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institutional) are likely to differ. Understanding Issues for Action and Target
Groups helps define measurable factors (or parameters), their characteristics
(i.e. variables), leading to the identification of standard measures to explain
the state of change for policy monitoring (i.e. indicators). If the EPIC tool is
applied consistently across all sectors in a country, this can help put together
a “one-stop-shop” of sustainable development indicators that are directly
responsive to national policy demands and which address data gaps and
prevent data waste. This comprehensive indicator set is compiled by aligning
Issues for Action and Target Groups with existing national, regional and global
indicators, allowing for changes in indicator description or formulation of new
indicators as needed, but with careful consideration of international standards
on indicator development.

4. Implementation
Prior to implementation of the tool, it is necessary that a team of experts
from all relevant stakeholders being established and made two fundamental
decisions:
1- What are the major policy documents that need to be assessed to
identify issues for policy actions and beneficiary target groups? At the
minimum, national statistical office, planning organization, relevant
sector/ministry, and national focal point for implementation of the
Sustainable Development Goals have to involve.
2- Which components of the policy document have to assess against core
concepts.
After the team made two above decisions, it is important to familiarize
themselves basic concepts in the tool, review and practice application of the
tool. Major steps in implementation of the tool involve the following:
A. In all selected components of the policy documents, identify issues that
require policy action.
B. Map identified issues for action to all relevant “core concepts”. Each
issue may be mapped on more than one core concepts.
C. Identify target groups under each core concept. This may include
target groups already specified in the document or groups that are not
specified but the team agrees that are important to be targeted.
D. For each issue under each of the core concepts identify relevant
indicator from existing indicator frameworks. It could be any of the
national, regional, or global frameworks.

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