IAEG Stockholm, 2018

Dr Salah Al Muzahmi GCC-Stat

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GCC-Stat: Brief Introduction

RegionalSta,s,csofficeoftheGulfCoopera,onCouncil

KeyObjec,ves•  AssemblyandProduc5onof

Sta5s5cs•  Harmonisa5onofsta5s5cs

consistentwithinterna5onalstandards

•  EnhanceSta5s5calCapacity

Ø  BuildingasustainableGCCsta5s5calsystemandpartnershipbetweenGCC-StatandtheNa5onalSta5s5calCentres

Bahrain,Kuwait,Oman,Qatar,SaudiArabia,UAE

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SDGs–RegionalPriorityproject•  Strongregionalpoli5calsupport•  KeypriorityfortheGCCSta5s5calSystem•  Ac5vepar5cipantinterna5onally

Regionaldeliverables•  Situa5onalReadinessAnalysis(2017)•  RegionalSDGreport

Regional Activities

CapacityEnhancementandDevelopment•  RegionalandNa5onalWorkshops•  RegularSupportforcountriesfromGCC–Statexper5se

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Recent Reports

2018RegionalSDGReport 2017ReadinessAssessment

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•  Overall•  1/3rdofIndicatorswithfullorpar5alcoverage(2017)

Availability of Indicators

67% (12)

47% (17)

33% (6)

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14% (14)

73% (11)

77% (27)

36% (13)

50% (14)

13% (15)

9% (11)

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0% (8)

15% (13)

29% (14)

13% (15)

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1.   ProducingRegionalData•  Capabili5esofInforma5onSystemstoprovidealldisaggrega5ons

•  Accesstomicrodataforregionaldisaggrega5ons•  Countryimplementa5onpathsoZenmappedtocountrydevelopmentplans/priori5es

2.   SpecificDemographicChallengesinRegion•  Popula5onmixofGCCCi5zensandNon-ci5zens•  YoungCi5zenPopula5on•  Non-Ci5zensconcentratedinWorkingAgePopula5on

Regional Challenges

GCCAge-SexPyramid,TotalPopula,on,2016*

*ExcludeUAEØ RequiresAddi,onalLocalDisaggrega,ons

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•  SomeSDGtargetsarealreadymete.g.manySDGtargetshavealreadybeenmetatacountrylevel

•  Goal1Poverty•  Goal2Hunger•  Goal3GoodHealthandWellbeing•  Goal4QualityEduca5on•  Goal6WaterandSanita5on

•  HowtosustainprogresstoensurenooneisleZbehind?•  Shouldtherebena5onalorregionaltargets?•  Areextraindicatorsordisaggrega5onsneeded?

WhathappenswhenacountryorregionmeetsanSDGtarget?

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Thankyou

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