Sustainable development goals

WHAT ARE THE SDG's?
PILLARS FOR SDG's
GOALS, TARGETS AND INDICATORS OF “SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA-2030”
INSTITUTIONS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SDG's
DATA SOURCES OF SDG's
ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY MONGOLIA WITH RESPECT TO SDG
RELATED WEBSITE LINKS FOR SDG's INFORMATION

What are the SDG's?

In 2012, With the “Rio +20” Conference on Sustainable Development, where Governments decided to develop global Sustainable Development Goals.
SDG's are the continuation of the “Millennium Development Goals” that are due in 2015.
The 70th session of the UN General Assembly adopted 17 goals and 169 targets of SDG's. SDG's have officially launched since 1st of January 2016.

PILLARS FOR SDG's

There are three pillars to achieve integrated, balanced sustainable development: economic, social and environmental.

SOCIAL

ECONOMIC

ENVIRONMENTAL

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GOALS, TARGETS AND INDICATORS OF “SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA-2030”

SDG’s indicator framework was developed by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) and agreed upon, including refinements on several indicators, at the 48th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission held in March 2017.

Goal	Name of Goal	Target	Indicators
1	No Poverty	7	14
2	No hunger	8	13
3	Good health	13	27
4	Quality education	10	11
5	Gender equality	9	14
6	Clean water and sanitation	8	11
7	Clean energy	5	6
8	Good jobs and economic growth	12	17
9	Innovation and infrastructure	8	12
10	Reduced inequalities	10	11
11	Sustainable cities and communities	10	15
12	Responsible consumption	11	13
13	Protect the planet	5	8
14	Life below water	10	10
15	Life on land	12	14
16	Peace and justice	12	23
17	Partnerships for the goals	19	25
Total		169	244

INSTITUTIONS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SDG's

Governments of the countries, ministries, other government organizations, universities, research institutes, civil society organizations, international organizations, business organizations, citizens and other such as professional associations are involved in the implementation of SDG's.

DATA SOURCES OF SDG's

Official statistics of national statistics office, administrative statistics of ministries and other government organizations and non-conventional data (big data) are data sources of SDG's.

ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY MONGOLIA WITH RESPECT TO SDG

The law on Development Policy and Planning of Mongolia was adopted on November, 2015, to define the steps, principles of planning, implement, monitor and assess the Mongolia’s development documents, the right and obligations of stakeholders and establish the integrated systems of development policy and planning.
Mongolia Sustainable Development Vision-2030 was approved by Parliament of Mongolia in February, 2016.17 goals, 169 targets of Global SDGs are aligned with 4 priorities, 44 targets of Mongolia Sustainable Development vision-2030 as follows:

According to a Decree by the Prime Minister, 9 Task Forces entrusted with determining national SDG indicators, methods and data sources have been set up under the supervision of the National Committee.
• The Subcommittee on the Sustainable Development Goals has been set up under the standing Committee on Social Policy, Education, Culture and Science of the Parliament. It is chaired by Ms. A.Undraa, Member of the Parliament.
In Mongolia, three assessments of the availability of the SDG indicators were conducted.

Assessment 1. Official and administrative statistics were covered. Joint Review of National Data Availability for SDGs by NSO and UNDP, 224 indicators were covered. First assessment was made in 2015. Click here for more details

	Indicators	%
1.Total SDG	224
2. Not applicable to MGL	13
3. Total SDG assessed, (1-2)	211
3.1 Number of indicators split from SDG	17
3.2 Split	63
4.SDG indicators applicable to Mongolia, (3-3.1+3.2)	257
4.1 Readily available	45	17.5%
4.2 Available after little effort	64	24.9%
4.3 Available after more effort	28	10.9%
4.4 From external institution	5	1.9%
4.5 Available if data collection changed	72	28.0%
4.6 Not available	43	16.7%

Assessment 2. Official statistics were covered. A re-assessment of National Data Availability for SDGs by NSO, 241 indicators were covered. Second assessment was made in 2017. Click here for more details

	Indicators	%
1. Total SDG	241
2.Not applicable to MGL	13
3. SDG indicators applicable to MGL, (1-2)	228
3.1 Readily available	60	26.3
3.2 Available after additional calculation	11	4.8
3.3 Not available	157	68.9

Official and administrative statistics were covered. Joint Review of National Data Availability for SDGs by NSO, 244 indicators were covered. Third assessment was made on Oct, 2017. Click here for more details

	Indicators	%
1.Total SDG	244
2.Not applicable to MGL	11
3.SDG indicators applicable to MGL, (1-2)	233
3.1 Readily available	113	48.5
3.2 Not available	120	51.5

Sustainable Development Goals 2016-2030

Information on assessments of the availability of SDG indicators and custodian organizations

SDG data to be produced by ministries and other government organizations

SDG data to be produced by ministries and other government organizations.