[Organization]

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)  

[Title]

Workshop on Measuring SDG Indicators through Population and Housing Censuses and CRVS Data 

[Content]

The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) organized virtual workshops to discuss benefits and challenges of utilising PHC and CRVS data in monitoring SDGs. Two rounds of identical workshops were delivered on:

Round 1: 27-30 October, 07:00-10:00 a.m. (Bangkok time).

Round 2: 3-6 November, 11:00 a.m.-14:00 p.m. (Bangkok time).

The workshops also provided a platform to further elaborate on utilising PHC and CRVS statistics for disaggregating SDG indicators and discuss the use of geospatial information and tools for generating relevant SDG indicators from CRVS and census data. Ultimately the workshops would help to achieve a common and improved understanding of definitions and method of computation of SDG indicators.

The following issues were discussed during the workshops:

SDG indicators that can be directly measured or estimated approximately using existing census or CRVS data based on the internationally recommended topics;

Challenges related to the use of census and CRVS data for the measurement of indicators and analytical strategies to mitigate or overcome those challenges;

Advantages of census and CRVS data for the disaggregation of the SDG indicators and, where applicable, some of the precautions needing to be addressed;

Geospatial information and tools for generating and disaggregating SDG indicators using census data.​ 

[URL]

https://www.unescap.org/events/workshop-measuring-sdg-indicators-through-population-and-housing-censuses-and-civil-0?_gl=1*ruhxpi*_ga*MTk4ODQ3MTIzMy4xNzAwNzg5Mzg1*_ga_SB1ZX36Y86*MTcwMDc4OTM4NC4xLjEuMTcwMDc4OTUwMC44LjAuMA..#