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Location :
Ottawa, Canada
The fifth meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on the Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) will take place from 28-31 March 2017, in Ottawa, Canada, hosted by Statistics Canada. A Members' meeting will take place from 28-29 March, followed by a Plenary session from 30-31 March. During the plenary session, all countries, international and regional agencies and entities, and other stakeholders are invited to attend.
IAEG-SDGs 5 will aim to:
- present the updated tier system;
- discuss the role of custodian agencies;
- discuss the strategy to address those indicators that remain without a custodian agency and/or a work plan;
- review work plans for tier III indicators and the proposals for new concepts and definitions and develop a mechanism to ensure completion of work;
- present the IAEG-SDG work plan on data disaggregation;
- and present the timeline for finalizing the proposals on possible additional indicators.