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success of Statistics Sweden’s assignment as a means to ensure wide use and
create trust and engagement.
One of the main components of the coordination of the follow-up and the
communication work around is involving stakeholders. As already mentioned,
the breadth and compl exity of the Agenda means that many different
producers of statistics and data will need to contribute to the statistical follow-
up. The broad involvement in the development of the follow-up is vital for the
success of Statistics Sweden’s assignment as a means to ensure wide use and
create trust and engagement.
The first tangible result of the broad collaboration deployed in the
production of the first baseline report and indicator list is the interest it
sparked among a wide variety of actors. The interest is most notable in the
amount of requests we have received to present the results in different
contexts. Statistics Sweden’s experts have also been asked to do interviews in
sector media channels as well as in broad publicly publicised newspapers and
radio.
The second tangible result of the efforts is the far reaching use of the
content of the base line report in the Sweden’s national voluntary report to
the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in July 2017.

4. Discussion and Conclusion
During the course of our work with the assignment to coordinate the
statistical follow-up we have sought to engage many actors within and outside
of the statistical system. This has created high expectations that the follow-up
will cover different perspectives, most notably from the other producers of
statistics and data and from civil society organisations. Naturally, we are
pleased that the output of the work seems to have contributed to
engagement. However, coupled with the lack of resources, this also poses a
real challenge for Statistics Sweden as the coordinator of the process.

 Step-by-step approach
With scarce resources it is of course important to focus on the right things.
Therefore, we would like to stress the importance of continuous coordination
and collaboration with a wide range of actors for the follow-up to develop in
a successful direction. This is what we mean by a step-by-step approach. For
example, it is important that the actors know that we always consider their
input even if it does not show in the tangible output immediately. We also
invite and expect stakeholders to take part in the development of the
processes, as well as in the statistical production of the indicator used in the
follow-up.

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