UNDP is a custodian of four global SDG indicators tracking global progress on key areas of governance such as people’s satisfaction with public services (SDG 16.6.2); the levels of diversity and inclusion in public institutions such as the public service and the judiciary (SDG 16.7.1); and the responsiveness of government to people (SDG 16.7.2). UNDP is also co-custodian (with UNODC and OHCHR) of an indicator on access to dispute resolution mechanisms (16.3.3). Our responsibility as a custodian for these indicators entails methodological development, strengthening Member States’ statistical capacity to produce the data for the indicators, collecting the data from Member States and reporting it to the global SDG database and to the UN Secretary-General’s annual SDG report.

The Global Policy Centre for Governance in partnership with other UN agencies supports Member States to increase the availability of high-quality data through the SDG 16 Survey. The survey is being used by an increasing number of countries in all regions to measure progress on many of the survey-based indicators under SDG 16, more specifically, on access to justice, corruption, discrimination, governance, violence, and human rights. Regional trainings in partnership with other stakeholders, are provided to countries to strengthen national technical capacities and facilitate cross-country learning.