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provided by donors and they rely on volunteer labor force they cannot
compete in the market as they would undermine the open competition.
Therefore, it is imperative for the NGOs to find a way to join the partnership
to be able to contribute to the capacity development in the field of statistics.
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 estimation at the country level.
Using this experience, we are going to demonstrate shortcomings and
limitations which currently take place in cooperation of NGOs with other
partners in statistical community.

3. Case Study
In 2018, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Foundation, which is a non-
profit entity which function is coordination of projects financed jointly by
World Bank loans to Russia and Russian government funds for the Russian
Statistical Service (Rosstat) has announced a project to support Rosstat in the
compilation of a wide range of indicators for monitoring SDG.

The project calls:
▪ Propose criteria for compilation of 17 SDG indicators for further
developing methodology for their calculation in order to enable a
comprehensive monitoring of the SDGs in the Russian Federation
and develop methodological recommendations for improving the
empirical base that ensures regular calculation of these indicators.
Compile these indicators using the proposed criteria.
▪ Review and systematize methods for the calculation of SDG
indicators, included in the list presented in the methodological
materials of the custodian agencies for SDG indicators by the spheres
of their responsibility, and in the methodologies used by UN member
states.
▪ Carry out test calculations of the SDG indicators for Russia as a whole
and for the subjects of the Russian Federation using the available
empirical base.
▪ Compare the calculation results for the SDG indicators with statistics
from other countries and with data for Russia presented in the UN
information sources. Make conclusions about the methodological
reasons for possible differences between the calculated indicators
and the results from other countries and those presented in UN
information sources.
▪ Indicate additional variables needed to improve the coverage of SDG
indicators and formulate recommendations for their consideration

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