangefrom2000to2020.

□  Therearesatellitedata/imageriesthathavesincebecomefreelyavailable(anddependingonthekindofdatasetfreelyavailable,therecanalsobesomechallengesinitsuse,oDenrelatedtothespa2alresolu2on,theneedtoprocessandinterpretthedatabeforeinforma2oncanbeextracted)

Addi7onalConsidera7onsq  TheWorkingGroupsuggeststhatitengages,soonerratherthanlater,CustodianAgencies

andtheirpartnersto-□  Be"erunderstandandsupporttheprocessandtheprogressindefini7on/classifica7onand

methodologicaldevelopmentfortheiden7fiedTierIIIindicators.□  Supportandcontributetoongoingmethodologicaldevelopmentandconsulta7onfromthe

geographicloca7on,geospa7alinforma7onandearthobserva7onsaspects.□  Iden7fyaddi7onalandalterna7vedatasources,par7cularlysatellitedata/imageriesfrom

interna7onalsourcesthatarefreelyavailable,thatcouldsupporttheproduc7onofindicators.

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Founda(onfortheintegra(onofsta(s(calandgeospa(alinforma(onincludingtosupportandimprovetheproduc(onofindicators.

Addi7onalConsidera7onsq  ThefiveguidingprinciplesoftheGlobalSta7s7calandGeospa7alFrameworkwere–

□  Adoptedbythe6thSessionoftheUnitedNa7onsCommi"eeofExpertsonGlobalGeospa7alInforma7onManagement(August2016);and

□  Endorsedbythe48thSessionoftheUnitedNa7onsSta7s7calCommission(March2017).

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