Requesting entity name
UN Statistics Division
Demand Region
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Requesting Country
Comoros
Madagascar
Rwanda
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Benin
Liberia
Niger
Chile
Ecuador
Kyrgyzstan
Cambodia
Republic of Moldova
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Requesting entity category
National government
Responsible Division/s
Statistics Division
Areas of Work
Evidence-based policy
Support/Output provided
Support/Output provided (project, workshop, advisory service, etc.)
Other
SDGs
SDG1
SDG2
SDG3
SDG4
SDG5
SDG6
SDG7
SDG8
SDG9
SDG10
SDG11
SDG12
SDG13
SDG14
SDG15
SDG16
SDG17
Keywords
guidance documents
eLearning
evidence-based and data driven VNR and SDG reporting
data storytelling
Status
Completed
Notes
Based on the consultants’ work, UNSD prepared a Practical Guide for Evidence-Based Voluntary National Reviews https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/data4vnrs/ and a Practical Guide to Data Storytelling in Voluntary National Reviews and SDG Reporting https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/data-storytelling/.
These were completed in the fall of 2022.
These are living documents and UNSD will continue to add new information and make improvements.
Request summary
This is to request the approval of a RPTC activity proposal for 2021 on producing training materials on Evidence-based Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) and on data storytelling for SDGs. The activity includes two components: (a) finalizing Practical Guide for Evidence-based Voluntary National Reviews; and (b) developing guidance and training materials on data storytelling for SDGs.

The proposal has been developed to respond to the demand from many countries on the need for technical support for monitoring and capacity building for VNRs and on communicating data and data visualizations in VNRs and SDG reporting and engaging data users. RPTC funds would be used to support the production of guidance training materials, with the support of 2 consultants, who will be working closely with UNSD.

Please kindly see the following documents for your approval on using 2021 RPTC fund to produce training materials on VNRs and data storytelling for SDGs.
- Draft memo
- Annex 2 project proposal,
- Draft ToR for a consultant to finalizing Practical Guide for Evidence-based VNRs
- Draft ToR for a consultant to develop guidance and training on data storytelling
- Written statements from countries in support of the work on capacity building for VNRs and SDG monitoring
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