United Nations Economic Commission for EuropeStatistical Division

MDG-Monitoring:National Coordination International Reporting

Results Survey

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Survey

Survey on the national coordination and reporting mechanisms to international agencies of data used for MDG-monitoring

Administered to NSOs of 19 countries

Response: 11 countries or 58% (Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Montenegro, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan)

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National Coordination

Involvement NSO in national coordination of MDGs

AZ BY BA HR KZ KG MD ME RU TJ UZ

Coordination MDGs Yes No No No Yes No No No No No Yes

Verify Quality MDGs No Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes

MDG in Stat. Law Yes ?? No No Yes No ?? No No Yes Yes

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National Coordination: Problems

There is no focal point for reporting of MDG indicators at the national level.

There is no focal point for the MDGs in the NSO. There is no trained personnel for database

management (e.g. DevInfo). There are no specialists to collect the MDG indicators. Some MDGs are not part of official statistics or new to

NSO. Data for some MDG-indicators are not available. There are no agreed standards and definitions.

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Reporting Mechanisms to International Organizations

NSO involved in: AZ BY BA HR KZ KG MD ME RU TJ UZ

National MDG ReportYes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

MDG Data RepositoryYes Yes No No No Yes

Min.Ec.

No No Yes Yes

Repository: AZ BY BA HR KZ KG MD ME RU TJ UZ

Metadata includedYes Yes       Yes No     No Yes

Calendar disseminationNo No       No No     No No

Available on InternetNo Yes       Yes Yes     No Yes

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MDG website Moldova (DevInfo)

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Reporting MDGs to International Agencies

Data requests International Org. AZ BY BA HR KZ KG MD ME RU TJ UZ

Centralized National focal point data requests

NSO  Min. Fin.

  NSO      Min.

For.Af 

Min.Ec.

- Requests sent to NSO No   Yes     Yes Yes Yes   No Yes

- Request sent to others Yes   Yes   ?? No Yes Yes ?? No Yes

NSO and International Requests AZ BY BA HR KZ KG MD ME RU TJ UZ

Able to reply to allNo No No No Yes No No No Yes

Duplicate requestsNo   No   No No No Yes   No Yes

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Reporting MDGs to International Agencies

Coordinating role NSO in reporting MDG-data to international agencies• Active participation in the preparation of reports (UZ)• Coordination and collection of MDG indicators and

provides on request (AZ)• Coordination and production and dissemination of

MDGs that are part of official statistics (MD)• Provide data if available (BH, HR, KZ, ME)

Reason failing to reply to data request:• Data unavailable (neither at Ministries)• Data not available at NSO

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Reporting MDGs, Current Problem:

Lack of reliable data sourcesLimited attention for improving quality of

source dataNot all data available at regional level

Availability of time-series limitedMetadata limited

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Reporting MDGs, Measures Taken for improvement:

Addressing data shortage and reliabilityAdditional indicatorsImprovement of the data flowCreation of a database accessible via

internetImprovement of the legal basisStrengthening of institutional capacitiesParticipation in expert meetings

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Conclusions: NSOs in most cases not main agency for

coordination and quality control of MDGs, but: NSOs in general involved in MDG-report Other ministries/agencies are nearly always

involved in data production Data gaps exists and data quality sometimes an

issue

NSOs do receive data requests but are often unable to reply

Duplicate requests from international organizations are limited

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International organizations as source

Production of National MDG-report (UNDP etc.)

Surveys (co)organized by international organizations: DHS, MICS

Data repository for international comparison Estimates made by international

organizations: adjusted national data, combining data, intra/extrapolation and other methods

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Goal 4: ‘Reduce child mortality’

Target 4a: Reduce by two thirds the mortality rate among children under five • 4.1 Under-five mortality rate• 4.2 Infant mortality rate • 4.3 Proportion of 1 year-old children

immunized against measles

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Goal 5: ‘Improve maternal health’

Target 5a: Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio • 5.1 Maternal mortality ratio • 5.2 Proportion of births attended by skilled health

personnel Target 5b: Achieve, by 2015, universal access to

reproductive health • 5.3 Contraceptive prevalence rate • 5.4 Adolescent birth rate • 5.5 Antenatal care coverage (at least one visit and

at least four visits) • 5.6 Unmet need for family planning