Daejeon (Korea), 19 July – The CoE contributed to a national workshop on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) organized by Statistics Korea (KOSTAT).
The workshop aims to provide Korean government officials with a comprehensive understanding of the SDGs and their relevance to current global and national development efforts. KOSTAT, the close partner of the CoE, publishes an annual report on Korea’s SDG implementation. As one of the key agencies overseeing the SDGs and responsible for the SDGs indicators, KOSTAT provided a series of workshops for Korean government officials from multiple ministries to broaden their knowledge of SDGs and Korea’s achievement in SDGs. In this context, the CoE was invited to the “Understanding the SDGs” sessions. The sessions comprised 4 parts: SDGs and the response from the Korean government, SDG indicator-based policy making and the examples (SDG 2 Agriculture), SDG indicator-based policy making and the examples (SDG 11 City) and SDG indicator-based policy making and the examples (SDG 16 Crime).
Jonghee Choi, Coordinator of the CoE, provided a comprehensive overview of SDG 16 indicators, including intentional homicide. corruption, and others, explaining their definition, computation methods, and relevance to global governance. She highlighted that achieving SDG 16 is pivotal for supporting the broader SDG agenda, as strong governance and institutions underpin progress across all goals. The session also featured data collection methodology for SDG 16. United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS) and UNODC Data Portal were introduced for participants’ better understanding of data collection and dissemination of UNODC globally. Additionally, CoE summarized the latest findings from the SDG 16 progress report, jointly produced by UNODC, UNDP, and OHCHR, highlighting key results and policy implications, helping participants understand global trends and challenges in achieving SDG 16.
The CoE will continue supporting KOSTAT and other partners in enhancing the production and use of crime and criminal justice statistics to effectively monitor SDG 16 indicators and to inform evidence-based policymaking in the Republic of Korea.
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