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including several national statistical offices, think tanks and many companies.
It is primarily a source for connecting the many stakeholders in the data
revolution and encouraging them to work together. Some initiatives have
included creating data roadmaps, developing inclusive data charters, and
sharing innovations. Small amounts of funding have been awarded to projects
involving more than one member, through financing from the World Bank.
The World Bank has committed to increase the frequency of poverty
surveys in conjunction with the demands of the SDGs. They have also
employed new methods and new approaches to estimating poverty in
1
contexts where data are frequently missing.
This paper is a case study based on practical experience of joint efforts of
public sector and private sector institution as well as NGOs to solve the
problems related to implementations of SDG estimations at the country level.
Using this experience, we are going to demonstrate shortcomings and
limitations which currently take place in cooperation of NGO’s with other
partners in statistical community.

2. Measuring the SDGs
No country in the world currently can provide data on all the SDG
indicators as presented by the UNSD. Furthermore, methodology for some of
the indicators are not even developed. This situation requires larger support
to the national statistical systems particularly in developing countries.
The adoption of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the
commitment to achieve them by 2030 puts enormous pressures on many
countries mostly those with low level of development.
The 17 SDGs are measured by more than 240 indicators, divided in 3 tiers.
Tier 1 indicators are conceptually clear, have an internationally established
methodology, all related technical standards are available, and estimated
results are regularly produced by at least 50 percent of countries in every
region where the indicator is relevant.
Tier 2 indicators are conceptually clear, have an internationally established
methodology, all related standards are available, but estimated results are not
regularly produced by countries.
Tier 3 indicators have no internationally accepted methodology or/and
standards, but methodology/standards are being (or will be) developed and
tested.
As of 13 February 2019: tier 1 contains 101 indicators, tier 2 contains 84
indicators and tier 3 contains 41 indicators. In addition to these, there are 6

1 See for instance, World Bank https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/immersive-
story/2017/07/26/the-tech-revolution-thats-changing-how-we-measure-poverty
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