Barbara Adams (GPF) participated as a panelist at the Parliamentary Forum, a Special Event during the 2026 High-Level Political Forum […]
The 2026 Regional Forum on Sustainable Development of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), to be held 22 April 2026,
Global Policy UN Watch No.7 | 2024 Divergent views on the Ministerial Declaration for the High-Level Political Forum
Global Policy UN Watch 2024 No. 1 – Global Policy Forum UNSG, UNSC, SIDS4, LLDC3, CSocD, SOTF, UN Statistical Commission,
The Second Committee of the 78th UN General Assembly held a side event, co-hosted by International Telecommunication Union (ITU), UN
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Surya Deva, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
The 2023 global Multidimensional Poverty Index was launched at an official Side Event hosted by the Permanent Mission of Fiji
By Barbara Adams and Karen Judd
A common theme that ran through the 50th Session of the UN Statistical Commission, March 2019, was the often tense interface between data and policy-making and the asymmetrical power dynamics that shape it. This was evident in the several reports submitted for consideration by the Commission. One from the UN Statistics Division (UNSD) reported on the federated system of data hubs, designed to integrate new data sources into a platform which is accessible to National Statistics Offices (NSOs) and creates comparable data among users. Another was a proposal by the High-Level Group for Partnership, Cooperation, and Capacity Building for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development for a UN Chief Statistician to enhance the voice of statistics in UN policy processes. Read more…
By Barbara Adams and Karen Judd
On 11 March 2016 the UN Statistical Commission agreed “as a practical starting point” with the proposed global indicator framework by which to measure progress towards the 17 goals and 169 targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It recognized that the development of a robust and high quality indicator framework is a process that will need to continue over time and authorized the Interagency and Expert Group for Sustainable Development Goals (IAEG-SDGs) to continue its work. Read more…
