COHESIVELY ENHANCING CAPACITY OF ASEAN COMMUNITY STATISTICAL SYSTEM TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO GREATER DATA NEEDS                                                                                                                                                                           CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THE ASEAN COMMUNITY STATISTICAL SYSTEM

The 3rd Meeting of ASEAN Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals Indicators (WGSDGI3)

For two days, June 30 and July 1, 2020, the 3rd Meeting of ASEAN Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals Indicators (WGSDGI3) was conducted virtually with the participation of the WGSDGI of ASEAN Member States, the ASEAN Statistics Division (ASEANstats) and ARISE Plus expert.

The meeting focused on the following main contents: (1) Brief on the SDG indicators data submission and the assessment result, providing the WGSDGI member a brief on the ASEAN SDG indicators data submission and the assessment result as refresher; (2) The content of ASEAN SDG Indicators Baseline Report 2020; (3) The content of the online database of ASEAN SDG Indicators; (4) Reviewing the implementation of Multi Year Plan (MYP) 2020 – 2030 and the proposed revision, and discussing AWP 2021 draft; (5) Other matters such as introduction to the assessment of ACSS Code of Practices (CoP), possibility to include additional indicators to ASEAN priority SDG Indicators list, updates on SDG info graphics and video graphics, HLAF and related events for ACSS10.

After the meeting, participants expected to achieve the results set out: The agreed content of  the publication: “ASEAN Sustainable Development Goals Indicators Baseline Report 2020”; The agreed content of the online database; Follow-up plans and actions required for the ASEAN SDG Indicators publication; Way forward referring to the MYP 2020-2030.