Dear Members of the Section on Statistical Consulting:
There is currently an open consultation with members of civil society, academia, and the private sector regarding how to develop the indicators used to assess progress toward the new Sustainable Development Goals. See below if you are interested in commenting. http://unstats.un.org/sdgs/iaeg-sdgs/open-consultation-stakeholders.html
Background
The Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) is launching an online consultation open to civil society, academia and the private sector to seek their inputs on the development of an indicator framework for the Sustainable Development Goals. This online open consultation follows a consultation initiated in March 2015 that requested inputs from stakeholders on a preliminary proposed list of indicators.
- To view a summary of the previous consultation click here.
- To view a complete compilation of comments from the previous consultation click here.
Instructions
Please read before beginning the consultation
Participants in this consultation are encouraged to:
- Submit their comments, proposals, and responses to the cross-cutting questionsproposed by the IAEG-SDGs; and
- Provide comments on the list of indicator proposals (as of 11 August 2015) currently under discussion by the IAEG-SDGs
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More at http://unstats.un.org/sdgs/iaeg-sdgs/open-consultation-stakeholders.html
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Eric Vance
Chair of the ASA Section on Statistical Consulting
Virginia Tech-Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis (LISA)
Director and Associate Research Professor
Blacksburg VA, United States
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