March 2017 Data & SDGs Events
2017 is in full swing and the month of March holds 4 can’t-miss events for the Sustainable Development Goals.
Global Festival of Ideas
March 1- March 3, 2017 — Bonn, Germany
The Global Festival of Ideas is only one week away, a first-time conference focused on innovation and interactive media to change thinking about policy, partnership, and resources for achieving the Global Goals.
UNESCO Week for Peace & Sustainable Development
March 6- March 10, 2017 — Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organaization is hosting a week of events and forums focused on the theme ‘ The Role of Education’. While significantly education related, UNESCO is a consistent data-gathering body of the UN, and the week will more than likely feature quality conversations around data for SDG4.
48th Session of the UN Statistical Commission
March 7- March 10, 2017 — New York, New York
The annual session of the UN Statistics Division is coming up fast, and we couldn’t be more excited. Following the first UN World Data Forum, the session will be a continuation of the evolving discussions focused on, among other items, the role of Big Data in official statistics, official statistics development and regulation, and (our most anticipated) the indicator framework for the SDGs. The event will be webcast, with many sessions available live.
Fifth Meeting of the IAEG-SDGs
March 28- March 31, 2017 — Ottowa, Ontario, Canada
The fourth meeting of the Inter-Agency Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goals Indicators was held in November 2016, and dedicated a significant amount of effort to the refinement and review plans for SDG indicators. This 5th meeting continues the purpose of the IAEG-SDGs to establish a global indicator framework, and meeting objectives include presenting an updated tier system of indicators, creating strategies for indicators without a custodian agency, and presenting the work-plan on data disaggregation. While usually not webcast, we look forward to reviewing background and outcome documents in the coming weeks.
