HLG-PCCB
High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
On 6 March 2015, at its forty-sixth session, the United Nations Statistical Commission created the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (HLG-PCCB), composed of Member States and including regional and international agencies as observers. The HLG-PCCB aims to establish a global partnership for sustainable development data. It reports annually to the Statistical Commission.
Mandate
The HLG-PCCB and has been tasked to provide strategic leadership for the sustainable development goal implementation process as it concerns statistical monitoring and reporting. The group's current terms of reference are below, as found in E/CN.3/2022/4, Annex I.
Membership
In establishing the HLG-PCCB, the United Nations Statistical Commission requested the use of existing regional mechanisms in order to ensure equitable regional representation and technical expertise. The Chair of the United Nations Statistical Commission is a ex-officio member of the HLG-PCCB. In accordance with its terms of reference since 2017, the HLG-PCCB has rotated its membership every two years at the beginning of the second calendar quarter.
United Nations World Data Forum
Following one of the main recommendations contained in the report entitled "A World That Counts" , presented in November 2014 by the United Nations Secretary-General's Independent Expert and Advisory Group on Data Revolution for Sustainable Development, the Statistical Commission agreed that a United Nations World Data Forum on Sustainable Development Data (UNWDF) would be the suitable platform for intensifying cooperation with the diverse stakeholder community of governments, civil society, the private sector, donor and philanthropic bodies, international and regional agencies, the geospatial community, the media, academia, and professional bodies. The HLG-PCCB provides strategic leadership and guidance on the organization of the UNWDF, including approval of its programme and outcomes, under the auspices of the Statistical Commission and in close consultation with Member States, international partners and the stakeholder community. For further details of Forum activities past, present and future see the website. The Terms of Reference for the Programme Committee established by the HLG-PCCB can be found here.
Concept note on issue partners
The concept note provides clarification regarding the openness of meetings to non-members and observers as issue partners for specific areas of the HLG-PCCB's work. The note presents an approach that balances the HLG-PCCB's commitment to inclusiveness and transparency while also facilitating the efficiency of the work of HLG-PCCB.
- Concept note on the participation of issue partners in the work of the HLG-PCCB (revised May 2022)
- List of standing issue partners (as of 2 February 2023)
Activities
- Public consultation on the renewal of the Global Action Plan on sustainable development data
- Special meeting of the HLG-PCCB (selection of sixth UNWDF host)
- 35th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 34th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 33rd meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 32nd meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 31st meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 30th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 29th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 28th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- Special meeting of the HLG-PCCB (selection of fourth and fifth UNWDF host)
- 27th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 26th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 25th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 24th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- Open consultation on the Bern Data Compact for a Decade of Action on the Sustainable Development Goals
- 23rd meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 22nd meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 21st meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 20th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 19th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- Open consultation on the Global Data Community's response to COVID-19
- 18th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 17th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 16th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 15th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 14th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 13th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 12th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 11th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 10th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 9th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 8th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 7th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- Global Consultation on the Global Action Plan for Sustainable Development Data
- 6th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 5th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 4th meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 3rd meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 2nd meeting of the HLG-PCCB
- 1st meeting of the HLG-PCCB
QUICK LINKS
- 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
- SDGs Database
- 2025 Comprehensive Review Process
- Survey on the Implementation of the Cape Town Global Action Plan for Sustainable Development
Data
- SG's progress report 2024
- Statistical Annex 2024
- SDGs report 2024
- Gender Snapshot 2024
- UN Data Commons for the SDGs
- Medellin Framework for action on data for sustainable development
- Hangzhou Declaration
- Bern Data Compact
- Cape Town Global Action Plan for Sustainable Development Data
- Dubai Declaration
- Global data community's response to Covid-19
- Statistical Commission