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STS513 Wilma A. G. et al.
Keywords
Philippine SDG Indicator Framework, localization initiative, local development
plans

1. Introduction
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), or officially coined as
Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, has
been a famous in-house term within the Philippine Statistical System (PSS)
since 2015. The Goals are “an intergovernmental set of aspiration with 69
targets” that are hoped to transform the world by 2030. A few of its famous
goals are eradicating extreme poverty and hunger; achieving universal primary
education; promoting gender equality; fighting inequalities; increasing
country’s productive capacity; increasing social inclusion; curbing climate
change; and protecting the environment while ensuring that no one is left
behind over the next fifteen years. It was built on the successes of the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), while including new areas such as
climate change, economic inequality, innovation, sustainable consumption,
peace and justice, among other priorities.
Relatedly, the Philippine Statistical System has been up and active on the
initiatives related to SDG Monitoring. The Philippine Statistical Development
Program (PSDP) 2011- 2017 Update, included an additional chapter on the
SDG Monitoring, which outlines the statistical development programs that will
be implemented to ensure data support for the SDGs, among others. The PSDP
was updated to 2018-2023, which still includes chapter on the SDG
monitoring.
Further, in line with the mainstreaming of the SDGs in regional, national,
and sub-national/local development planning and policy formulation, and to
provide information support for the monitoring of the country’s progress in
attaining the SDGs, it is imperative that the PSS institutionalize the provision
of data support for the generation of SDG indicators. The necessary
institutional arrangement for the monitoring of the SDGs is supported by PSA
Board Resolution No. 4, Series of 2016 “Enjoining government agencies to
provide data support to the sustainable development goals”. This Resolution
also designated the PSA as the official repository of SDG indicators.
Certainly, the SDGs are extremely important because they are powerful
platform that sets the tone and direction for the development, aid and
partnership until 2030 among and within countries.
Cognizant to the need to implement and monitor the SDGs, it is recognized
that countries should develop their country level indicator framework based
on the data availability, priorities and relevance in the national context. This
paper will build on the efforts and initiatives of the PSS in the development of
the SDG Indicator Framework. Specifically, this paper will discuss the

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