The UNCCD Conference of the Parties (COP) during its ninth session in Buenos Aires in September 2009 decided (Decision 17/COP9) to provisionally accept a set of eleven impact indicators to measure progress on strategic objective 1, 2 and 3 of The Strategy.

 

Date and time:
Friday, 11 June 2010, 9:00 h -18:00 h
Room:
130, UN Campus – Langer Eugen, Hermann-Ehlers-Str. 10, Bonn
Organizer:
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

 

A sub-set of two impact indicators was identified as the minimum required for reporting by affected countries beginning in 2012: land cover status and proportion of the population in affected areas living above the poverty line

In order to enable affected countries to report on the two impact indicators in 2012, the CST was requested to prepare a glossary of terms and definitions and to continue work on methodologies for collecting, processing, monitoring and reporting the relevant data needed to effectively use them

A meeting with relevant institutions and/or agencies that have experience related to the implementation of the sub-set of two impact indicators will be held on 11 June 2010. The meeting will give the opportunity to invited institutions and/or agencies to exchange information on international developments related to impact indicators and to share their experiences in implementing them

The meeting would have, among its specific objectives:

a. To discuss methodologies in use to measure the sub-set of two impact indicators and provide practical recommendations on data collection, processing, monitoring and reporting methods for the production of these indicators;

b. To review availability, accessibility and quality of the necessary data for the sub-set of impact indicators and to identify data sources and gaps.

c. To initiate the discussion on the technical support that the invited institutions and/or agencies could provide in the reporting process of the sub-set of impact indicators at the global and the national level.

Provisional agenda

source: http://www.unccd.int/science/announce/meeting-on-methodologies-data-needs.php

image: © Oleg Tsaruk, The batle with the nature, 1st UNCCD photo contest