The two-day symposium is a platform for enhancing the use of data towards evidence-based policy making and coordination of monitoring the progress on the SDGs in Sri Lanka. The Sustainable Development Goals are far reaching, global goals aimed at transforming our world; a global movement to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Sri Lanka, along with 192 countries committed to this ambitious agenda by agreeing to achieve the 17 global goals. The sessions will discuss three main points: 1) Impact and Importance of Data; 2) Context and Challenges of SDG data in Sri Lanka, and 3) Strategy and Way Forward in using data for the SDGs. The discussions will focus on the need for mapping baseline data in Sri Lanka, against the 244 SDG indicators, to understand where Sri Lanka currently stands in the journey towards achieving the SDGs by 2030.

Source: Sunday Times March 20, 2018 09:11 UTC