Alternative Indicators of Well-being for Melanesia
Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat
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Description
The project began in Vanuatu with a pilot study completed in 2012 that verified a positive relationship between well-being and access to natural resources, active participation in traditional practices, and support from cooperative communities. MSG member countries adopted the project in 2013 to trial the development of an index that links similar Melanesian values in an effort to regain control of development outcomes. Member countries are currently preparing to pilot the indicators previously piloted in Vanuatu.Member NSOs will submit the data collected in their respective pilots to the Project Coordinator based at the MSG Secretariat. The Project Coordinator will draw from the indicators that are consistent and comparable to develop the regional well-being index prior to submitting to members for discussion on application of the data in policy development and monitoring progress. Political adoption of the indicators will be at the discretion of each member country, as each member will have tailored the indicators to fit their specific needs.
The project seeks to build partnerships between cultural and statistics authorities in MSG member countries in the acts of survey design and cultural relevance of data collection for purposes of tracking national progress. All member country statistics offices have sufficient capacity to undertake such data collection activities, and the MSG Secretariat Project Coordinator along with SPC Statistics for Development will be available for technical assistance and assistance with data analysis.
Coordination of survey design and data collection and facilitation of data analysis and well-being index construction through the MSG Secretariat; Survey instrument development through national cultural committees in MSG member countries; Data collection through National Statistics Offices in MSG member countries.
Vanuatu Cultural Council;
Malvatumauri National Council of Chiefs;
Vanuatu Department of Strategic Policy, Planning and Aid Coordination;
Solomon Islands National Statistics Office;
Solomon Islands Department of Culture, Ministry of Culture and Tourism;
Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics;
Fiji Department of National Heritage Arts & Culture;
i-Taukei Institute of Language and Culture;
Papua New Guinea National Statistics Office;
Papua New Guinea National Cultural Council;
Papua New Guinea Department of National Planning and Monitoring;
Bougainville Division of Culture, Tourism, Environment and Conservation;
Front de Libération Nationale Kanak et Socialiste (FLNKS) ;
Institute de la Statistique et des Etudes Economique (ISEE);
Secretariat for the Pacific Community (SPC), Statistics for Development
SDGS & Targets
Goal 17
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
17.1
Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection
17.1.1
17.1.2
17.2
Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries
17.2.1
17.3
Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources
17.3.1
Additional financial resources mobilized for developing countries from multiple sources
17.3.2
17.4
Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress
17.4.1
17.5
Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries
17.5.1
Number of countries that adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for developing countries, including the least developed countries
17.6
Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism
17.6.1
Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed
17.7
Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed
17.7.1
Total amount of funding for developing countries to promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies
17.8
Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology
17.8.1
17.9
Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation
17.9.1
Dollar value of financial and technical assistance (including through North-South, South‑South and triangular cooperation) committed to developing countries
17.10
Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda
17.10.1
17.11
Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020
17.11.1
Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports
17.12
Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access
17.12.1
Weighted average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States
17.13
Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and policy coherence
17.13.1
17.14
Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development
17.14.1
17.15
Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development
17.15.1
17.16
Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries
17.16.1
Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
17.17
Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships
17.17.1
Amount in United States dollars committed to public-private partnerships for infrastructure
17.18
By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts
17.18.1
Statistical capacity indicators
17.18.2
17.18.3
Number of countries with a national statistical plan that is fully funded and under implementation, by source of funding
17.19
By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries
17.19.1
17.19.2
Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration
SDG 14 targets covered
Deliverables & Timeline
Resources mobilized
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- Asia and Pacific
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Contact Information
Mr Jamie Tanguay, Project Coordinator