UNDP/PRIO Expert Meeting on Measuring SDG 16: Targets 16.1 on Peace, 16.3 on Justice, 16.7 on Inclusion and 16.10 on Freedoms 28-29 January 2016, Voksenåsen Conference Centre, Oslo, Norway

The report argues that current indicators for SDG 16 do not fully capture the goal's ambition and recommends integrating survey-based perception data alongside administrative data. For target 16.1 (violence), it suggests adding conflict-related deaths and a safety indicator. For 16.3 (justice), it proposes a broader dispute resolution indicator. For 16.7 (inclusion), it recommends measuring perceived inclusivity of decision-making and electoral turnout. For 16.10 (freedoms), it suggests indicators for the freedom to express political opinion and the implementation of access to information guarantees.

• The conveners argue that the indicators currently agreed upon by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDGs (IAEG-SDG) for Goal 16 are insufficient to cover the goal's full ambition, necessitating the inclusion of survey-based evidence to capture 'peoples’ voice' as a complement to administrative data.
• For Target 16.1 on violence, the report recommends including a conflict deaths indicator, noting that direct conflict-related deaths are the 'best proxy available' for measuring political violence intensity, and a safety indicator to measure people's 'freedom from fear'.
• Regarding Target 16.3 on justice, the report criticizes the proposed crime reporting rate for being too narrow and suggests an alternative indicator measuring the proportion of people who accessed any dispute resolution mechanism (formal or informal) and perceived it as just.
• For Target 16.7 on inclusive decision-making, the report suggests replacing or supplementing the youth-focused indicator 16.7.2 with a broader measure of whether the population believes decision-making is inclusive and responsive, as well as tracking electoral turnout.
• To address Target 16.10 on fundamental freedoms and access to information, the report proposes adding an indicator on the population's ability to express political opinion without fear and another on the adoption and implementation of legal guarantees for public access to information.
• The report emphasizes that access to information is a 'critical enabling condition' for the implementation of all 17 SDGs and is catalytic for the achievement of Goal 16.

APA

Peace Research Institute Oslo (n.d.). UNDP/PRIO Expert Meeting on Measuring SDG 16: Targets 16.1 on Peace, 16.3 on Justice, 16.7 on Inclusion and 16.10 on Freedoms 28-29 January 2016, Voksenåsen Conference Centre, Oslo, Norway. https://cdn.cloud.prio.org/files/bbffd9a9-0d6b-440a-8258-1aad28548523/Report of the Conveners.pdf?inline=true

Chicago

Peace Research Institute Oslo. UNDP/PRIO Expert Meeting on Measuring SDG 16: Targets 16.1 on Peace, 16.3 on Justice, 16.7 on Inclusion and 16.10 on Freedoms 28-29 January 2016, Voksenåsen Conference Centre, Oslo, Norway. n.d. https://cdn.cloud.prio.org/files/bbffd9a9-0d6b-440a-8258-1aad28548523/Report of the Conveners.pdf?inline=true.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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