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Sustainable Development Goals Coordination in Turkey: Progress and Challenges

Explore Turkey's strategies for SDG coordination, data monitoring, policy making, and future steps to align with National Development Plans and improve data collection. Learn about challenges faced and ongoing efforts for sustainable development.

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Sustainable Development Goals Coordination in Turkey: Progress and Challenges

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  1. Turkish Experience on Sustainable Development Goals PGSC Meeting 19-20 October 2017

  2. Content • Coordination of SDGs in Turkey • What we have done • Further steps • Challenges • Remarks

  3. Coordination of SDGs in Turkey • Two-pillar structure • Policy making (Ministry of Development) • Data production monitoring (TurkStat) • Within TurkStat • Coordination with stakeholders • Coordination with international organizations

  4. Coordination of SDGs in Turkey • Ministry of Development • The national coordination authority of sustainable development in Turkey • Five yearly development plans • National Sustainable Development Commission (NSDC) • High Planning Council and Economic Coordination Council • TurkStat • Coordinating role on data and monitoring • Statistics Law of Turkey • Statistical Council • Official Statistical Programme (OSP) • OSP Working Group

  5. What we have done 2 level coordination

  6. Inventory Study of TurkStat Available indicators • Producers • Data sources • Disaggregation • Non-available indicators • Potential producer • Possibility to produce in the short run • Already started • Proxy indicator • Evaluations & recommendations of producing unit

  7. TurkStat Inventory Analysis

  8. Inventory Study of TurkStat

  9. Goal-based data availability in numbers

  10. Further Steps for MoD • Policy gap analysis • National priorities will be identified • Draft report has just released • 20 irrelevant targets • 11th National Development Plan 2019-2023 • Integration of SDGs into this National Policy Framework • Specialization Commission work will be finished in 2018 • Other stakeholders will update their strategic plans to improve data collection and reflect to new programmes • National Sustainable Development Commission (NSDC) • Close cooperation with data producers will best operate under a national coordination body • Should be activated shortly

  11. Further steps for TurkStat • Discussing data gaps and collaboration • Compiling available indicators • Producing/prioritization of unavailable but producible indicators • Workshops with stakeholders in 2018 • National monitoring and reporting indicators • Improving data transmission mechanisms • Developing national indicator set in compliance with national priorities • Detailed national workplan • Improving national reporting platform • Effective dissemination through a web portal and press release

  12. Further steps for TurkStat • Web Portal • Indicator set presentation • indicators • thematic dashboards • headline interactive data visualizations • Additional / Complementary info • Metadata • Announcement for meetings, workshops, consultations, etc. • Official documents and links: UN, UNSC, HLPF, WB Group, etc. • Info hub for public awareness • Link tonational sustainable development platform of MoD

  13. Further steps for TurkStat • News bulletin • To raise public awareness • Planned to be published in the last quarter of 2017 • Selected global indicator will be covered • Released in every two years

  14. Challenges • Global Challenges • Absence of metadata • Necessity of disaggregated data • Uncertainty of data transmission process • National Challenges • Some indicators are problematic for Turkey • Quality or lack of administrative registers • National Sustainable Development Commission should be activated and extended • Waiting for political mandate for national indicator framework • Coordination and ownership

  15. Remarks • To overcome challenges; • International projects • Participating IPA project and national programmes • National projects • National Project on National Reporting Platform • Continuing to participate SD & Europe 2020 indicators WG meetings • Continuing communication with national and international stakeholders

  16. Thank you Teşekkürler

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