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Georgia
Monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals:
Meeting to identify Asia-Pacific regional and sub-regional
priorities
21-23 September 2015, Bangkok, Thailand
David Motsonelidze
Deputy Executive Director
National Statistics Office of Georgia - Geostat
National SDGs consultation
 The consultation process started in 2015
 The Government Administration undertakes the overall
coordination of this process
 The last meeting held 22on July 23, 2015. Meeting
attended by senior government officials and
representatives of the UN and other international
organizations, donors
 All government bodies were asked to provide evidencebased priorities and relevant indicators in line with SDG
goals
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Country strategy 2020
 “Strategy 2020” is the main policy document in Georgia.
This document contains mainly economic targets
 The Strategy states, in particular: “New economic
policies under the present Strategy will achieve
increased welfare through reducing unemployment,
improving labor and living conditions, forming basic
social protection system and developing human capital.
At the same time, the Government fully intends to
fulfill its responsibility to provide targeted social
assistance to the poorest layers of society.”
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Country strategy 2020
The same strategy vision states that:
 “Economic policy of the Government of Georgia is based on three main
principles:
 The first principle implies ensuring fast and efficient economic growth
driven by development of real (production) sector of the economy, which
will resolve economic problems that exist in the country, create jobs and
reduce poverty.
 The second principle implies implementation of economic policies that
facilitate inclusive economic growth – it envisages universal involvement
of the population in the economic development process (including
Diaspora, migrants, ethnic minorities and other groups), prosperity for
each member of society through economic growth, their social equality
and improvement of the living standards of population.
 The third main principle is based on rational use of natural resources,
ensuring environmental safety and sustainability and avoiding natural
disasters during the process of economic development”.
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National priority issues (SDG Goals )
Based on the country Strategy 2020, following
SDG goals maybe identified as priority issues:
 Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
 Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full
and productive employment and decent work for all
 Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries
 Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
 Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
 Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable
development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable
and inclusive institutions at all levels
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SDG targets for national/global monitoring
Indicators produced according to the internationally adopted
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methods
and methodologies, in our opinion, are better suited
for national and international monitoring.
For example:
 GDP per capita
 Vital statistics
 Unemployment
 Healthcare and social protection statistics
 Gender statistics
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