Keeping track of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
SDGcounting is an initiative to help understand the many, organizations, UN, country, and other systems that will be keeping track of progress and results on the new Sustainable Development Goals. Twitter: @sdgcounting
We anticipate that there will be thousands of organizations (UN, countries, funders, social enterprises, foundations, businesses) setting up or revising systems to keep track of some or all of the Sustainable Development Goals.
While we applaud the ‘what gets measured gets done’ spirit we want to try to
OVERVIEW
The UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) were established in 2000 and they expire this year 2015. The UN has monitored and reported on the progress of MDGs every year.
I’ve included their page for all reports (Link 3) and the 2015 Report (Link 4). The conclusion of MDG 2015 Report is that there have been many successes, but there’s still lots of work left to do. There is great interest to extend the MDGs beyond 2015, and continue them as UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The answer to your question regarding central monitoring is — they are working on it. The Sustainable Development Solutions Network has been putting out reports on how to monitor SDGs (Link 1). I believe the Sustainable Development Solutions Network would be part of the monitoring body. The Wall Street Journal has reported on the possibility of using opinion surveys to track goals (Link 2). Link 5 talks about what needs to be in place in order to properly monitor SDGs. It looks like SDGs will continue beyond 2015, and that the UN together with a network of organizations and participating nations will be monitoring the progress of these goals. Hope these resources are helpful. Please Wonder again soon!
Using Opinion Surveys to Monitor the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals Post-2015
2015 Millennium Development Goals Report
Open Working Group on Extending Millennium Development Goals Beyond 2015
What Needs to Be Established in Order to Monitor UN Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable Development Goals Will Replace Millennium Development Goals After 2015
