Integrated Monitoring of Water and Sanitation related SDG targets (GEMI)

Critical water management and investment decisions made by governments have regional and global consequences, but are often taken without access to the correct, most up-to-date information. The SDG’s proposal offers the opportunity for a much more comprehensive and integrated approach to sustainable water and sanitation monitoring. This calls for a mechanism to develop a coherent and coordinated monitoring process, both at international and national levels.

Accelerate the achievement of the SDG targets on sustainable water and sanitation by:

• Establishing and managing, by 2030, a coherent and unified monitoring framework for water and sanitation to inform the post-2015 period;
• Contributing to country progress through well-informed decision-making, based on harmonized, comprehensive, timely and accurate information.

• Line ministries, departments and National Statistical Offices responsible for tracking progress towards achieving the SDG targets in countries;
• UN Member States, civil society, private sector, multilateral organisations, international financial institutions, regional organisations, research and educational organisations and independent experts.
  

First progress towards 2030 objectives of sustainable water and sanitation monitoring being:

• Coherent integrated and efficient monitoring framework in place for agreed SDG indicators;
• Member States engaged and their capacity en-hanced in collecting, reporting and using data;
• A global reporting framework is in place to inform development decisions;
• The global monitoring is coordinated and consistently communicated.
  

Expected results:  

• Monitoring tools and methodologies developed, combined into a single monitoring guide to use on the country level, and global baseline established
• Methodologies developed for each indicator, combining traditional and innovative data collection
• Proof-of-concept process carried out in a selected number of countries, followed by first baseline survey
• Engagement of other countries and building of national interest and capacity for GEMI started.

Results from previous phases:  

First progress towards 2030 objectives of sustainable water and sanitation monitoring being:

• Coherent integrated and efficient monitoring framework in place for agreed SDG indicators;
• Member States engaged and their capacity en-hanced in collecting, reporting and using data;
• A global reporting framework is in place to inform development decisions;
• The global monitoring is coordinated and consistently communicated.
  

GEMI is an inter-agency partnership comprising UNEP, UN-HABITAT, WHO, FAO, UNICEF, UNESCO and WMO, operating under the UN-Water umbrella.

Post-2015 Team (position of Switzerland on the follow-up and review);

UN-Water: Joint Monitoring Programme for water supply and sanitation (JMP), Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS).

Phase 1 15.04.2014 - 31.12.2018   (Completed)