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The First Meeting of the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) will take place on 1-2 June 2015 in New York.

The IAEG-SDGs has been established by the Statistical Commission at its 46th session to develop an indicator framework for the monitoring of the goals and targets of the post-2015 development agenda at the global level, and to support its implementation. (Click here for the IAEG-SDGs Terms of Reference)

The main objectives of the first meeting of the IAEG-SDGS are to:

• set up the process for the development of the indicator framework;
• develop a work plan and agree on the way forward;
• establish the methods of work of the group; and
• discuss technical issues, including the interlinkages across targets and data disaggregation.

Provisional agenda

Click here to download the provisional agenda in PDF format.

Monday, 1 June

Morning session

(1) Opening

(2) Methods of work of the group

(3) Indicator framework: global, regional, national, sub-national and thematic indicators

(4) Process of selecting indicators:

• Identification of interlinkages of targets
• Use of multi-purpose indicators
• Integrated statistical frameworks
• Critical issues (dissaggregation, inequality, etc.)

Afternoon session

(5) Continuation of the discussion on process of selecting indicators

(6) Discussion on indicators under specific goals

Tuesday, 2 June

Morning session

(7) Continuation of the discussion on indicators under specific goals to identify core issues for the work ahead

Afternoon session

(8) Continuation of the discussion on indicators under specific goals to identify core issues for the work ahead

(9) Conclusions and way forward

(10) Closing

Civil society registration form

Accredited NGOs are kindly requested to fill out and submit the registration form available here in order to register to the meeting.

Please note that the civil society registration for the meeting can only be accepted from NGOs that have accreditation status with the United Nations, due to space limitations. However, the meeting is expected to be webcast live at webtv.un.org.

• Oana Rebedea, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Romania to the UN
• Chris Murgatroyd, Policy Advisor, United Nations Development Programme
• Kathleen Hunt, CARE International
• Farah Mesmar, Major Group for Children and Youth
• Betty Wamala Mugabi, East Africa Region for World Vision
• Jeffery Huffines, UN Representative, CIVICUS

Post-2015 co-facilitators containing preliminary impressions on follow-up and review has been posted at http://bit.ly/1BaDZin

Revised proposal on the themes for the interactive dialogues for the 25-27 September United Nations Summit to adopt the post-2015 development agenda available at http://bit.ly/1Px3czf 

Food for thought paper on a possible Technology Facilitation Mechanism has been posted on post-2015 website at: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015

The provisional timetable of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development 13-16 July 2015 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is available at http://t.co/BROEPH4gYE

The conference will be hosted at the headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. Visit the UN ECA conference center website for general information regarding the venue and facilities.

The next session of the intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda will be held from 18-22 May in Conference Room 4 on “Follow-up and review”.  The programme of work, relevant background documentation and a list of side events are available on our website at https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/followupandreview

On Wednesday, 20 May, there will be an interactive dialogue with representatives of Major Groups and other stakeholders from 10:00am to 1:00pm in Conference Room 4. Following an open call for applications, the May Stakeholder Steering Committee has selected the following speakers to intervene during the dialogue: http://tinyurl.com/May-IGN-Speakers. The scenario for the interactive dialogue will be finalised by the Steering Committee together with the selected speakers and is expected to be available on Tuesday, 19 May, 2015.

There will be a total of 12 seats with microphones available for the use of Major Groups and other stakeholders on a rotational basis in Conference Room 4. Additional seating for representatives of Major Groups and other stakeholders will be available in the balcony area of Conference Room 4. All meetings will also be webcast at http://webtv.un.org/.

There will be daily reserved caucus meeting rooms for the use of Major Groups and other stakeholders. Please note it is not the same room for all day; refer to the schedule for daily location. The room is available Monday-Thursday from 8:00 am to 6:00pm. It can be reserved for use through the following link: http://tinyurl.com/May-Room-Reserve

Daily coordination meetings for Major Groups and other stakeholders Monday-Friday 8:30-9:30am

There will be daily morning caucusing meetings for Major Groups and other stakeholders from 8:30-9:30 am in Conference Room 7 located in the basement of the UN Conference Building. Please note on Thursday 21 May this meeting will take place in Conference Room 8, also from 8:30-9:30 am.

The following colleagues from the UN system will join the morning caucusing meetings:

• Monday, 18 May: Mr. Nikhil Seth, Director DESA DSD (on post-2015 process)
• Tuesday, 19 May: Mr. Daniel Platz, DESA FFD Office (on FFD process)
• Wednesday, 20 May: Ms. Marion Barthelemy, Chief of DESA DSD Intergovernmental Support and Interagency Branch (on HLPF preparations)
• Thursday, 21 May: Ms. Suvi Seppalainen, Advisor, Office of the President of the 69th session of the General Assembly (on PGA post-2015 hearings)

Save the Date “Interactive dialogue on multi-level review and monitoring of the Post-2015 Agenda”

Organized by the Permanent Mission of France to the UN, the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the UN, the Permanent Mission of Peru to the UN; Beyond 2015 and the Transparency, Accountability & Participation (TAP) Network

This event will focus on three critical levels for review and monitoring of the Post-2015 agenda: at the national, regional and global levels. Each interactive discussion will examine the architecture needed at these various levels, including the role of national governments, as well as areas where civil society and the UN System can contribute in filling gaps in data, monitoring and accountability, and fostering partnerships for the implementation of the SDGs. Experiences will be drawn from other multilateral review processes, and how these concepts can be applied to the Post-2015 review mechanism.

A complete agenda will be circulated shortly, in advance of the meeting.

To ensure your participation, please RSVP your attendance at your earliest convenience at: http://bit.ly/MLREVENT

TAP Network’s common position paper on “Accountability for the Post-2015 agenda” launched. This common vision, based on the inputs of dozens of organizations within the TAP Network and endorsed by 44 undersigned organizations, reflects the need for transparent, accountable and participatory mechanisms and institutions to underpin the Post-2015 architecture for follow-up and review.

You can download and share the TAP Network Review & Accountability Position Paper at: https://tapnetwork2030.org/our-work/review-monitoring-accountability/

In preparation for next week’s post-2015 IGN session (18-22 May), please be advised that a discussion paper by the post-2015 co-facilitators on follow-up and review has been posted at: http://bit.ly/1QJcFkb