The Millennium Development Goals

in the Arab Region

UN ESCWA

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Background

• UN ESCWA Statistics Division member of the Inter Agency and Expert Group on MDGs

• MDG Regional Publications since 2004

• Other: – Handbook on MDG: Metadata

– Monitor of Arab Societal Progress: Dashboard

– Meetings and Workshops on MDGs

– Development of Databases - DevInfo

Building Block Strategy

Building block 1:

Improve quality and availability of national MDG data

Building block 2:

Strengthen production of standardized MDG data

Building block 3:

Reconcile discrepancies between national & international data

Building block 4:

Develop capacities for national MDG data dissemination

Building block 5:

Strengthen coordination & MDG reporting

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Timeline MDGs Publications

2004 2005 2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

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MDG

Progress

Report

MDG

Progress

Report

MDGs:

A Youth

Lens

Health

&

MDGs

Gender in

MDGsRegional

Cooperation

in Energy of

for MDGs

MDGs &

Impact

of

Global

Crisis

MDGs:

inclusive

approach

to

developm

ent in a

time of

transition

Charting

Progress

of MDGs:

Statistical

Portrait

Fiscal

Capacity &

MDGs:

Financing

Social

Protection

MDGs:

Facing

challenges

& looking

beyond

2015

Macroecon

omics of

Syrian

conflict on

MDGs

Social Policy

for Equality &

the MDGS

MDGs: A

gender

lens

Arab

MDGs

Atlas

Arabic MDGs Handbook

5http://www.escwa.un.org/divisions/scu/mdgindicators/index.asp?goal=1

Number of MDG Reports by Country

2002-2013

6

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

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MDGs Meetings

• MDG Meetings/Workshops– 2004 EGM on Data and Indicators to Monitor Progress Towards MDGs in

the ESCWA Region

– 2009 MDG Monitoring: Reconciliation of discrepancies

– 2011 MDG Monitoring and Reporting for GCC

– 2012 MDG Employment Indicators: Reconciliation of discrepancies

• DevInfo Trainings– 2005 DevInfo ver 4

– 2006 DevInfo ver 5

– 2008 Health DevInfo

– 2009 TOT DevInfo , and DevInfo for Libya

– 2012 Gender DevInfo

• SDMX– 2013 SDMX Training

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MDGs Dashboard

8http://devinfolive.info/dashboard/escwa/index.php/home/index

Regional MDG profiles

22 MDG county profiles

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22 Youth profiles22 Gender profiles

DevInfo MDG Training Resources

• Arabic How-to e-learning videoshttp://www.devinfo.org/articles/HowToVideo

• Arab DevInfo Training Team (ADITT)

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http://www.escwa.un.org/divisions/forums/devinfo/

DevInfo Country Adaptations

11

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Status of MDG

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Thank You

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