and non-traditional data sources, and broader and systematic disaggregation to reveal
inequities will all be fundamental to implementing it.
142. In all of this, we must maximize our commitment to public transparency,
information sharing, participatory monitoring and open data, while never compromising
on the obligation to protect the right to privacy. And we must significantly scale up
support to countries and national statistical offices with critical needs for capacities to
produce, collect, disaggregate, analyse, and share data crucial to the new agenda.
143. To these ends, I recommend that, under the auspices of the UN Statistical
Commission, a comprehensive programme of action on data be established. This
includes the building of a global consensus, applicable principles and standards for
data, a web of data innovation networks to advance innovation and analysis, a new
innovative financing stream to support national data capacities, and a global data
partnership to promote leadership and governance.
144. Specifically, we will carry out in close cooperation with country experts an indepth
analysis of the existing data and information gaps and, thus, determine the scale
of the investments needed to establish a modern SDG monitoring system. We will
catalyze a multi-stakeholder Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, to
mobilize and coordinate the actions required to make the data revolution serve sustainable
development, promoting initiatives such as the holding of inclusive ‘World Fora on
Sustainable Development Data’.
5.3. Gauging our progress: Monitoring, evaluation and reporting
145. If we are to succeed, the new agenda must become part of the contract between
people, including civil society and responsible business, and their governments—national
and local. Parliaments must be strengthened to deepen democracy and carry out their
constitutional mandates of oversight. All companies must pay their taxes, respect labour
standards, human rights, and the environment. Empowered civil society actors, through
action and advocacy, must rally to the cause, and contribute to a sustainable, equitable,
and prosperous future.