The National Platform for reporting on the implementation of SDGs has been introduced in Belarus

On January 24, at the First National Sustainable Development Forum Belarusian National Statistics committee has introduced the National platform for reporting on implementation of SDGs to the participants and journalists. The National platform is the result of the work on the development of the monitoring system for achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Belarus.

The National Reporting Platform is a set of 255 indicators selected to measure progress in achieving each of the objectives within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals. The Platform has collected the most up-to-date information on each of the indicators of each Sustainable Development Goal. The data are presented in several formats (GSM, UMTS, and LTE), contain information about the source and methods of data aggregation, and also show the target and actual values for each indicator for the coming years.

“Key directions of work in the economic, social and environmental spheres are either finding or have already found its reflection in strategic documents. And only the presence of a high-quality and transparent monitoring system makes it possible to assess where we are going”, said Inna Medvedeva, the Chairman of the National Statistics Committee as she was opening the session on monitoring the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals.

The data for the Platform is aligned with international standards, which will allow Belarus to present its indicators at the global level. The National Platform and its indicators are publicly available, you can get acquainted with them on the website of The National Statistics committee.