Belarus took part in a meeting of specialists from statistical services of the CIS countries on statistics for the SDGs

On April 17-18, 2024, a meeting of specialists from statistical services of the CIS countries on statistics for the Sustainable Development Goals was held in Moscow.

The meeting is a platform for sharing country experiences, international best practices, demonstrating innovative solutions to achieve the SDGs, as well as identifying priorities for future work and developing statistical capacity in this area.

During the session «Monitoring the SDGs – an impetus for the development of national statistical systems», the report «Increasing the availability of data for monitoring the achievement of SDGs in the Republic of Belarus» was made by the First Deputy Chairman of the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus, Elena Kukharevich, and the Head of the Main Directorate of the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus, Inna Konoshonok. The speech noted that Belarus has an effective system for managing the process of achieving the SDGs. All SDG indicators are integrated into sectoral and regional strategies and state programs for the country’s socio-economic development. Currently, SDG data availability is over 90%. Work continues to expand the list of indicators using GIS technologies.

During the session «Traditional and alternative data sources for SDG monitoring», the head of the Main Department of Demographic Statistics and Population Census, Irina Bichan, spoke, presenting information on the disaggregation of SDG indicators based on the population census.

During the session «Dissemination and visualization of information about the SDGs», the head of the Main Directorate for International Cooperation and Dissemination of Statistical Information, Elena Kondratenko, made a report «National experience of localizing the SDGs in the Republic of Belarus: Regional Data Platform for Sustainable Development». The seminar participants were presented with the capabilities of the Regional Platform, the mechanism of interaction between state statistics bodies and government authorities in the direction of data flows, options for data visualization, an overview of the proposed modern formats, including machine-readable ones, for obtaining information.

More detailed information about the participation of the Belarusian delegation in the meeting can be found at the link.