SDG
In New York, IBGE participates in event to discuss ethnic-racial equality in the 2030 Agenda
July 18, 2024 06h20 PM | Last Updated: July 20, 2024 01h37 AM
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) participated, on Tuesday (16), in the event “SDG 18 – Ethnic-Racial Equality in the 2030 Agenda: the Brazilian experience for the construction of a new sustainable development goal” at the UN headquarters, in New York. The event was part of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).
President Marcio Pochmann, who spoke on behalf of the Institute, reinforced the idea that “the IBGE is a technical institution whose mission is to portray the Brazilian reality. Having conducted surveys for more than 88 years, the Institute now has the biggest database about the country and remains active thanks to the dedication of a committed team of almost 11 thousand civil servants working in 567 branches spread over all the Major Regions in Brazil.”
“The IBGE, due to its nature as a technical support institution, has attempted to assist in the production and discussion of targets and indicators. Currently, ten proposed targets are being discussed. According to the indicators published on the SDG Brazil Platform, the Institute, based on its census and sample surveys, makes it possible to disaggregate information by color or race, for example. Besides that, it becomes important to identify the concepts in each target in order to select adherent indicators,” added the president of the IBGE.
Marcio Pochmann also spoke about the importance of the construction of SINGED. “Defining methodologies of indicators for SDG 18 and their production, as well as for other SDGs, has been an important cooperative process aiming at the integration of data from different sources. Therefore, the challenge posed now in the construction of a National System of Geosciences, Statistics and Data (SINGED) allows the integration, pairing and interoperability of the diverse assortment of databases and administrative sources by sector.”
Besides the president of the Institute, authorities such as the Secretary General of the Republic, Márcio Macedo, the executive secretary of the Ministry for Racial Equality, Roberta Eugenio, the Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations in Nova York, Sérgio França Danese, the representative of Geledés – Black Woman Institute, Letícia Leobet. Sônia Guajajara, minister of the Indigenous Peoples, joined the meeting via video call.
