NAVIGATING THROUGH LIMITED DATA WHILE AIMING

AT SDG-6 ‘FIT-FOR-POLICY’ EVIDENCE

Manzoor Qadir

United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH)

Hamilton, Canada

World Water Week, 25-30 August 2019, Stockholm, Sweden

▪ The SDG 6 – Ensure availability and

sustainable management of water

and sanitation for all – reflects the

increased attention on water and

sanitation issues in the global

political agenda.

▪ Other SDGs with specific water-

related targets are also critical for

achieving SDG 6 by 2030.

WATER-RELATED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 2030 AGENDA

CURRENT STATUS OF SDG 6

SDG 6 Synthesis Report (July 2018) confirms that:

• The world at large is lagging in achieving

SDG 6.

• Less than half of the UN Member States have

comparable data available on the status of

progress made towards SDG 6 targets.

• There is a lack of tools related to the Means

of Implementation (6.a and 6.b) to track and

achieve SDG 6 targets and indicators.

• Business as usual means SDG 6 will be

missed in 2030.

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CURRENT NEEDS FOR SDG 6

• Develop interventions that work in data-limited

conditions and facilitate decision making for

accelerated achievement of SDG 6.

• Strengthen and realign enabling environments as a

Means of Implementation for SDG 6.

• Provide a collaboration platform to help countries

improve their data analysis, reporting and progress

toward achieving SDG 6 and other water-related SDG

targets.

NAVIGATING THROUGH LIMITED DATA

• Developed by a multi-institutional

team, the Sustainable

Development Goal 6 Policy

Support System (SDG-PSS)

draws on tools, processes, and

practices that are commonly

used for water-related

management at the national and

international levels.

• Available at: http://sdgpss.net/en/

• SDG-PSS is organized around six critical components along with a component ‘Status’.

• These components are built on the basis of more than 20 well-established tools, processes and practices.

• SDG-PSS is an online system where countries can enter data, information, and/or trends and translate them into “fit-for-policy” evidence.

SDG 6 POLICY SUPPORT SYSTEM

Status

Capacity

Finance

Policy &

Institutional

Gender

DRR

Resilience

Integrity

OECD Toolkit

for Integrity

Financetools

Capacity Assessment

tools

Global Water Tool

WHO TrackFin

Gender Check-

list WSP

Integrated Monitoring

Initiative

WHO/ UNICEF

JMP

Gender tools

Status toolsDRR/Resilience

tools

Gender Toolkit WWAP

GLAAS

Policy & Institutional Assessment tools

IRC WASH-

CostGLAAS

OECD Water Gover-nance

SDG-PSS

Synthesis

Evaluation

UNDG CapacityAssess-ment

OECDWater Gover-nance

Sendai Frame-work

UNDPCapacity Assess-ment

OECD Water Gover-nance

OECD Water Gover-nance

Water Integrity Network

Integrity tools

GLAAS

UNICEF WASH-

BAT

GWPStrategic

Finan-cial

Planning

IWRM survey

SDG 6 Moni-toring

DESA

UNDPCapacity Assess-ment

OECD Toolkit

for Integrity

PEFA

Country Costing Model

for WASH

SDG 6 POLICY SUPPORT SYSTEM

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6.4.1

6.4.2

6.5.2

6.6.1

6.5.1

6.1.1

6.2.1

6.3.2SDG-PSS aims to

produce evidence at

the indicator level for

SDG 6. SDG-PSS

components

SDG 6

indicators

SDG-PSS WORKFLOW

Data and

information

QUESTIONNAIRES REPORTING

TRANSITIONING FROM EXCEL TO ONLINE SYSTEM

• Initially, SDG-PSS was developed in Excel.

• In late 2018, SDG-PSS was migrated to an

online system, which is freely available to all:

• English version launched on WWD in March 2019.

• French version available since June 2019.

• Spanish version to be available in October 2019.

FACILITATING THE USE OF SDG-PSS

• Self-paced e-course on SDG-PSS

available online to all potential users.

• Addresses capacity building for

systematic and effective use of SDG-

PSS.

• Provides training on how to use this

system to produce evidence on the

enabling environment for achieving

SDG 6.

Available at: http://wlc.unu.edu/courses/course-v1:UNU-INWEH+INWEH-03+2019/about

KEY ELEMENTS OF E-COURSE

• E-course participants understand the objectives and role of SDG-PSS in SDG 6 achievement.

• They learn to navigate through SDG-PSS pages and its components.

• They generate and analyze evidence on the national progress on the achievement of SDG 6.

• Upon successful completion, participants receive a certificate of course completion.

SDG-PSS IN KEY REFERENCES AND NEWS

SDG-PSS is

highlighted in the

Global Guidance for

SDG 6 Monitoring as a

potential analytical tool

to support national

level,

cross-sectoral,

evidence-based,

policymaking and

planning.

http://www.unwater.org/publications/

good-practices-sdg-6-monitoring/

SDG-PSS IN KEY REFERNCES AND NEWS

SDG-PSS featured in more

than 15 water-related news

websites during official

launch in March 2019.

SDG-PSS SUMMARIZED

• SGD-PSS gives country water professionals, managers and policy makers a

precise view of the data that is missing in their national processes and guides

them in gathering and analyzing the relevant data, information, and trends to

deliver on SDG 6 targets.

• It is a strategic tool that encourages cooperation between agencies and water

research community in a joint policy development process.

• SDG-PSS has the potential to become a powerful knowledge sharing platform

for learning between countries – as all data and information are presented in

common formats using a common set of SDG 6 indicators.

• It can be tailored to address the requirements of other SDGs.

SDG-PSS IN 2019-2020

• Engaging more countries through

regional hubs; around 40

countries

• Conducting SDG-PSS training

(e-course)

• Continue receiving feedback on

SDG-PSS and its finetuning

• Facilitating decision making to

support SDG 6 achievement at

the national level.

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