Report of the Sub-Regional Workshop on Strengthening Coordination for Measuring Progress on Responsible Consumption and Production and Policy Coherence, West Africa

The Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development has elevated the profile of the environmental dimension of development and how we monitor this dimension. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has implemented Phase I of the project on Enhancing Capacity for Measuring Progress towards the Environmental Dimension of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). UNEP is currently implementing Phase II of the project (2020-2022), funded by the European Commission, that focuses on enhancing national capacities to measure SDG 12 on responsible consumption and production and strengthening policy coherence. One of the project’s activities focuses on conducting workshops to enhance capacities of member states through hosting data producers and users together to emphasize the need for cooperation, as well as improving the understanding of the efforts made to collect data and the need for data for evidence-based policymaking. The West Africa Sub-Regional Workshop on Strengthening Coordination for Measuring Progress on Responsible Consumption and Production and Policy Coherence serves as one of the tools of development and training capacity under the projects activities.