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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