1.
Ian Coady Head of Geospatial Policy, Research and International
Office for National Statistics

2.
Leaving no-one behind:
Using the Esri platform to report on sustainable development
Ian Coady
Office for National Statistics @iancoady

3.
UNITED
NATIONS
193 MEMBERS
17 GOALS
169 TARGETS
232 INDICATORS
2030
AGENDA GLOBAL
NATIONAL
REGIONAL
REPORTING
ON
PROGRESS
“LEAVE NO
ONE BEHIND”
PEOPLE
PLANET
PROSPERITY
PEACE
PARTNERSHIP

4.
BILL &
MELINDA GATES
RICHARD CURTIS
VICTORIA BECKHAM
JAMIE OLIVER
DANIEL CRAIG
DAVINA McCALL
FOREST WHITAKER
SHAKIRA
JUDE LAW
JAMIE CULLUM
SADIQ KHAN
JENNIFER LOPEZ

5.
The Goals
Poverty
Hunger
Health
Education
Gender
Water
Energy
Economy
Industry
Inequality
Cities
Consumption
Climate
Oceans
Nature
Justice
Partnership

6.
TARGETS – EXAMPLE
GOAL 13: CLIMATE ACTION

7.
INDICATORS – EXAMPLE
GOAL 13: CLIMATE ACTION

8.
UK DATA
The SDG Team
IDENTIFYING
COLLECTING
DEVELOPING
REPORT
UK
PROGRESS
INFORMED DECISIONS
WHAT
WORKING
LIAISING
COORDINATING
EFFORTS
OFFICIAL DATA
INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
EXPLORING
NON-OFFICIAL DATA
DEVELOPING
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
WITH GSS
NEW DATA SOURCES &
METHODS
REPORTING PLATFORM
REPORTS

9.
The Geography Team
+ Data Science Campus
+ Big Data Team
+ Natural Capital Team
+ Public Policy Analysis Team
GEOGRAPHY
POLICY AND
STANDARDS
GEOGRAPHY
RESEARCH
AND DESIGN
MAPPING and
SPATIAL ANALYSIS
SPATIAL DATA
– DESIGN AND
DELIVERY
DISSEMINATION,
INTEGRATION &
OUTREACH
Not alone in supporting SDGs
Thought
Leadership

10.
Disaggregated Data
INCOMERACE
INDICATORS
REQUIRE
GENDER
GEOGRAPHY ETHNICITY
AGE
DISABILITY

11.
United
Nations
Global
Database
Office for
National
Statistics
Government
Departments
Devolved
Administrations
Custodian
Agencies
Data Reporting

12.
United
Nations
Global
Database
Office for
National
Statistics
Government
Departments
Devolved
Administrations
Custodian
Agencies
Data Reporting

13.
Esri/UN Statistics Division
Research Project:
A federated reporting
system for SDGs

14.
Esri
Research –
Phase 1
Ireland, Mexico, Senegal, Philippines, Qatar and South Africa
Deploy a limited number of National SDG Data Hubs that are “country
owned and country led”
Deploy a Global UN SDG Data Hub for the SDG indicator framework
Improve data integration and interoperability from a wide range of by
understanding and resolving differences between national and global
data
Develop and pilot a scalable “system-of-systems” approach applicable to
all countries wishing to participate

15.
Esri
Research –
Phase 2
Kick off meeting (23-25 Oct 17, Washington DC)
United Kingdom, Morocco, Kenya, Tanzania, Brazil, Colombia, Canada and
Palestine
Member State Presentations on SDG Reporting Strategies & Priorities
Breakout sessions on Initial Inventory and Data Upload and Initializing
Open Data
Introduction to Story Maps
Roadmap to Implementation / Resource Requirements

16.
Project
Scope
Geo-enable existing SDG data within the National Reporting Platform
Get data down to lower geographic levels
Produce data/analysis (9.1.1, 11.3.1 and 11.7.1) and story mapping (3.9.1
and 11.6.2) for selected SDG indicators
Integrate Esri geospatial functionality into the UK National Reporting
Platform
Produce an ‘explainer’ article setting out why geospatial data is important
to the SDGs and what some of the complexities are

17.
Building
Geospatial
Capability
Set up geospatial infrastructure
Training in geospatial principles
Training in geospatial infrastructure
Project scoping
Regular catch-ups on geospatial

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Geospatial Hub

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Earth Observation

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SOUTHAMPTON
BOURNEMOUTH
PORTSMOUTH
BRIGHTON & HOVE

21.
Next steps
Geo-enable existing SDG data within the National Reporting Platform
Get data down to lower geographic levels
Produce data/analysis and story mapping for selected SDG indicators
Integrate Esri geospatial functionality into the UK National Reporting
Platform
Produce an ‘explainer’ article setting out why geospatial data is important
to the SDGs and what some of the complexities are
Report to the World Data Forum in October 2018

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Thank you
Ian Coady
ONS
@ONSGeography