Project Info

Project Code
2023B
Tranche
T12
Tranche Type
Regular
Status
Closed
Title
Environmental-Economic Accounting for evidence-based policy in Africa and Asia

Entities

Implementing Entity (Lead)
DESA
Collaborating DA Entities
UNEP
ESCAP
ECA
Other Collaborating Entities
Other UN entities

Financial and Evaluation Info

Total Budget
$560,560.00
Project Selected for Evaluation
No

Countries and Regions

Countries or Areas: Kenya, Mozambique, Philippines (the), Senegal
Regions: Africa, Asia
Sub-Regions:
Intermediate Regions:
Countries in Special Situations: Least Developed Countries (LDC)

Areas of Work

SDG
6
7
8
9
15
SDG Targets
6.3
6.4
6.6
7.2
7.3
8.4
9.4
11.6
15.3
Thematic Clusters
Statistics
Sustainable Development
Governance and institution building

Brief Description

As a set of interconnected goals, monitoring and measuring the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals necessitates the use of integrated frameworks. The United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) is an international statistical standard which integrates economic and environmental information into a common framework to measure the contribution of the environment to the economy and the impact of the economy on the environment. The SEEA provides countries with a framework to derive internationally comparable sets of statistics and indicators, supporting measurement of progress towards the SDGs as well as the Aichi Targets, green growth etc. The project aims to address the technical and institutional barriers to the establishment of routinely produced environmental-economic accounts at the national level by national statistical offices. Project activities will focus on: building the institutional framework in support of SEEA implementation, taking into consideration existing initiatives and activities in the countries and policy priorities; building capacity in the countries to compile selected accounts on a regular basis, while contributing to the development of SEEA compliant global databases; fostering inter-institutional relationships to promote collaboration and data-sharing in producing the accounts; and promoting the effective communication and use of the accounts in supporting evidence-based policy and the SDGs. The project will support up to six developing countries from four different sub-regions—Northern Africa, Eastern Africa, Eastern Asia and Southern Asia—to ensure geographic diversity and multiplication effects in the various regions. Of these six countries, the project will build on initial assistance provided to two countries in Eastern Africa, Kenya and Uganda, during the 9th tranche of the Development Account. Finally, the project will include South-South collaboration fellowships, to allow project countries to visit and learn from each other.

Objective and Expected Outcomes

Objective
To strengthen capacities of national statistical offices in Northern and Eastern Africa and Southern Asia for the production of environmental-economic accounts in support of measuring progress towards sustainable development and formulating integrated, evidence-based policy
Expected Outcome 1
Strengthened institutional and technical capacity of select national statistical offices to develop strategies for SEEA implementation in response to policy needs and produce environmental-economic accounts as part of their regular statistical compilation.
Expected Outcome 2
Strengthened national capacity of beneficiary countries to use SEEA accounts for monitoring sustainable development and formulating integrated, evidence-based policies.