The New MDG monitoring framework: New targets and indicators

1. Workshop on MDG Monitoring Geneva, 8-11 November 2010 The New MDG monitoring framework: New targets and indicators United Nations Statistics Division

2. Contents • New targets and indicators • Definition and rationale • International agencies compiling the data • National sources

3. Revised MDG monitoring framework: the process • At the 2005 World Summit, world leaders committed to four new targets, in addition to those contained in the Millennium Declaration Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people Achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss

4. Revised MDG monitoring framework: the process • The Secretary-General in his Report on the Work of the Organization to the General Assembly in September 2006 [A/61/1] recommended the inclusion of the four new targets in the MDGs framework • The S-G indicated that the IAEG would undertake the technical work of selecting the appropriate indicators to measure progress under these new targets.

5. Revised MDG monitoring framework: proposals by the IAEG • The Inter-agency and Expert Group (IAEG) on MDG Indicators initiated work to identify the most appropriate indicators to monitor progress in the four new targets. • The work was undertaken through the IAEG thematic sub-groups in the respective areas of responsibility.

6. Selecting the new indicators: Guidelines to the agencies Key rules for the selection of indicators: • the indicator and related metadata need to be well established in the statistical community • to the extent possible, the indicator should already be part of the regular data collection and compilation programmes in countries • available data and geographical coverage should allow for regional/sub-regional aggregation and trends analysis (at least two points in time) • Inter-agency and Expert Group (IAEG) on MDG Indicators • Concerns raised by the UN Statistical Commission • ECOSOC resolution on capacity building • Recommendations by the Friends of the Chair

7. Revised MDG monitoring framework • The revised MDG monitoring framework including new targets and indicators was presented to member states at the 62nd General Assembly in 2007, as an annex to the Secretary-General’s Report on the Work of the Organization • Member states took note of the report containing the new framework • The IAEG on MDG Indicators at its 12th meeting on November 2007, recommended a re-numbering of all targets and indicators

8. Revised MDG monitoring framework: New numbering [i] For monitoring country poverty trends, indicators based on national poverty lines should be used, where available. [ii] The actual proportion of people living in slums is measured by a proxy, represented by the urban population living in households with at least one of the four characteristics: (a) lack of access to improved water supply; (b) lack of access to improved sanitation; (c) overcrowding (3 or more persons per room); and (d) dwellings made of non-durable material.

9. New MDG monitoring framework • The new monitoring framework is now officially used for the global monitoring of the MDGs • The body ultimately responsible for the elaboration and review of the indicators is the UN Statistical Commission ResolutionA/RES/57/270 B The General Assembly “…reiterates that the Statistical Commission is the intergovernmental focal point for the elaboration and the review of the indicators used by the United Nations system in the context of the integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of major United Nations conferences and summits at all levels”.

10. New MDG monitoring framework: countries’ participation In 2008, the new framework was presented to the 39th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission, to give representatives of national statistical systems the opportunity to review the new indicators and related implications in terms of their national data collection programmes and their reporting to the international system Resolution A/RES/57/270 B Member states emphasized that “the indicators used by the Secretariat in the context of the integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits should be developed with the full participation of all countries and approved by the relevant intergovernmental bodies”.

11. New MDG monitoring framework: way forward • Important that countries become fully involved in this process to the benefit of their own national monitoring • Important that countries are enabled to report on all indicators to inform the global political debate and promote the necessary actions by the international community

12. New targets and indicators GOAL 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Target 1B: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people INDICATORS 1.4 Growth rate of GDP per person employed 1.5 Employment-to-population ratio 1.6 Proportion of employed people living below $1 (PPP) per day 1.7 Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment

13. Target 1B: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people 1.4 Growth rate of GDP per person employed • Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per person employed. • Represents labour productivity. i.e. the amount of output (GDP) per unit of input (person employed). • Computed as a ratio: • The numerator is the GDP, • The denominator is the number of persons employed.

14. Target 1B: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people 1.5 Employment-to-population ratio • Proportion of a country’s working-age population that is employed. • Generally, computed as a ratio: • The numerator is the number of persons employed, • The denominator is the population.

15. Target 1B: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people 1.6 Proportion of employed people living below $1 (PPP) per day • Gives an indication of the underpaid employed people. • Generally, computed as a ratio: • The numerator is the number of employed people living below $1 (PPP) per day, • The denominator is the number of employed people.

16. Target 1B: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people 1.7 Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment • Provides a measure of the share of vulnerable employment. • Generally, computed as a ratio: • The numerator is the sum of • number of own-account workers (self-employed workers without employees), • number of contributing family workers (who hold self-employment jobs in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same household). • The denominator is the number of employed people. • Self-employment jobs are jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced.

17. Target 1B: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people International agency compiling the data: International Labour Organization (ILO) National sources: Labour force surveys, other surveys, censuses, official estimates

18. New targets and indicators GOAL 5: Improve maternal health Target 5B: Achieve, by 2015, universal access to reproductive health INDICATORS will be discussed on Tuesday and Wednesday

19. New targets and indicators GOAL 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Target 6B: Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it INDICATOR 6.5 Proportion of population with advanced HIV infection with access to antiretroviral drugs

20. Target 6B: Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it 6.5 Proportion of population with advanced HIV infection with access to antiretroviral drugs • Percentage of adults and children with advanced HIV infection currently receiving antiretroviral therapy according to nationally approved treatment protocol among the estimated number of people with advanced HIV infection. • Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been shown to reduce mortality among those infected with HIV. This indicator assesses the progress in providing ART to all people with advanced HIV infection.

21. Target 6B: Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it 6.5 Proportion of population with advanced HIV infection with access to antiretroviral drugs • Generally computed as a ratio: • The numerator is the number of people on antiretroviral therapy. • The denominator is number of adults with advanced HIV infection, calculated by adding • the number of adults that need to start antiretroviral therapy, • the number of adults who are being treated in the previous year and have survived to the current year.

22. Target 6B: Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it 6.5 Proportion of population with advanced HIV infection with access to antiretroviral drugs International agencies compiling the data: UNAIDS and WHO Data for the numerator obtained from national programme reporting systems - aggregated from health facilities or other service delivery sites - or reports from drug supply management systems. External validation of country reported figures is carried out with data from pharmaceutical industry (if available). Data provided by Ministries of Health (National AIDS programmes, under the MoH).

23. New targets and indicators GOAL 7: Ensure environmental sustainability Target 7B: Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss INDICATORS 7.4 Proportion of fish stocks within safe biological limits 7.5 Proportion of total water resources used 7.7 Proportion of species threatened with extinction

24. Target 7B: Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss 7.4 Proportion of fish stocks within safe biological limits • Indirectly monitors over-fishing, which has contributed to endangering a number of maritime species. • Safe biological limits are the precautionary thresholds advocated by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea. • The indicator is designed only for global and regional assessments. Individual country assessments are of little importance because fishing that affects the proportion of nation-specific fish stocks may be caused by other countries. • Data compiled by FAO.

25. Target 7B: Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss 7.5 Proportion of total water resources used • The total volume of groundwater and surface water withdrawn from their sources for human use (in the agricultural, domestic and industrial sectors), expressed as a percentage of the total volume of water available annually through the hydrological cycle (total actual renewable water resources). • Shows the degree to which total renewable water resources are being exploited to meet the country's water demand. It is a measure of a country's pressure on its water resources and therefore on the sustainability of its water use. • Data compiled by FAO through its AQUASTAT country surveys (about every 10 years).

26. Target 7B: Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss 7.7 Proportion of species threatened with extinction • It is a standard measure of the loss of biodiversity. • Data compiled by United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). • Data source:International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Red List which assigns categories of relative extinction risk, such as "vulnerable", "endangered" or "critically endangered“, to a broad range of species.

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