When: Tuesday, 14 July 2020
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (EDT)
Where: Webex (link will be shared after registration is approved)
Who: Co-hosted by IDEA, Praia City Group, Global Alliance, UNITAR and SDG16 Data Initiative 
Register HERE. 

The call for accelerating action and implementing transformative pathways on the 2030 Agenda is confronted with the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Both the governmental and multilateral responses to the crisis and the post-COVID-19 recovery initiatives will impact on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The broad areas covered by SDG16 are particularly relevant for informing the action of governments and other stakeholders by complementing official and non-official data at a time of unprecedented social and political stress.

The session will focus on challenges and opportunities to improve the quality, availability and use of governance, security and justice data through partnerships between official and non-official entities at country level. The session will offer examples of how stakeholders in several countries are working together to measure and monitor the progress of peaceful, just and inclusive societies  to  understand where data gaps are, why they exist, and what can be done jointly to fill  and build them on the national, regional and global activities of three leading SDG16 multi-stakeholder networks: the Praia City Group, the SDG16 Data Initiative, and the Global Alliance.