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level. Fourthly, the fact is that statistical data for only some 50 - 70 per cent of
the indicators can presently be acquired although there is public and political
pressure to raise the coverage up to 100 per cent.

Keywords
Agenda 2030; SDGs; indicators; reporting platform; united nations

1. Introduction
United Nations’ General Assembly (UNGA) adopted in September 2015 the
“Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”
document. The core of the 2030 Agenda is a list of 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 related targets to end poverty, protect the
planet and ensure prosperity and peace. Governments are expected to take
ownership and establish national frameworks for the achievement of the 17
SDGs. Monitoring of the SDGs is foreseen to take place at various levels –
national, regional, global and thematic. The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF)
is the United Nation’s (UN) central platform to follow up and review the 2030
Agenda and the SDGs at the global level. UN member countries are
encouraged to conduct voluntary national reviews (VNRs) of progress towards
the SDGs. (Eurostat 2018) Figure 1 presents how 17 SDGs cover the four
dimensions of sustainable development (Palm V. 2017).

Figure 1. SDGs and four dimensions of SDGs
1. Poverty

Agriculture, food

2. security

3. Health

4. Education Basic human needs
nder
5. Ge
6. Water

7. Energy

8. Growth and employment

9. Infrastucture and innovation
quality
10. Ine Economy
11. Cities

12. Su stainable production and consumption

13. Climate Change

14. Marine areas Environment
15. La nd degradation and biodiversity loss

16. Peace, justuce Society
vernance, including statistical capacity
17. Go

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