Sustainable Development Goals

In September 2015, the United Nations Member States adopted a new global plan of action entitled, “Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”  The 2030 Agenda, its 17 Goals and 169 targets are a universal set of goals and targets that aim to stimulate people-centered and planet-sensitive change. 

The 193 member states of the United Nations (UN) gathered to affirm commitments towards ending all forms of poverty, fighting inequalities and increasing country’s productive capacity, increasing social inclusion and curbing climate change and protecting the environment while ensuring that no one is left behind over the next fifteen years. 

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets are integrated and indivisible, global in nature and universally applicable, and take into account different national realities, capacities and levels of development and respecting national policies and priorities.  Each government are expected to take ownership and establish national frameworks, set nationally-owned targets guided by the global level of ambition but taking into account country-level circumstances for the achievement of the 17 goals.  Countries will also decide how these aspirational and global targets should be incorporated in national planning processes, policies and strategies.  

In monitoring the SDGs and its corresponding targets, the UN Statistical Commission established an Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDG), which developed the SDG global indicator framework consisting of 232 unique indicators. 

In line with the Philippines' commitment in achieving the SDGs, the PSA Board issued PSA Resolution No. 04 Series of 2016, Enjoining Government Agencies to Provide Data Support to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  In this Resolution, all concerned government agencies are enjoined to provide the necessary data support to monitor the country's performance vis-à-vis the SDGs based on the indicator framework that shall be determined by NEDA, PSA and other government agencies.  Further, the Resolution designated the PSA as the official repository of SDG indicators in the Philippines.

Ilocos Region Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Pace of Progress on the 2022 Update of the SDG Watch

Release Date:
Reference Number: 2023-005

ILOCOS REGION. The Philippine Statistics Authority – Regional Statistical Services Office I (PSA – RSSO I) announces the release of the SDG Pace of Progress based on the 2022 SDG Watch released in the PSA-RSSO I website through the following link:

http://rsso01.psa.gov.ph/statisticalframeworkindicatorsystem/sdg2/no-poverty

The PSA-RSSO I and National Economic and Development Authority- Regional Office I (NEDA-RO I) adopted the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) SDG measures namely, UNESCAP’s Anticipated Progress Approach and UNESCAP’s Current Status Index. These measures provide information on how our region should advance to ensure the achievement of the SDGs by 2030 and make use of the baseline, latest data, and numerical targets for each of the indicators. The said targets were determined through consultative workshops organized by the NEDA-RO I together with PSA and concerned agencies.

The Ilocos Region SDG pace of progress used the methodology developed by the UNESCAP and stated on the approved PSA Board Resolution No. 05, Series of 2020. This includes the Current Status Index, which measures the progress made from the baseline year. The progress was computed at the goal level using indicators with at least 2 data points, and the 2030 numerical target. On the other hand, the Anticipated Progress  was utilized to track performance at the target and indicator level by 2030. It presents the expected progress and how likely the targets will be achieved by 2030 based on the pace of progress developed in the past. This requires the indicators to have at least 3 data points, and the 2030 numerical target.

 

 

SGD. ATTY. SHEILA O. DE GUZMAN
Regional Director, RSSO I
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